gordonwd Posted August 9, 2002 Report Share Posted August 9, 2002 I have a 120Gb USB 2.0 disk for my backup device. With Retro Express, I was using the "File" backup type to store multiple savesets on the disk. However, I found that there was a *major* performance issue when doing an incremental backup to the same set: for a large (18Gb) saveset file it would take about 1.5 hours for Express to apparently extract the catalog data to a temp file on the same disk before it would actually start backing up any new files (which would often take less than a minute). Is it OK instead to use this disk for a "disk saveset" backup type? This way the catalog would be kept separately on my C drive and incremental backups should proceed much quicker. The only issue is if I can have multiple disk backup sets on this same external hard drive. Is this possible? Does this sound like a better way to go? Can I still use the disk for other non-backup files storage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lv2ski Posted August 9, 2002 Report Share Posted August 9, 2002 Definately! Use the disks backupset!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcronin Posted August 12, 2002 Report Share Posted August 12, 2002 I had that problem too but found that turning off System Restore monitoring for the drive where the file backup set was being stored cured it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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