How long should it take a backup of your laptop (windows Vista) on an external hard drive (Lots if free space.

I'm writing this, it took well over 30 mins so far and it's not even halfway through the.

Hello Stephen Murphy,

It really depends on what you save. Small files shouldn't take more than a few minutes (or seconds), plus large (1 GB for example) files may take 4 or 5 minutes or a bit longer.

If you back up your entire drive you might be looking at hours for backup.

Another problem, of course, is the speed of the USB connection on the external drive. 1 USB, for example will be much slower that USB 2 and USB 2 will be slower than the USB 3.

In many cases, it is necessary to "play the game of waiting" until the data transfer is completed.

This forum post is my own opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or the opinion of Microsoft, its employees or other MVPS.

John Barnett MVP: Windows XP Expert associated with: Windows Expert - consumer: www.winuser.co.uk | vistasupport.mvps.org | xphelpandsupport.mvps.org | www.silversurfer-Guide.com

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