I don't know the exact reason it happens, my guess would be that when the
system files from the root of the drive are being copied into the root of
the backup folder, Windows (for whatever reason) marks the folder as system
and hidden.

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"kkf718" <kkf718@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA3B9B9D-92C6-40C8-9029-7410876C9683@microsoft.com...
> Thank you very much. Worked! Out of curiosity, do you know why my
> problem
> happened in the first place? If I hadn't tried to backup the whole drive
> (previously I only used single directories to test the batch file) I never
> would have troubleshot this. I noticed that my "empty" partition was
> 60gigs
> used up.
>
> "Mike Brearley" wrote:
>
>> Simply add in the following line at the end of the batch:
>>
>> attrib -s -h -r z:\%backdate%
>>
>> The -r may not be needed, but it doesn't hurt anything either.
>>
>> --
>> Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
>> were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
>> lack of caffeine.
>>
>>
>> "kkf718" <kkf718@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:73C67317-0679-49E2-9006-1DF5D83606F0@microsoft.com...
>> >I am trying to backup files as a scheduled task using a batch file. I
>> >am
>> >not
>> > using the /h switch with Xcopy, and it is not copying system files, but
>> > the
>> > directory it creates is hidden, hiding everything below it (the entire
>> > backup). This happens when I Xcopy the root directory of a partition
>> > (e:\),
>> > but not a subdirectory (e:\p). Please help. Batch file below:
>> >
>> > set backdate=%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%
>> > xcopy e:\p\letters z:\%backdate% /e/y/i/c
>>
>>
>>