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jbirds21
08-27-2009, 06:49 PM
Hi im trying to back up my info onto a external hard drive.. I follow the instructions, and all i get is not-responding everytime!?

fozzy71
08-27-2009, 07:40 PM
How big is your DB? USB external drive? Are you just backing up for data backup? Or because you dont have space on your HD? If you can, backup to your internal drive, and then cut or copy the backup file and paste it onto your external drive.

I haven't had real good luck using the backup/restore process in the past. I also thought mine wasn't responding, but it was just working at mear max capacity. I prefer to just keep a synchronized copy of my entire postgresql \data folder, and obviously all my archived/processed hands, as well as copies of my exported DB to text files. It is a lot more reliable, and faster, to restore/reinstall your old DB, with the actual \data folder. It just requires a lot more backup storage space. As long as you keep your downloaded postgresql installer, so you have the same version next time, it goes very smooth and fast.