So say my batch file would look something like this

net use Q: \\10.250.212.253\FLF01\userdata\%computername% LetMe0ff
(that makes sure that my network drive is mounted, and that its dumping the
files into the directory of the computer)
XCOPY "C:\My Documents\*.*" Q:\ /D /S /H /R /Y

Now I am not sure how xcopy works but will this copy over active/open files
as well?
and will this allow me to restore outlook if the computer crashes.

and can I use a command like echo to make a timestamp file every time I run
the script, something like echo %date% but written to text file of my choice


thank you very much

Orion