Hi All, Scientific Linux 6.2, 64 bit Whenever I have been running my XP Virtual Machine under KVM, my dump backup goes from 1 hr, 12 min to 5 hr, 30 min. Five times slower. Reboot fixes the problem. This does not happen if I have (only) been running my Windows 7 Virtual Machine. Anyone have a workaround or fix for this? Many thanks, -T $ rpm -qa \*dump\* dump-0.4-0.6.b42.el6.x86_64 $ rpm -qa \*kvm\* qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64 $ uname -r 2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64