Snow Leopard Latest Version - Disk Utility TAKES FOREVER to Backup Disk

Hi,
it is pretty much as the header describes.
I have chosen, New Image from Folder... in DU.
Then I select my boot drive which I want to Backup.
It has been 45 minutes and DU has copied 13 GB increasingly. And is still going at it.
I have 500GB on that drive and this way it would take forever.
Now, if I enter the terminal and do a ditto it will copy about 10GB per minute.
Any ideas why DU is soooooooo SLOW.

DU isn't slow, however, you are trying to backup into a disk image which is slow. If you simply use the Restore option of DU to backup, then it will go faster. You should not do a backup into a disk image. It's unnecessarily slow especially if you opted to encrypt the image. DU's Restore option will put a bootable clone onto the backup drive.
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4.Check the box labeled Erase destination.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the backup drive.
Source means the internal startup drive.

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