A strange thing I just discovered

[welst10]

When I copy files from my 120GB Maxtor to a new Seagate 120GB, it took at least 2 hrs to copy 15GB. Today I copied the files from the 120GB seagate to a new 200GB seagate, it only took 20 min.

All 3 drives are IDE drives. and both old and new are on the same IDE channel. Why the difference in transfer speed?

 

[Maverick2002]

could be the buffer size. also check the random access times on the drives.

 

[MegaWorks]

Maxtor sucks

 

[Maverick2002]

oh .. and spindle speed. and platter density.

and ... seagate > maxtor

 

[McCarthy]

I'd check to make sure one of the drives isn't stuck in a PIO mode. Also, if the Maxtor was highly fragmented that'll slow things down. Still, two hours is pretty extreme.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: MegaWorks
Maxtor sucks

I have a 3-4 year old 5400rpm maxtor that's been running pretty much 24/7 since I got it. The major manufacturers are all pretty much the same, some people tout Seagate's 5 year warranty as a guarantee of higher quality, but it could be no more than a publicity thing, ie. maybe they're willing to replace a few more drives than the other guys in exchange for giving the impression of quality. Price / speed / interface should figure more into a purchase decision than brand for hard drives. Temperature plays a much bigger role; hot drives have a far lower lifespan.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: MegaWorks
Maxtor sucks

Doubt it.

 

[zephyrprime]

Sounds like fragmentation to me. Were the files all downloaded from Kazaaa or something?