Initial on-line backup very slow--is this normal?
Hello, I have just configured and started my initial on-line backup. That was quite easy to do and went very quickly. The files are transferring now but the backup windows tell me it will take 4 days, 23 hours, 16 minutes to complete this backup of C-drive at about 710 Kbit/s. I do not have dial-up, but I don't pay for the fastest DSL line either. Is this normal?????? 5 days???????? Guess I'm too used to the world traveling at the speed of a microprocessor. Is is OK to use other programs while this backup takes place?????? The computer needs to be on during the entire backup, right??????? This is a laptop, hope it doesn't overheat. Has anyone else experienced this long backup time????? Thank you for your help.
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SUCCESS. First backup created. Thank you for your reply. I did a lot of reading of Acronis tutorials, forum posts, and help options since my first post. Using on-line backup is not the most efficient way for me perform my initial backup. I deleted that backup before it ever completed. I did just receive my external hard drive and successfully created my first disk image or disk/partition image selecting differential as my desired backup method.
Good.
Now make sure of 2 things:
- that your disk and partition backup contains *all* the partitions from your system disk, including any hidden ones (ATI will show you the hidden ones, but Windows explorer won't),
- that you have created an Acronis recovery CD, you have booted your computer on it, and you have restored a couple of files from your backup.
I may have made a mistake with my partition backup. 3 hard disk drives are identified under "computer" before I added a fourth.
The 3 are: LOCAL DISK "C"........RECOVERY "D".........HP TOOLS "E"
Are you saying all three of these should be included in my initial backup????? If they are I goofed. Only the "C" drive is included.
I will be deleting the initial backup and starting over. I want a very good first backup to build upon.
As for hidden files I'll check into what ATI is about to be certain hidden files are included in initial backup partition.
I have created a rescue CD but have not tested it yet...is on my to do list.
thanks again for your help. Amy other tips or comments are appreciated.
Right click on the computer icon on your desktop, choose manage, double click storage, disk management. You are now viewing Windows Disk Management. In the window, you should see your system disk. Probably one disk with three partitions C:\, D:\ E:\.
To make it simple, make sure you include all the partitions on the same disk as C:\
At least, make sure you include:
- any partition marked system, active,
- the "boot" partition
If you are an advanced user, you could do without including the recovery partitiont.
If I were you, I would stick to the simple case and include all the partitions on the same disk as C:\
Make sure you test your recovery CD. Without it, your system is not protected from your hard disk dying.