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Windows Backup is taking a long time...more than 6 hours and is only 75% complete??

Anonymous
2010-08-02T03:54:34+00:00

Hi everyone-

I am backing up my files but its taking a long time...more than 6 hours. Its only 75% complete! Does any one know why its taking so long? Thanks a lot :)

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-08-02T10:26:59+00:00

    "computers123" wrote in message news:46ef06d4-76d9-4a77-a25b-cb70d2bff1c9...

    Hi everyone! Happy to say that it just went from 75% to completed successfully. But I still am wondering why it took 6 hours though...

    It all depends on what type of backup you did, how much data it had to copy, and the target drive for the backup.

    If the target drive is on a slow connection (like USB1), it can take days for a large data backup!

    If compression is on, it will slow the backup.

    The more data there is to back up, the longer it will take.

    An aggressive AV can slow the backup significantly.

    If you did a full system backup (which is a good idea) then it will take longer than a data backup - perhaps a lot longer, if you don't have much data!

    HTH?

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    Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-08-03T22:59:38+00:00

    I remember that I first started using Windows Backup, there was an option for if I wanna pick the things that should get backed up, or Windows picks it, and I chose to let Windows pick it. 

    Yeah, I think I might get an external hard drive or something, instead of using DVDs, but for now I just use DVDs. 

    And what did you mean by this: " it's all to easy for the backup not to restore if you have  to use other hardware to do the restoration "

    thank you

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-08-02T17:21:12+00:00

    i dont knw which backup i did, its just the routine backup that i do once every month.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-08-02T03:59:52+00:00

    Hi everyone! Happy to say that it just went from 75% to completed successfully. But I still am wondering why it took 6 hours though...

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-08-03T06:15:55+00:00

    "computers123" wrote in message news:cb5caa2d-4c81-412d-9d9a-b4f41ca56f7b...

    i dont knw which backup i did, its just the routine backup that i do once every month.

    If you don't know what backup you did - how do you know that you've backed up the right stuff?

    From the number of other threads you've posted to, it seems that you may be having problems with more than just backup - and need to look at the media you are using, and the hardware involved.

    Personally, I dislike using CD/DVD for backup - it's all to easy for the backup not to restore if you have  to use other hardware to do the restoration (not to mention the constant cost of new media).

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    Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth

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