Firewall is turned off. I use zonealarm, but it is off. Windows firewall is off. I run pgadmin backup from the pc that is the postgres server. No client applications are running during the backup. The first 26 tables backup up nearly all the time before it gets to my large table which comprises about 90% of the data. thank you. _____________________________________________________________ Need cash? Click to get an emergency loan, bad credit ok http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2211/fc/Ioyw6ijlfjASMOLapmGDEwWV0QzysUgo1E9maziLqmQVdDcVy3NBim/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org