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time to make full backup of windows 10

Aug 31, 2016 2:41PM PDT

Roughly how long will it take me to make full image backup of Windows 10 to external hard drive via USB 3?
Thanks for any ideas

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My outdated method
Aug 31, 2016 2:53PM PDT
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That probably will vary abit..depends on other factors.
Aug 31, 2016 7:58PM PDT

Using Apricorn cloning 95Gb to a SSD, it toke 28 minutes.

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I OWN THAT ONE.
Sep 1, 2016 8:56AM PDT

It's pretty nice. Some limitations such as can't clone to a big 3.5 inch HDD but for what it is, easy to use.

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That would've been nice if they...
Sep 2, 2016 10:46AM PDT

come out with an adapter for that...or have they. But it's not so bad to re-clone the clone. Of course using other software cloning, one just have to be extra careful and of course clonezilla don't cost anything.

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Depends
Aug 31, 2016 9:49PM PDT

Mostly on how much data is on this w10 hdd and how much muscle the machine has to create the image file.

I don't use an image.
I do use a clone.
The clone is faster.
24GB in 7 mins.

There is a difference between an image and a clone although the 2 terms are often mixed.