Copying backup files

[Robin Bignall]

I think I must have mis-read "5 Desktop", which does appear on the
page... (a senior moment).

I just did my usual C: backup with SP. It took 14 minutes. I also did
a Windows backup of C: with a system backup. It took about an hour.
Both to the same HDD. What on earth is Windows doing that makes it so
slow? Copying empty space?

 

[Philip Herlihy]

I just did my usual C: backup with SP. It took 14 minutes. I also did
a Windows backup of C: with a system backup. It took about an hour.
Both to the same HDD. What on earth is Windows doing that makes it so
slow? Copying empty space?

Was the SP backup a full backup, or an incremental/differential? Was
the Windows backup a "complete" backup (image) or a file backup?

You'll be aware that file backup programs mark the files they copy (the
Archive attribute) so running two backup programs needs to be thought
through very carefully.

 

[Robin Bignall]

Was the SP backup a full backup, or an incremental/differential? Was
the Windows backup a "complete" backup (image) or a file backup?

SP was a full backup of c:. Windows was an image plus backup of C:

You'll be aware that file backup programs mark the files they copy (the
Archive attribute) so running two backup programs needs to be thought
through very carefully.

It was just an experiment. I don't use Windows backup. SP does not
care about files being marked; it images volumes.