To Léandre Maillet With that many pictures it would be faster to not use the BK backup routine. Are all of the pictures in one folder or just a few folders? It would be faster to use Windows to copy the entire picture folder to a DVD-R or USB flash drive. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Léandre Maillet via" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2015 10:12 AM Subject: [BK] Backup of large data file > Hi, > > I’m curious as to a way to back-up large data file with several photos, > marriage and death certificats, etc. > > I have over 600 000 persons with 40 000 .jpegs. It would take app. 4 days > to run a backup (baring any computer or other cliches). > > Is there a way to back-up smaller data files and gradually building it up > to the whole set? For example, to run a backup with 20-30000 persons, then > adding another 2000, etc. > > Léandre > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message