Is the drive partitioned and formatted correctly?
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Originally Posted by Hain
The hard drive exploring will still be slow. I have a 500GB WD with a power down setting after prolonged periods of no use, and every time I open My Computer, it boots up and takes extra time before the hard drives show up in Windows.
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A hard drive on the USB bus will be slower than on the IDE bus. Putting it in an external enclosure is more about convenience than performance; I find it highly useful to have a device that allows for back up and transfer of files across multiple platforms and in different locations.
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