Hard Disk Slow

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  1. Mr T

    Mr T 4 Left Into Long 3 Right

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    Ive got a Maxtor 32049H2 Hard Disk (http://www.maxtor.com/products/DiamondMax/DiamondMaxVL/QuickSpecs/42079.htm) and i was copying files accross from one partion to another andi realised it took slightley over 10 minutes to copy 3.45Gb of mp3's from one drive to the other. I thought surely somethings wrong :rolleyes:. Its definately an ATA100 board and cable so why is it so slow ?

    Or im i just worrying about nothing and it probabley just is that slow ?
     
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  2. Mr T

    Mr T 4 Left Into Long 3 Right

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    Doesnt matter i think i found the problem :)

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    Mr T 4 Left Into Long 3 Right

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    After degrag is still took 6.59 Minutes to transfer 2.5gb and i was talked to RTT and he says it sounds slow any ideas ?
     
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  4. bAnTAi

    bAnTAi What's a Dremel?

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    well....depending on which drive it's going to....they look pretty full...the fuller the slower
     
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  5. felix the cat

    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    try runnin a benchmark program like sisoft sandra to see what kind of speed you get for your hdd...

    or even try out the new 3dmark that is for apps only...
     
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    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    just to see whether that was way off, i did a test on mine...

    took 8.3 mins to transfer 2.7gb from one partition to the other on my IBM Deathstar....

    so i guess your should be fine, but then again i cant say whether ur hdd is a lot better on mine....
     
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    from partition to partition it will be slow cause ur limited by the rate at which the heads move, not from 1 disk to another which is in sync if its across 2 channels
     
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  8. bAnTAi

    bAnTAi What's a Dremel?

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    oh right...yeah....its probably fine if they're partitions....cause its slower than hard disks
     
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