Image recording time to DVD-RW 8 hours was the result of using packet writing
at 4X
on the old Sony DRU-710A is a bit excessive and was also due to not optimizing
the HD unit
before starting the imaging process.
I did include the images of volumes C: and D: as part of the composite backup
of volume E becuase
I configured NG 10 backup scheduler to place both images in the E:\Ghost Image
Backups folder.
I do agree that it would be better for me to put each image on a separate DVD-R
DL disk than it would
to nest images of C: and D: into an image of E:
Plus excluding the images of C: and D: separate from the image of E: wil not
only shave off an additional
19GB in adjusted space from the image of E: but time as well maybe 2 to 3 hours
worth after cleaning defraging
volumes C: and D:
I'll just copy the images (Norton calls these restore points when creating an
imaging task in the scheduler) of volumes C: and D: each one to a separate
DVD+R DL disk then delete the images from the HD and run a Norton CleanSweep
then SpeedDisk on volumes C:,D: and E:
Since I'll be doing this I'll have to run another full image backup of E: to
make it current and further reduce the consumption of DVD+R DL disk from 5 to 3
adjusted for the deletion of the images of C: and D: which average 6.5 to 7.3
GB in size each from volume E: Whew! I hope you got that striaght!
I'll do this tonight. Thanks for the suggestion I was thinking of doing the
same thing myself. ;)
Marc Sims
Data Technician I
Prince George's Community College
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Not unreasonable that a run should take 8 hours to write 15 DVD's worth of
backups -
you originally said CD-RW's, for which 8 hours would be somewhat excessive
Just curious - but are you including the images of C: and D: as part of a
composite backup of E:
If so, would it be a better process, if having put each of those to a
separate DL-DVD
then exclude them from the image of E, - possibly by creating those images
on a different partition,
Perhaps splitting off approx 19 Gb of the space in partition E
(The 19 being adjusted to allow sufficient space for 2 DL-DVD's )
Also -
with 8.5GB space on a DL-DVD, is it worth using max compression
and did you run a clean process on C: to get rid of the temp files and other
garbage,
because only 2.78 GB free seems to be a bit tight for a system capable of
putting/getting 8.5GB from removable media
Perhaps running it after a backup would be safer
JimB
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