Windows 8 event viewer - can't find USB device insetion record

[James1431997]

Hi, I'm trying to set up a script to automatically back up my USB flash drive when it's inserted (I have an awful habit of losing them).

I've set up SyncToy and configed it, and as I understand it, I need to set up a Task Scheduler event. Google suggested looking under Microsoft-Windows-DriverFrameworks-Usermode-operational in the Event Viewer, but nothing relating to my memory stick is appearing. I've re-inserted it, and cleared the logs, but to no avail.

Any advice?

Thanks,

James

[MANEMAN]

Hi there.

I would think that involving task scheduler, scripts, and employing other means of automation is perhaps running into overkill for what you are trying to achieve.

I would like to suggest USB Image Tool from Alex's coding playground on the basis that sometimes less is more.

"You plug in a drive, hit backup, and choose a location to store the image. You can also select a compressed file format if you want to save a bit of space, it takes just a little longer to create a compressed image. The software comes not only with an option to backup USB devices to create USB images but also to restore them.

The USB Image Tool requires the Microsoft .net framework 2.0 to function."

For any further information concerning Scheduled Tasks should I have misunderstood your request, please use the following link and added statement :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/178706

" A VB script can run directly from Windows task schedule. In the task scheduler, select Add a new scheduled task. Following the prompts, browse to select your .vbs file. Name your task and select your schedule to run the task daily and select the time of day to run. It works just the same as if you want to schedule .Bat file.

Use the absolute file path in the command.

Or call vbs file from a .bat file.

cscript //nologo c:\test.vbs " - Credit: Santhosh Sivarajan- (MCC, Partner, MVP)