Is this Normal speed for V10.0?

System Profile : P4 3.0 Ghtz w/1 gig RAM, XP PRO SP2

Tasks : Backup & Restore >> Primary Partition C:\ [35 Gigs w/41% free space]

Partittion was cleaned out of all Junk files and Defag.

Took about close to 18 mins to Backup the Image.

Took about close to 40 mins to Restore it back

Are those "normal " speeds, I found the Restore is about at least 10 mins off, compared to V9.0f?

 

You have not said where you are saving you backups or which methods you are using for making them and restoring. These factors can make a considerable difference.

If you are making your backups within Windows to an internal or external drive 18 minutes would seem about right for your ~21GB. Even doing them from the restore CD would only be a tad slower.

Restoring from an external drive could be par for the course as many such drives do not have the optimal drivers on the rescue CD.
There are three possible solutions to speed things up.
1. Create a BART PE CD With TI plug in.
2.Get better drivers from customer support.
3. Store your images on an internal drive.

I chose method 3 above and my restores take barely half the creation time. Using the Bart CD was only slightly longer taking into account the longer time to live from that CD.

Xpilot

 

Yep to a External USB HD [ my old Seagate 160 GIGS that I converted into an External] . It is Plug & Play, No Drivers came with enclosure for XP.

 

Not to forget that diskfragment can also
extend the time to make an image.

Greetz
DeLorean

 

yeah, but I am talking about Restore Time.