are you closing down all the background tasks? if not, do a CTRL-ALT-DELETE
and end task all background applications except SYSTRAY and EXPLORER. then,
retry your backup.

"Mike Blake-Knox" wrote:
>
>I'm using Backup Exec 4.2 to backup my laptop to an HP DDS3 DAT drive.
The
>backup phase seem to take a very long time and I've noticed it sitting there
>not seeming to be writing to the tape (or even changing the number of files
>backed up). The comparephase seems to be much faster: an incremental backup
>of 881MB/4000 files takes 70 minutes while the compare phase takes under
>20 minutes.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>