No backup failure: Wake up drive before backup

It can happen that a drive should be "woken up" before the backup software can be used to back it up, for example because the drive is in sleep mode. The following VB script can be executed before a backup to "wake up" the drive. The drive letter of the backup drive must be specified under Path.

'->Declare input:

'-> 1st path e.g. Z:\ or \\server name\share name
Path = "D:\"

'-> 2. waiting time in seconds
Waiting time = 5

'Variables.
Dim fso
Dim f
Dim later

'Set objects.
Set WSHshell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

'Open file.
Set f = fso.GetFolder(Path)

'Wait.
later = dateadd("s", waiting time, now)
do
loop until now > later

Note: Since Langmeier Backup Version 8.1.53 this script is no longer necessary. A NAS that is asleep is now woken up automatically.