dr_gonzo Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Retrospect 7.7, Windows 7 64-bit I just got a 4TB hard drive and am backing up about 2.3 TB of data. Potential issues: The progress bar was always blank As Retrospect worked on the pre-backup preview, the application became briefly unresponsive a few times. Even considering how much data is on the drive, it took unusually long for Retrospect to create the preview After the copy is complete, I thought I saw the message "saving snapshot" but now it's "building snapshot" which is taking hours Does Retrospect 7 have known issues with backing up large volumes like this? This is my first experience and it's unusual so I wanted to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 The time it takes to build the snapshot depends only on the number of files, not their total size. (All other things equal) The progress bar is active only during the actual file copy. It is not "active" during scanning, matching and building snapshot (for instance). Saving snapshot is usually very short in time and comes immediately after building snapshot in the backup process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.