arthur wrote:

> I am running windows xp home edition on a dell pentium. I am using windows
> backup to maxtor external hard drive. Occaisionally the back up will freeze.
> The problem is intermittent, but occurs most with full backups. Any ideas
> what might be causing the problem?

Need more information, such as size of files being backed up, the
size of the paging file, amount of RAM installed, external HD size,
etc. Also, any additional information from Event Viewer?