macca40 Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 Had my box for 2 weeks now been trying to do a backup today but its not doing it tried 2 different usb sticks and a sd card I let it run for 50 mins but no joy. Can anybody get theirs to backup if so how?? Thanks Ray Quote
nbs. Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 I have done a backup before no issues I'll pull mine out this afternoon and try again Quote
sea157 Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 47 minutes ago, macca40 said: Had my box for 2 weeks now been trying to do a backup today but its not doing it tried 2 different usb sticks and a sd card I let it run for 50 mins but no joy. Can anybody get theirs to backup if so how?? Thanks Ray Be patient it takes A LOT LONGER to do a backup then it takes to do a restore. (usually about an hour to do a backup) What size SD card or USB flash drive are you trying to use? 1 Quote
macca40 Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 SD card i've tried are 4gb and 32gb ,USB flash drive 8gb and 16gb What the best file system to use when formatting sd cards and USB flash drives? Quote
dishuser Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 13 minutes ago, macca40 said: SD card i've tried are 4gb and 32gb ,USB flash drive 8gb and 16gb What the best file system to use when formatting sd cards and USB flash drives? use the box to format Quote
macca40 Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 s 7 minutes ago, dishuser said: use the box to format So does it auto format when it starts the backup?? Quote
macca40 Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 3 hours ago, sea157 said: Be patient it takes A LOT LONGER to do a backup then it takes to do a restore. (usually about an hour to do a backup) What size SD card or USB flash drive are you trying to use? Yes that did the trick 1 hour 10 min 2.4gb used on the 4gb sd card. Thank you sea157 1 Quote
sea157 Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 1 hour ago, macca40 said: SD card i've tried are 4gb and 32gb ,USB flash drive 8gb and 16gb What the best file system to use when formatting sd cards and USB flash drives? I would no use anything smaller then the 32gb for the backup. Quote
dishuser Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 1 hour ago, macca40 said: s So does it auto format when it starts the backup?? no you got to storage and format Quote
macca40 Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 11 minutes ago, dishuser said: no you got to storage and format Thanks all sorted now needed to leave it a lot longer than Iwas doing 1hour 10 mins Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.