Back ups takes ages! Why?

I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up my
data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I schedule
it to run automatically?

Thanks.

....sorry. I'm running XP Pro SP3. I have auto updates turned on.

"offwego" wrote:

I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up my
data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I schedule
it to run automatically?

Thanks.

....sorry. I'm running XP Pro SP3. I have auto updates turned on.

"offwego" wrote:

I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up my
data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I schedule
it to run automatically?

Thanks.

offwego wrote:
I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for
backing up my data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought
I would try MS's in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes
all night!! Am I getting something wrong or is this just what I
have to put up with? Can I schedule it to run automatically?

offwego wrote:
...sorry. I'm running XP Pro SP3. I have auto updates turned on.

Great - tells us nothing.

Backing up to *what*?
Backing up *how much*?

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

offwego wrote:
I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for
backing up my data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought
I would try MS's in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes
all night!! Am I getting something wrong or is this just what I
have to put up with? Can I schedule it to run automatically?

offwego wrote:
...sorry. I'm running XP Pro SP3. I have auto updates turned on.

Great - tells us nothing.

Backing up to *what*?
Backing up *how much*?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

"offwego" wrote in message
...
I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up
my
data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
schedule
it to run automatically?

Thanks.


Well, try another product, for example Paragon -
Home and Office, Small Business & Medium and Large Business Utilities for
hard disk management etc
http://www.paragon-software.com/

For a list of products see:
http://www.paragon-software.com/products.htm


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TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2010 - Update Services
http://taurarian.mvps.org
======================================
Disclaimer: The information has been posted "as is" with no warranties or
guarantees and doesn't give any rights.

"offwego" wrote in message
...
I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up
my
data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
schedule
it to run automatically?

Thanks.


Well, try another product, for example Paragon -
Home and Office, Small Business & Medium and Large Business Utilities for
hard disk management etc
http://www.paragon-software.com/

For a list of products see:
http://www.paragon-software.com/products.htm


--

TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2010 - Update Services
http://taurarian.mvps.org
======================================
Disclaimer: The information has been posted "as is" with no warranties or
guarantees and doesn't give any rights.

Corruption of an Acronis image is often as a result of hd / memory problems
You need to test both your hd & memory
Your hd maker will have a free bootable test utility
www.memtest.org provides a free bootable memory test utility

"offwego" wrote in message
...
I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up
my
data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
schedule
it to run automatically?

Thanks.

Corruption of an Acronis image is often as a result of hd / memory problems
You need to test both your hd & memory
Your hd maker will have a free bootable test utility
www.memtest.org provides a free bootable memory test utility

"offwego" wrote in message
...
I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up
my
data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
schedule
it to run automatically?

Thanks.

Many thanks for all the posts:

Shenan,

I back up to an external hard drive (WD Net Center). When Acronis True
Image works, the initial back up was a full system back up (about 100Gb) and
I then did daily 'differential' back ups (about 5 Gb each). Using the MS
in-house version I just backed up 'my documents' which was about 80GB. I
hope this helps?


Tour,

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.


DL,

Thanks for the web address. I checked it out but found myself in more
complicated territory than my skills and knowledge allow for! ..but you say
my HD manufacturer may have a utility to use? I back up to a Western Digital
Net Center.


"DL" wrote:

Corruption of an Acronis image is often as a result of hd / memory problems
You need to test both your hd & memory
Your hd maker will have a free bootable test utility
www.memtest.org provides a free bootable memory test utility

"offwego" wrote in message
...
I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up
my
data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
schedule
it to run automatically?

Thanks.

Many thanks for all the posts:

Shenan,

I back up to an external hard drive (WD Net Center). When Acronis True
Image works, the initial back up was a full system back up (about 100Gb) and
I then did daily 'differential' back ups (about 5 Gb each). Using the MS
in-house version I just backed up 'my documents' which was about 80GB. I
hope this helps?


Tour,

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.


DL,

Thanks for the web address. I checked it out but found myself in more
complicated territory than my skills and knowledge allow for! ..but you say
my HD manufacturer may have a utility to use? I back up to a Western Digital
Net Center.


"DL" wrote:

Corruption of an Acronis image is often as a result of hd / memory problems
You need to test both your hd & memory
Your hd maker will have a free bootable test utility
www.memtest.org provides a free bootable memory test utility

"offwego" wrote in message
...
I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up
my
data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
schedule
it to run automatically?

Thanks.

WD will have a bootable test utility to test your HD
You download the utility & create the bootable floppy / cd then boot with
that floppy / cd
(Same for memtest)
If Acronis is failing then your pc has a problem either memory or drive

"offwego" wrote in message
...
Many thanks for all the posts:

Shenan,

I back up to an external hard drive (WD Net Center). When Acronis True
Image works, the initial back up was a full system back up (about 100Gb)
and
I then did daily 'differential' back ups (about 5 Gb each). Using the MS
in-house version I just backed up 'my documents' which was about 80GB. I
hope this helps?


Tour,

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.


DL,

Thanks for the web address. I checked it out but found myself in more
complicated territory than my skills and knowledge allow for! ..but you
say
my HD manufacturer may have a utility to use? I back up to a Western
Digital
Net Center.


"DL" wrote:

Corruption of an Acronis image is often as a result of hd / memory
problems
You need to test both your hd & memory
Your hd maker will have a free bootable test utility
www.memtest.org provides a free bootable memory test utility

"offwego" wrote in message
...
I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing
up
my
data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I
getting
something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
schedule
it to run automatically?

Thanks.

WD will have a bootable test utility to test your HD
You download the utility & create the bootable floppy / cd then boot with
that floppy / cd
(Same for memtest)
If Acronis is failing then your pc has a problem either memory or drive

"offwego" wrote in message
...
Many thanks for all the posts:

Shenan,

I back up to an external hard drive (WD Net Center). When Acronis True
Image works, the initial back up was a full system back up (about 100Gb)
and
I then did daily 'differential' back ups (about 5 Gb each). Using the MS
in-house version I just backed up 'my documents' which was about 80GB. I
hope this helps?


Tour,

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.


DL,

Thanks for the web address. I checked it out but found myself in more
complicated territory than my skills and knowledge allow for! ..but you
say
my HD manufacturer may have a utility to use? I back up to a Western
Digital
Net Center.


"DL" wrote:

Corruption of an Acronis image is often as a result of hd / memory
problems
You need to test both your hd & memory
Your hd maker will have a free bootable test utility
www.memtest.org provides a free bootable memory test utility

"offwego" wrote in message
...
I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing
up
my
data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I
getting
something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
schedule
it to run automatically?

Thanks.

"offwego" wrote in message
...
I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up
my
data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
schedule
it to run automatically?

Thanks.



If you have corruption on either of your drives Acronis will balk during the
backup or recovery. It fails when bad sectors are detected. Those same bad
sectors may be causing the backup program that is part of Windows XP to take
so long.

Check both your drives for errors.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

"offwego" wrote in message
...
I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up
my
data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
schedule
it to run automatically?

Thanks.



If you have corruption on either of your drives Acronis will balk during the
backup or recovery. It fails when bad sectors are detected. Those same bad
sectors may be causing the backup program that is part of Windows XP to take
so long.

Check both your drives for errors.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience