I’m running Vista Home Premium and have a Seagate External. The last time I backed up My Documents I either copied the folder and pasted to the external or did a drag and drop. The process didn’t take too long.

Today I tired both and it was said 11 hours left when I returned home after about 4 hours. For some reason it also restored past and deleted icons to my desktop.
What might I be doing wrong as I don’t recall the Seagate taking up 10 hours to back up My Doc’s? I also don’t recall past icons being reinstalled on my desktop.

Thanks for any suggestions!
Mike