[BackupPC-users] Rsync on Win XP Home VERY VERY SLOW

[Dave W. <da...@de...>]

Hi,
	can any one help me with this little problem?

I have a system running Win XP SP2 Home edition and I am backing up using the 
rsync package from BackupPC. 

My problem is that rsync is using up all available processor cycles.

This wouldn't be a problem if the backup completed in a few hours but it takes 
nearly 3 days to complete. During this time the machine is un useable due to 
rsync taking up all the CPU time.

I have read the archives and found this problem has been experienced by at 
least one other person but I could not find any referance to a solution.

I have tried running with and without nontsec in the CYGWIN environment 
variable and that produces no differance.

I have tried changing the priority of rsync but nothing changes.

I have noted that rsync does not hog the processor when it collecting file 
names but as soon as it starts sending across the network it hogs 99% of the 
processor.

What can be done to fix this?

I can not use smb to do this backup as XP Home edition does not seem to allow 
anyone but guest to connect to a smb share and guest can not read the files.

Any sugestions greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
	Dave West