Hi Donald, You will have to aclimatize yourself to the search boxes in windows 7 to get any joy out of packages like control panel. Actually, I've taken to avoiding the control panel altogether in windows seven.
For example, The applet that removes software from your machine is called programs and features in win7. Instead of going to control panel and waring out my tab key, I type program in the start search edit and arrow down to programs and features. That's the only way I've been able to get my head into windows seven. Otherwise I'd be fuming constantly in front of clients which is not cool at all. I just don't have a great deal of patience for the new interface. Regarding the speed of your backup, that does seem a little rediculous to me, but I'm not really sure what to tell you here. I'd first take a look at the drives in use, especially if one or more drives are old, and then maybe I'd go off looking for another backup utility to see if I got better joy. Then maybe replace some cables or something all just depending. Not really being intimate with that particular machine I'm not sure exactly how to help, but you are right, 3 days to back up a terabyte is a bit ridiculous. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, One on one access technology support and training over the phone or in person, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-11-03, at 8:45 AM, donald E. Bowen, Jr. wrote: > Hi, > > Running Windows Seven Home Premium 32 bit on a dual core Pentium 3.00 with > 4GB RAM and WE 7.2 > > I used to say things like > > “it is slower than molasses running uphill in North Dakota in the winter time” > > Or > > “slower than grass growing in the Arizona dessert”. > > I’ve got a new one now… > > “slower than Windows Seven backing up my hard drive” > > Unbelievable. I started backing up about a TB worth of data on Monday > afternoon. It is now at 44 percent. Backing up from one internal hard drive > to another on an otherwise very fast machine. Does this seem normal? Or > have I missed something? I’ve found that navigating the Windows Seven > control Panel screens takes a combination of tabbing, up, down, left and > right arrows and using the numpad mouse keys and I can’t help but thinking > I have somehow overlooked a something, like a setting that says verify each > file twenty seven times or something. Something has to be wrong. > > Your thoughts? > > Sincerely, > Donald E. Bowen, Jr. > Music for Sight > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 5587 (20101103) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
