Re: ANY reason not to turn off System Restore for non-boot drives?

On Dec 31, 8:02 am, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kbl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sorry, but that's not correct. It's the amount of data that determines
the backup time, not the size of the partition. See also the responses
from Pegasus, Shenan Stanley, and Zilbandy.

Well, with all respect, I think you are all making the same error of
assuming that I am using the same backup software as you. I am using
Seagate Disk Wizard, which came with my drive. It is made by Acronis,
but does not have as many features as the full Acronis backup
product. In particular, when imaging a partition, the only choice is
a sector by sector backup of the partition, regardless of how much
data it contains.

I prefer it over XP's built-in backup because it can run from a CD
even when XP won't boot.
.

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