Robocopy hiding folders on backup drives

Posted by Neil Barnwell on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Neil Barnwell
Published on 2010-06-28T10:53:29Z Indexed on 2011/03/01 15:26 UTC
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I have a backup batch file that uses Robocopy to backup my files:

robocopy "C:\" "G:\Default\RoboCopyBackup\C" /XF Pagefile.sys /XD "System Volume Information" "Recycler" "Temporary Internet Files" "Installer Cache" "Temp" /E /R:1 /W:0 /TEE /XJ

This should create a folder structure on the external backup drive like so:

G:\Default\RoboCopyBackup\C\...

However, G: appears totally empty.

What is weird, is that the folders and files are there! If I type the above path into the address bar, I see all the files and folders!

Can anyone help me work out why? I think it might be some NTFS-based ownership/permissions thing but I'm not sure.

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