From: vwheeler 

You have an older USB port USB2.0 xfers at 480 Mbps vs 1.5 Mbps for 1.0 and
12 Mbps for USB1.1

Geo wrote:
> Maybe the problem is the image mode backup runs under a dos boot of some
> sort (ghost?)?
>
> All I know is it took hours to backup a 40gb drive and hours to restore it
> to a new 80gb drive.
>
> Geo.
>
> "vwheeler"  wrote in message
> news:41d35412$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>>The Western Digital 250G USB backup was not too slow with a new USB2.0
>
> card.
>
>>Geo wrote:
>>
>>>"Mike N."  wrote in message
>>>news:1lv3t05irpu40pp98gprtefkpkv2f66d8u{at}4ax.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>  Since workstation restore is presumed to be not as
time-critical, how
>>>>about XP's backup software to external USB drives using the
>
> aforementioned
>
>>>>Linksys NSLU2
>>>
>>>
>>>USB is too slow for backups/restores. We tried that route with one of
>
> those
>
>>>one button external drives that works like a backup device. It sucked.
>
> By
>
>>>that I mean it worked but I'd be old and grey by the time it finished.
>>>
>>>Geo.
>>>
>>>
>
>
>

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