tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post7317042957288937211..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: An Info Bleg or TwoSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-32342963360454924902015-01-03T10:09:35.872-05:002015-01-03T10:09:35.872-05:00I also concur on checking for possible bottlenecks...I also concur on checking for possible bottlenecks and your cables. A decent gigabit switch should run you about $30-40 or less.<br />Those fixes alone should speed things up a little quicker, but I would suggest using a 3rd party backup software to go to your NAS.Mark Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263596703092203941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-68584229133933636102015-01-02T22:14:16.743-05:002015-01-02T22:14:16.743-05:00Check your personal network for an old hub/switch/...Check your personal network for an old hub/switch/router which may be acting as a bottleneck, such as a 10 base T hub or even a 100 base T hub or switch. Those will slow transfer significantly. Pheasant Pluckernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-15158796361468590422015-01-02T19:50:45.886-05:002015-01-02T19:50:45.886-05:00Regarding the slow speed of your backup over ether...Regarding the slow speed of your backup over ethernet, you might have a bad cable or end, that drops your speed or puts you in half duplex. I've had that happen before.<br /><br />The other issue might simply be win7, as it has a notoriously slow copy. I use terracopy and it is FAST. I've been using it for a couple of years and haven't had any problems. I like driveimage for backups, as I can do a full image of the drive and still get into the individual files later. It's not a 'backup' utility per se be is great for capturing the state of your machine at different points (like after you have everything installed and configured, but before mucking it up with data and use.)<br /><br />I also use Microsoft's Synctoy with the "contribute" option to move and consolidate old folders into new. It's a good way to avoid duplicates while consolidating folders from previous migrations.<br /><br />Windirstat will give you a graphical look at your drive and makes it easy to find space hogs.<br /><br />If you used the image resizer powertoy from Microsoft, you will want to get the new (non-MS) version that works with win7. It will give you back the ability to right click an image and resize. VERY convenient. Worked flawlessly for me for the last year or two.<br /><br />Hope that helps,<br /><br />zukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com