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Discussions about backup time on WindowsForum.com focus on the duration required for system image backups, particularly over network connections. Users report slow transfer speeds, such as 4-5 MB/s over a 1 Gb/s network, leading to first backups exceeding 24 hours for a 500 GB drive. Questions arise about whether subsequent backups are incremental and faster, and how to configure regular backups to include system folders like Windows. The tag covers performance comparisons, scheduling, and optimization of backup processes in Windows 7 and later versions.
  1. TomTiddler

    Windows 7 Some questions about system image backups

    So, I'm doing system image backups over a 1Gb/s network. The system being backed up is a Sony notebook (FW285D) with a 500GB hard drive. The backup runs at a steady 4-5MBytes/sec transfer which seems slow (I should note that a scheduled Win7 backup bursts at 24-45MBytes/sec), and as a result the...
    • TomTiddler
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    • backup backup time disk space file management file transfer hard drive incremental internet speed performance sony storage system image windows 7 windows folder
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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