Diary of a Bad Golfer

Just stumbled across this product today, looks pretty slick. It’s a backup/copy tool inspired by robocopy but can utilize VSS to snapshot live files, and then copy the snapshots.

What is HoboCopy?

HoboCopy is a backup/copy tool. It is inspired by robocopy in both name and in functionality. It differs greatly from robocopy, however, in two respects:

1. It is not as full-featured as robocopy.
2. It uses the Volume Shadow Service (VSS) to “snapshot” the disk before copying. It then copies from the snapshot rather than the “live” disk.

Check it out