How do I create folders on the disk and how can it take 22 hrs to copy just 3 gb of documents. There are only about 12 things in teh file. Thanks you guys, you have been great. And I also need a backup program that supports incremental updates - can you explain to me what that is?
For the first one, right click then new folder, for the last look here:
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For the file transfer, it depends on the file but it shouldn't take that long. Does the time eventually reduce?
1. To create a folder you right click on the stick (in the left pane of Explorer), go to New > Folder. Then give it a name.
2. The 22 hours is unreal. Check the File System of the drive (in Properties) . It should be Fat32. I wonder also whether the ports are running on USB 1.1. in lieu of USB 2.0. But that is not easy to find out unless you get a message that the stick would perform faster in USB 2.0. Anything with USB ports is messy - since ages.
3. Incremental or differential backups are typically used by imaging programs. Free Paragon would be a candidate. The imaging has the added advantage that it compresses the data and thus uses less space.
I think stuff is getting backed up on the drive - finally - but how do I create folders. Thanks so much
Either as WHS suggested or right click and select new -> folder when a file or folder isn't selected.
I could not just do a regular backup with my usb. So I just put it in and just dragged the info I was interested in into it. Can anyone tell me why "documents" took forever and so much space? I just wanted my letters and there are hardly in there.
You are doing something wrong. The dragging technique is not the way of proper operation. It can give you all kinds of results. Use this: Context Menu - Add Copy To Folder and Move To Folder Then you know that you get a proper result.
Also, is your USB stick formatted in Fat32? If not, format it to Fat32 (quick format). NTFS on sticks is a lot slower and wears the stick a lot more.
Thank you for every thing you said, but I have no idea what you said. I did not drag the information like I said I did, I right clicked and sent to usb drive.
OK, that clarifies that one. "Send to" is a copy operation and should work.
If it takes very long, it could be only because your stick is very slow (and many cheap sticks have a dismal transfer rate which you can test with HD Tune), and/or the stick is formatted in NTFS (which you will see in Properties of the stick).
If your budget isn't too tight, here's a very reasonably priced 8GB stick that has a 'speed class rating' of 200x. I don't know what that translates too in real world write speed, but I have a few, and copies are much, much faster than my Cruzer. 5 star rating with 1200 reviewers (you should be able to find some write speeds in the user reviews). It's $18.
James
Edit:
Sorry, forgot link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820220252
Last edited by James Colbert; 14 Jan 2011 at 23:51.
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