Adjusting The Speed Of A Backup - Symantec GHOST 14 Manual

Adjusting the speed of a backup

See "Editing backup settings"
To run a backup with options
1
On the Home page, click Run or Manage Backups.
2
In the Run or Manage Backups window, select the drive-based backup job
that you want to run.
3
Click Tasks > Run Backup With Options.
4
Select one of the following options:
Note: Depending on the current state of the backup, one or more options
might be disabled. For example, if you have not yet run the backup, you cannot
select the first option, Incremental recovery point of recent changes, because
the base recovery point has not yet been created.
Incremental recovery point of recent
changes
New recovery point set
Independent recovery point
5
Click OK to run the backup job and create the recovery point type you selected.
Depending on the speed of your computer, how much RAM you have installed,
and the number of programs you are running during a backup, your computer
could become sluggish.
You can manually adjust the effect of a backup on the performance of your
computer to match your needs at the moment. This feature is useful if you are
working on your computer and don't want the backup process to slow you down.
Running and managing backup jobs
on page 87.
Select this option if the backup already
has a base recovery point created and you
want to simply capture changes made to
the drive since the last backup.
Select this option if you want to start a
completely new recovery point set. When
you select this option, a base recovery
point is created.
Select this option to create an
independent recovery point, which is a
complete snap shot of your entire drive.
To specify an alternate backup location,
click Browse.
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