Windows 7 pc back up taking yrs to complete

[Kevin1964]

Any idea's as to how long it takes to run the windows 7 back up process coz i keep getting stuck at 41 percent each time i try to do it and its been nearly 2 and half hours sat at 41 percent as i type this out.

[Rifleman]

Mine didnt get stuck mate, but it did take a while and 2 discs.

[bigdazz]

mine too took about 2 hours

[Kevin1964]

Hi guys
Well i posted at around 9.31pm and it was at 41 percent then and it is now 10.13pm and still on 41 percent...Does it all depend on the processor type and speed??

[Drift]

I made back up discs taking about 40 mins, but it auto backs up to one of my external hard drives, stopped that now as it was taking to much space, anything important I back up manually and its a lot quicker and a heck of a lot less space

[BoxCleva]

[Frenchfarmer]

Slightly off topic....
How do you back up files in XP?

[V6POWER]

If its stuck at 41% for anything over 20 mins you may as well give up because its not gonna work.
What r u backing up onto, partition drive?

[V6POWER]

[Kevin1964]

[V6POWER]

[Kevin1964]

The external DVD/RW drive works fine so guess its not that causing it to be that slow.....Just out of curiosity does the CPU type and speed make a difference to how quick it does things like back-ups??

I gave up on the Back-up in the end as it didn't move from 41 percent last night