Dear Sir: I can absolutely do this for you exactly as described, perhaps with a few more features. Ironically, my daughter just left for college, and I made her a backup script to use because she is afraid of the command line, and backup programs seldom do as advertised. I really cannot spend much time on this without you hiring me first, but if you do, I will send you the script within 24 hrs; most likely sooner , but since I have to add a few features to yours there can always be minor glitches. Thanks. I look forward to hearing from you.