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I know this topic has been discussed before, but I still don't have an an answer.
Why does Acronis backup/cloning run much faster than Lenovo's RR or WindowsBackup?

I mean, even when I have no changes to my files or settings, RR or Windows backup take forever (20 minutes plus, at the very least), to complete even a simple backup.
In contrast, I just installed Acronis Home, and I am doing a full backup (for the first time), and it's almost finished, after less than 10 minutes.

Can anyone explain the difference to me? I find it hard to believe that Lenovo or Microsoft are that much worse at designing backup software.

The core backup technology Acronis uses is far more advanced than Rescue and Recovery, also remember the only business Acronis does is develop management softwares for a premium price, on the other hand lenovo is mainly a hardware company that bundles the softwares it develops free with their machines.

Usually free things are not always as competitive and comparable as paid versions, the other day I was reading something, a person wrote his PC came with a free mouse but it wasn't as good as Logitech's.

In my experience the thing that kills RnR performance is the data compression.
Both Acronis and Paragon's Disk Manager have comparable performance and backup image sizes. Whilst RnR's image size is noticably smaller, the compression to achieve that equates to a much longer backup time.