Put the following text in a file and name it xcopyScript.bat Example 1: xcopy "C:\Users\" "D:\backups\" /r /e /h /k /c /y Example 2: REM backup_Users_cjuckins.bat REM 25 Feb 2010 rmdir /s /q "D:\backup_Users_cjuckins\" mkdir "D:\backup_Users_cjuckins\" xcopy "C:\Users\cjuckins\*.*" "D:\backup_Users_cjuckins\" /r /e /h /k /c /y > "D:\backup_Users_cjuckins.log" More information on the web: [[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491035.aspx]]