I would suggest that you split up your MY DOCUMENTS folder into separate backups by backing up a folder at a time and then thoroughly checking out the results. After my initial test backup's success, I then started, one at a time, to go after the biggies, namely MY PICTURES, MY MOVIES, MY MUSIC, and MY OUTLOOK MAIL FOLDERS. I started with the smallest of these 4 folders and ran each one separately. Backing up takes time, and I typically allowed these biggies to run overnight and even multiple days if necessary. Remember, upload speed from your Internet Service Provider is typically a lot slower than download speed. In the case of Comcast, their advertised download speed is 15 MB and upload speed is only 5 MB per second. Speed tests of your connection can be done here: http://speedtest.comcast.net/ With Comcast your download speed can be far greater than the 15 MB advertised because of their burst mode for downloads, but their upload speed will always come in around 5 MB.
After successfully backing up each folder, be sure to check its contents completely.
This is what mine looks like now.
Note that I have backed up about 77GB of my data. I have a total of about 95GB in MY Documents. I will do further downloads a folder at a time until I have everything backed up completely. If you have any questions, please write me.
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