Subj : Re: anyone recommend backup solution To : Alan Cairns From : Geo. Date : Fri Mar 30 2001 02:27 pm From: "Geo." "Alan Cairns" wrote in message news:3ac54405@w3.nls.net... > A full installation of Windows2k with some utilities takes up about 700 MB, > and can be imaged in 15 minutes. The size of the partition makes little > difference. Drive Image knows the difference between used and unused space. > The resulting image file (from a 12 GB partition), is 660 MB. That's less than 50mb/minute. At the speed of drive image, it would take 21 hours to backup a 60gb drive. Hmm.. signs that drive capacity has seriously outpaced drive speed... This is gonna be a big problem. Geo. --- BBBS/NT v4.00 MP * Origin: Barktopia Gating Project http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) .