It really depends upon what you are backing up. Small files shouldn't take more than a few minutes (or seconds), larger files (1GB for instance) may take 4 or 5 minutes or slightly longer. If you are backing up your whole drive you may be looking at hours for the backup.
How long should an initial backup take?
- You should expect it to take as long as an hour for the first backup depending on how large your account is and how much data is in there. However subsequent backups are much faster. Are the backups done in the cloud, local, or both?
How long should I Keep my backups?
- Two months of full system backup is usually a safe target for how long to keep the backup files. The most recent month, and the month before should be enough to ensure that you can quickly restore a clean copy of your system if there is a data loss, but it also gives you a buffer in case the loss was caused by malware that might have resided on your system for a while before it was found.
How to create a full system backup in Windows 10?
- Open Settings.
- Click on Update&Security.
- Click on Backup.
- Under the "Looking for an older backup?" section,click the Go to Backup and Restore (Windows 7) option. ...
- Click the Create a system image option from the left pane. ...
- Select the On a hard disk option.
What is the best way to back up a computer?
- It’s All About Your Personal Data. Let’s start with the obvious: what do you need back up? ...
- The Many Ways to Back Up Your Files. There are many ways to back up your data,from using an external drive to backing up those files on a remote ...
- One Backup Isn’t Enough: Use Multiple Methods. So which should you use? ...
- Automate It! ...