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5th October 2008, 06:27 PM
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I have Acronis and it takes so long to make a back up
I have given up with it
__________________ Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming...
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5th October 2008, 06:30 PM
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Used to take forever for me too - that was another reason I dumped it. 
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5th October 2008, 10:59 PM
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The long time taken to make a back up that you people are experiencing is NOT an Acronis issue, you will get the same issue with whatever backup program you use, it's all about data transfer rates.
If you are backing up to an external drive and you only have USB1.1 ports or an external drive that can only operate at USB1.1 then it is going to be a slow process, it is faster with USB2.0 ports and USB2.0 drives, it is even quicker if you are backing up to another internal drive 
Dont forget the more data on the drive the longer it is going to take too. likewise it takes longer if you select to use a higher compression rate.
Klunk
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6th October 2008, 08:28 AM
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Well that explains why it takes so long Klunk
Thanks
__________________ Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming...
Damn, What a ride!! |
6th October 2008, 12:38 PM
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It also is only as fast as your hardware. If you have a socket A 2400 cpu with 512 ram, even an internal drive will take twice as long as a Core 2 Quad with 3 gb ram. And the other thing is don't use the default settings as the higher the compression, also the slower the backup. Eliminate verifying the backup as part of the operation also, because to verify it all you need do is explore the image file after making it and if you can do that, the odds are the image file is ok anyway.
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6th October 2008, 12:53 PM
| | TST Enthusiast | | Join Date: Jul 2008, 403 posts. Location: England North East :( Reputation: | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Hope Cassidy  ...the odds are the image file is ok anyway. | I think people who use back up software want to eliminate any odds at all though.
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6th October 2008, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr Strangelove I think people who use back up software want to eliminate any odds at all though. | While you may be right, I have been using image files since Drive Image 4.0 in 1997 and never once verified a file and never had one fail either and I make them religiously every week, and the issue here is time it takes to make one.Remember these users are suggesting having an image file take too long and not bothering at all as a result. If you can explore an image file, it will restore anyway.
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10th October 2008, 04:52 PM
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Puzzled, why's the person who started this link been banned? It wasn't spamming was it? It looked like a genuine offer thats now expired, surely not banned for that??
Puzzled I am!!!
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10th October 2008, 04:54 PM
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No Helen they were rather naughty....else where on the forum
qwerty having a time out i believe
on the naughty chair
__________________ Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming...
Damn, What a ride!!
Last edited by Blackmirror; 10th October 2008 at 05:00 PM.
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10th October 2008, 04:59 PM
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Ah, all now clear! I hope qwerty didn't f_rt in church or something horrendous like that !!!!
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