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hd to hd copy speeds
I just bought a 200 gb Western Digital. Moving around my old data, I discovered how incredibly slow hd to hd copy is. I've got an old computer, (800 MHz Duron, Abit KT7) but still.. Here are my timings on copying 18 files, 100MB total:
P -> Q 1.1 MB/s
Q -> C 2.1 MB/s
C -> P 2.5 MB/s
P -> K 6.0 MB/s
where
C is a 120 GB WD, primary IDE1
P is 1st half of the 200 GB WD, secondary IDE1
Q is 2nd half of the 200 GB WD
K is a 120 GB WD through firewire
Seems like my IDE controller is slow, since transfer times to the external hd is much faster. Copying from the 1st to the 2nd partition of my new drive is as expected slowest, but 1 MB/s is just painful.
What kinda times do you guys get for something like this? Is there something I can do with software or drivers? Also, is there some tool where I can verify what ATA mode the disks are using?
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