Regular, complete and authenticated backups are a critical and fundemental component of any safe Computer Community approach. Selecting and moving core files and information onto removable media is a critical protection in todays environment of ransomware threats.

Usage of the ZIP format for backups can allow for the significant compression of the original material to be able to fit into smaller and portable materials. Note that the compressions process can take substantial amounts of processing time end effort. Note that with true binary fies (picture format files) the compressions savings may be limited.

ZIPbackup2E is a tool to make controlling and operating a backup specific to your needs easier and adaptable to your particular situation and needs.

Set up as either a ShortCut or a Scheduled Task:
%systemroot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -executionpolicy Bypass -Windowstyle Hidden -file "c:\users\\backups\ZIPbackup2E.ps1"
NOTE 1 - This assumes a coexisting Manifest.txt file of file nodes for backup.
NOTE 2 - It may be best if this is run as Administrator to get at all files within the node structures.

The Manifest.txt is a ";" delimited file in which you provide the full path names of the high point nodes you would like to be included within your back-up result. The target on your external media is a folder stamped with the date and time of the start of the backup process. With each line you can also specify the format of that copy. The choices for backup format are :
--- PLAIN = A straight copy from the node and recursively down (recommended for Pictures and video files)
--- ZIP = A single ZIP file compression of the whole structure within one ZIP reference
--- L1ZIP = This provides a Level 1 Child series of folders and the recursive structures each as separate compressed ZIP files.

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