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Delay the start of the backup after a Window start

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I use Windows XP and Acronis Image Home 2010

Wenn my System missed a scheduled backup, Acronis catched up this backup with the next system start.
During a system start lots of processses are happened like Virus scann, updates etc. Now in addition Acronis backup also starts and the system has a havy overload.
My question:
Is it possible to dalay the Acronis backup start after the system start up for some minutes?

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The only way to do this in XP is to schedule a Windows Task (click Scheduled Tasks in Control Panel).

The easiest option is then to select 'When I log on' however I imagine your AV and everything is still performing a scan.

If you are happy using the command line then schtasks will do what you want.

With this, the command schtasks create allows you to use the /sc switch which allows you to ONIDLE so the task will run once the PC has entered an idle mode you can decide how many minutes after the PC has entered the idle mode before the task starts.

Another possible option is to have a batch file that starts the TI service, but I'm not sure how well that'd work.

Other may have some other options in using a pre command batch file for TI.

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I have just noticed that in W7 there is a timeout command which looks like it come as part of the OS.

TIMEOUT [/T] timeout [/NOBREAK]

Description:
This utility accepts a timeout parameter to wait for the specified
time period (in seconds) or until any key is pressed. It also
accepts a parameter to ignore the key press.

Parameter List:
/T timeout Specifies the number of seconds to wait.
Valid range is -1 to 99999 seconds.

/NOBREAK Ignore key presses and wait specified time.

/? Displays this help message.

NOTE: A timeout value of -1 means to wait indefinitely for a key press.

Examples:
TIMEOUT /?
TIMEOUT /T 10
TIMEOUT /T 300 /NOBREAK
TIMEOUT /T -1

so you could try a batch file with:

timeout /t 3600 /nobreak > nul

to wait 5 minutes - adjust the time to your liking naturally

I have not tried this BTW so feedback appreciated

I know this is a Windows XP thread but that was not included in the description so others may find this snippet useful.