1.01 TB Partion backup takes DAYS running around the clock
I'm using Acronis True Image Home 2011 Build 3, to back up my primary partition, 1.01 TB of a 2 TB hard drive (1.81 TB formated NTFS), backing up to a 2TB WD Hard Drive in a USB 3.0 Enclosure on a dedicated USB 3.0 port. Nothing else on that USB 3.0 port or even the entire USB 3.0 PCIe card.
A full backup takes, get this, four to five days running around the clock. I don't get it. When I'm not running a backup, file transfers, back and forth, to and from this drive, are fine. Normal median USB 3.0 speeds.
Why on Earth is it taking this long to run a full backup? Incremental backups are also taking a long time. A 1.5 to 2 GB incremental backup may take a couple of hours to run.
This is ridiculous. Anyone have any clues why? Any guesses?


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Thanks. I just checked - my default settings are "normal compression".
I do have a lot of compressed data, both video and MP3's, 330 GB of video and 120 GB of music. I hadn't thought about that affecting the backup times, and I'm no novice on this either - duh! Next go around, I will back them up differently, like just copying them to another drive.
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Yes, that is definitely a viable alternative and should in turn reduce your backup time considerably.
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