A one time backup, or a daily backup? That is the question.
You can make it as simple as clicking on a backup batch file's shortcut, or as complicated as you want to make it.
And it looks like you're going the more complicated route.
I'm Old School, so I do a lot of things, that I'm going to do over and over again, with a batch file. That's what it was meant for in the first place. (to automate repetitive tasks)
I back up all the data files on my C drive, almost every day, to a 32 gig Flash Drive, left permanently plugged into the back of my PC, and to a 1TB External Hard Drive, also left plugged in all the time.
* Any backup is 100% worthless, unless it's to someplace other than your main hard drive.
This one line in my Backup Batch File, backs up My Documents and everything stored in folders under it.
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%UserName%\My Documents\*.*" "D:\My Documents\" /s /y /H /R /D
During the first backup, every file is copied, then during subsequent backups only new or modified files are copied.
Above is just one line from my Batch file. To back up all my data files on my hard drive, requires several lines, one for each location on the drive that I want backed up. My daily backup requires that I click on ONE desktop shortcut and then takes only a few seconds to complete and all my data files are safely backed up to TWO External drives.
I like to do as many things as I can by the K.I.S.S. method. (Keep it simple Sam!)
Cheers Mate! I hope you get it sorted out.
TechnoMage