Not necessarily. With Windows Backup & Restore you can't add additional threads to be used for backup procedure. With Robocopy - you can (the switch is /MT[:n])all of them are prob going to be the same amount of time. it depends on your harddrive. Just be patient. The faster it goes gives it a high risk of error
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/wi...o-quickly-back-up-your-data-in-windows-7/3280