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External HD Problem.

  • 12-01-2005 3:30pm
    #1
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,616 ✭✭✭✭


    I have a WD 80gb drive in an external hard drive enclosure, connected to a USB 2.0 port on my PC. Any other USB 2.0 devices connected to the PC using the same port have a very fast transfer rate, but when I connect the external drive, it crawls. Typically I'm getting about 1 gig every 6 minutes (or almost 5gb in a half hour).

    Is this typical? Is there anyway I can speed it up? (PC settings, registry hacks, updated USB drivers?)

    I thought it might have been caused by the drive being a dynamic disk, so I spent hours copying stuff off it last night and converting it to a basic disk. It didn't make a difference.

    Any ideas, or do I just have to put up with it?


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