Windows backup

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Downunder said:
I've just read an article (see link) and the person said you
should
be able to backup 5gig of data in around 10 minutes. Last night
it
took me 35 minutes to backup 2.5gig. Am I doing something
wrong?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx
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I didn't bother looking at the article, but clearly how long it
takes to do a backup depends on a number of things: what software
you're using, what kind of device you're backing up to, how fast
your particular device is, the speed of your computer, whether
you're doing data compression, etc.

No single simple number can be correct.
 
Downunder said:
Hi
I've just read an article (see link) and the person said you should be able
to backup 5gig of data in around 10 minutes. Last night it took me 35 minutes
to backup 2.5gig. Am I doing something wrong?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx
I use Nero for burning so once I've created a backup on the hard drive, what
option should I use to back it up to DVD. Should I use a plain data file or a
bootable data file?
Thanks
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It might depend on the speed of your device. You are writing to DVD not
CD. is it a slower writing deal going on here?

Also I'd like to mentioin that even when I transfer to an external hard
drive I use just for backing up - heck even files copying (not moving, but
copying) from one folder to another on the same hard drive, when talking
gigabytes of stuff, it takes a while. I don't know, i want to say 20
minutes for 20 gigs or something.. This is to a USB external hard drive.
Not old tech either, and USB 2.


...D.
 
the 35 minutes it took to backup 2.5 gig did not include burning to DVD. that
was only the creation of the file.

I didn't burn to DVD because I didn't know what type, i.e. data disk or
bootable data disk.
 
As mentioned by Ken and others the time it takes depends on a number of
variables. However if you re-read Ed's information he says ".....you can
count on backing up 5 GB of data in as little as 10 minutes." Saying "in as
little as.." is a lot different than saying "..in around..." It may seem
like a matter of semantics but Ed is actually being general in his time
line.

Your second question is of concern. You need to understand that Nero uses
the Standard ISO9660/Joliet format when writing data. That being so it
cannot write files that are larger than 2 GBs. This means that your 2.5 GB
file can not be written to DVD using Nero, or any other software that uses
the Standard ISO9660/Joliet format. For files over 2GB you need to use
packet writing software like InCD or find someway to split the file into
smaller segments.
 
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