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Restore is by sector by sector - how do I change?

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I backed up using acronis bootup disc. 

Now trying to restore onto a new ssd. 

I've booted up into acronis bootup disc again. I'm trying to restore my backup.

It says it's restoring sector by sector?? 

It's saying it's going to take 2 days!! 

In the past, I've restored from an image and it took like 20 minutes. 

I ran the restore once. It said 1.5 days sector by sector. OMG I thought, so I cancelled and ran again. I thought first time I accidentally must have clicked sector by sector option. I DEFINITELY HAVE not ticked the box. 

2nd time running: it's saying it will take 2 days. 

What am I missing?? 😕 

Thanks. 

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Omar, it is possible that the backup you created via bootable media was also created using sector-by-sector mode, this can happen if there are any file system issues such as bad sectors encountered during the operation.

I would recommend running CHKDSK /F against the source drive and see if that finds any errors to fix?

The restore time is very often wildly out when the operation first starts, so I would recommend waiting for 10 - 20 minutes to see if the estimate of 2 days reduces dramatically as the process moves on!