I'm using Vista backup and restore centre to do a full backup to a DVD and
it's now been running for more than 24 hours! The little green bar showing
progress is fairly close to the end but doesn't seem to be advancing any
further. Must be something wrong. Should I just end the process and wait
until I can get a portable drive to back up to and use some other software
altogether? Will the files on my DVD be of any use?
I'll let this run for a while longer but it seems hopeless. I haven't got
THAT much stuff on my computer!

Donna wrote:
I'm using Vista backup and restore centre to do a full backup to a DVD and
it's now been running for more than 24 hours! The little green bar showing
progress is fairly close to the end but doesn't seem to be advancing any
further. Must be something wrong. Should I just end the process and wait
until I can get a portable drive to back up to and use some other software
altogether? Will the files on my DVD be of any use?
I'll let this run for a while longer but it seems hopeless. I haven't got
THAT much stuff on my computer!

I use a portable drive. First time I ran Vista backup it took about 40
minutes. Subsequent backups take about 10 min.
MickK

Donna;1099444 Wrote:
I'm using Vista backup and restore centre to do a full backup to a DVD
and
it's now been running for more than 24 hours! The little green bar
showing
progress is fairly close to the end but doesn't seem to be advancing
any
further. Must be something wrong. Should I just end the process and
wait
until I can get a portable drive to back up to and use some other
software
altogether? Will the files on my DVD be of any use?
I'll let this run for a while longer but it seems hopeless. I haven't
got
THAT much stuff on my computer!


There is definitely something wrong. Even to a DVD (which is a bad
choice anyhow) a backup should not take more than 1 hour. I would try
some other program and use an external disk. In this thread, I explain a
few options: ( 'Ghosting approaches - summary because of popular demand
« How-To Geek Forums'
(http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic...and?replies=46)
). If you do not have an external disk yet, I recommend the Maxtor One
Touch. It comes with all the backup and imaging software (Maxtor
Manager).


--
whs

Hi Donna,

I use Vista Backup & Restore as well, it works O.K.
Total backup time is about 1 hour and requires 3 DVD-RW+ for a HF booked at
about 60 Giga.
I don’t know why using 4.5 Gb optical disks would be a wrong option ?



"Donna" wrote in message
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I'm using Vista backup and restore centre to do a full backup to a DVD and
it's now been running for more than 24 hours! The little green bar showing
progress is fairly close to the end but doesn't seem to be advancing any
further. Must be something wrong. Should I just end the process and wait
until I can get a portable drive to back up to and use some other software
altogether? Will the files on my DVD be of any use?
I'll let this run for a while longer but it seems hopeless. I haven't got
THAT much stuff on my computer!