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Macrium from running OS ...
Just after posting saying I'd not make an image of a running OS, I am
trying. (I've misplaced my 32-bit Macrium mini-CD, and this old computer isn't seeing my 64-bit one as a bootable CD.) So I selected the little recovery partition and drive C, and set it going. It's been at "Analyzing file system on volume C:" for over 26 minutes now, with no progress being shown. I'm a _little_ disappointed: assuming it can't image a running OS, I'd have thought it would have said so, rather than just sitting there for ever. I've just hit Cancel, said Yes I do want to ... and the window's not gone away (just Cancel and Pause are now greyed). -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Of course, this show - like every other cop show on earth - massively overstates the prevalence of violent crime: last year, in the whole of the UK, police fired their weapons just three times. And there were precisely zero fatalities. - Vincent Graff in RT, 2014/11/8-14 |
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Macrium from running OS ...
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
Just after posting saying I'd not make an image of a running OS, I am trying. (I've misplaced my 32-bit Macrium mini-CD, and this old computer isn't seeing my 64-bit one as a bootable CD.) So I selected the little recovery partition and drive C, and set it going. It's been at "Analyzing file system on volume C:" for over 26 minutes now, with no progress being shown. I'm a _little_ disappointed: assuming it can't image a running OS, I'd have thought it would have said so, rather than just sitting there for ever. I've just hit Cancel, said Yes I do want to ... and the window's not gone away (just Cancel and Pause are now greyed). Is the drive physically fit ? Any "bad spots" ? That'll increase the analysis time. Also, have a look at the status of your AV. Did you disable "real time scanning" ? With the AV disabled, the scan speed could double. Third thing is Windows Search Indexer. Check in Task Manager, and see if it has gone nuts. I have one OS here, where the damn thing stays railed on one core, and the file count in the dialog never increases. And yes, I've reset the build operation to make it start over again, and when it gets to the end, it rails again. You have to change the service policy on the Indexer, while mercilessly hitting the "Stop" button, to eventually get it to stop it. Paul |
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Macrium from running OS ...
Paul wrote:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: Just after posting saying I'd not make an image of a running OS, I am trying. (I've misplaced my 32-bit Macrium mini-CD, and this old computer isn't seeing my 64-bit one as a bootable CD.) So I selected the little recovery partition and drive C, and set it going. It's been at "Analyzing file system on volume C:" for over 26 minutes now, with no progress being shown. I'm a _little_ disappointed: assuming it can't image a running OS, I'd have thought it would have said so, rather than just sitting there for ever. I've just hit Cancel, said Yes I do want to ... and the window's not gone away (just Cancel and Pause are now greyed). Is the drive physically fit ? Any "bad spots" ? That'll increase the analysis time. Also, have a look at the status of your AV. Did you disable "real time scanning" ? With the AV disabled, the scan speed could double. Third thing is Windows Search Indexer. Check in Task Manager, and see if it has gone nuts. I have one OS here, where the damn thing stays railed on one core, and the file count in the dialog never increases. And yes, I've reset the build operation to make it start over again, and when it gets to the end, it rails again. You have to change the service policy on the Indexer, while mercilessly hitting the "Stop" button, to eventually get it to stop it. Paul There's a thread here, where it is mentioned that if you're doing Incremental backup, and the user area includes a HomeGroup, Windows messes with file metadata behind the scenes. Which triggers extra processing time before a tiny Incremental is spit out. But other than that, it's supposed to be using info from the $MFT. Now, I know that characterization is a little simplistic, as there is "seeking" going on during the analysis phase on the disk drive, implying it does actually visit the folders themselves for some reason. If the method used just the $MFT, it would be as fast as Everything.exe (2 seconds to index C: ). And it's slower than that, by a fair amount. http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threa...o-slow.339884/ Paul |
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Macrium from running OS ...
In message , Paul
writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: Just after posting saying I'd not make an image of a running OS, I am trying. (I've misplaced my 32-bit Macrium mini-CD, and this old computer isn't seeing my 64-bit one as a bootable CD.) So I selected the little recovery partition and drive C, and set it going. It's been at "Analyzing file system on volume C:" for over 26 minutes now, with no progress being shown. I'm a _little_ disappointed: assuming it can't image a running OS, I'd have thought it would have said so, rather than just sitting there for ever. I've just hit Cancel, said Yes I do want to ... and the window's not gone away (just Cancel and Pause are now greyed). Is the drive physically fit ? Any "bad spots" ? That'll increase the analysis time. I believe so; it's only a couple of years old, and has always SMARTed happily. Also, have a look at the status of your AV. Did you disable "real time scanning" ? With the AV disabled, the scan speed could double. Ah, no, I didn't. Although double zero speed would still be zero (-: Third thing is Windows Search Indexer. Check in Task Manager, and see if it has gone nuts. I have one OS here, where the damn thing stays railed on one core, and the file count in the dialog never increases. And yes, I've reset the build operation to make it start over again, and when it gets to the end, it rails again. You have to change the service policy on the Indexer, while mercilessly hitting the "Stop" button, to eventually get it to stop it. Well, this machine only _has_ one core (it's a VIA nano - same vintage as the Intel Atom, i. e. it's a netbook [though I think machines are still appearing with something _called_ Intel Atom in]). I did fire up task manager, and I don't _think_ anything was railing - certainly the PC seemed as responsive as usual - but I can't be sure. Paul I think I'll just burn another copy of the 32-bit Macrium CD (-: -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf A sleekzorp without a tornpee is like a quop without a fertsneet (sort of). |
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