Process time for partial same as full

[art k]

True Image V7.0638. I do a partial backup on shutdown. Seems to me that it takes about the same amout of time (abour 15 min) as a full backup. Seems like it should be a lot faster. Anyone know why?

[Acronis Support]

Hello art k,

Thank you for using Acronis True Image (http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/).

Could you please let me know if you defragmented your drive after creating the full image and before creating the incremental one?

Thank you.

[Menorcaman]

-{ Quote: "True Image V7.0638. I do a partial backup on shutdown. Seems to me that it takes about the same amout of time (abour 15 min) as a full backup. Seems like it should be a lot faster. Anyone know why?" }-Hello art k

When you say "partial" backup do you in fact mean that you created a TI "incremental" image? If so, then it depends on how much your disk structure has changed since the last time an image was created (e.g. you did a disk defrag). TI carries out sector based imaging rather than file based imaging.

Regards

[art k]

Sorry, I meant incremental. And I didn't defrag.

[Menorcaman]

-{ Quote: "Sorry, I meant incremental. And I didn't defrag." }-What's the size of your full image compared to that of the incremental?

[art k]

About 4gig for full. The next day the incremental was about 600k.

[Menorcaman]

-{ Quote: "About 4gig for full. The next day the incremental was about 600k." }-How does the time (and size) compare if you manually carry out an Incremental within your current Windows session rather than scheduling it to occur at shutdown?

Regards