Good free or low cost basic backup for 2000 server

In which case, how about Xcopy...? Use it like this, with all thse switches to: (from Source to Target):

C:\WINDOWS\system32\xcopy.exe "\\source-server-name\back-up-directory\" "E:\target-directory\files" /D/E/C/I/H/Y

Too find out in the morning what files were copied across, write it like this instead:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\xcopy.exe "\\source-server-name\back-up-directory\" "E:\target-directory\files" /D/E/C/I/H/Y > "c:\scripts\backup-log.txt"

In detail:

- Write your script in Notepad and save it for instance, c:\scripts\backupscript.bat (use same directory as the the pipe filter on last line above)

- Add a scheduled task from Start > Programs > Accesories > Syetem  Scheduled Tasks and use the above file as the program to run

- Set it to run at (say) midnight

Come in the morning and check what was sent across by viewing backup-log.txt

This only gives you one last known god backup, however you can write the same script to run during the day to take the copied backup out to say a USB device.

How's that? Free and it works (to be honest, this is how I do my emergency backups..!)

Cheers,

Callum.