Copy speed of data from harddisk to harddisk was found too slow

[ims]

Dear all,

I have got 2 Segate Harddisks in my WIndows XP PC,
I find it take about 90 minutes for me to 5GB of data from one harddisk to
another.
How can I configure my Windows to let the copy speed fater?

Thanks

 

[BBUNNY]

Dear all,

I have got 2 Segate Harddisks in my WIndows XP PC,
I find it take about 90 minutes for me to 5GB of data from one harddisk to
another.
How can I configure my Windows to let the copy speed fater?

Thanks

Are they on the same channel?? Processor?? RAM?? Bad cables??
It takes less than twenty minutes for me to back up seven gigs of data to
a USB hardrive.

 

[ims]

They are on the same ide cable
My CPU is Celeron 2.4G, with 256MB RAM
I assume no problem with the flat cable.

 

[####]

Sounds like one of them may have a problem. Try benchmarking them with HD
Tach, SiSoft or whatever and see if their figures are within operating spec.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

The is no problem. What everyone forgets is that the IDE channels are not
truely made to be multi-tasking. Since both hard drives are on the same
cable, all READS must stop before any WRITES can occur. It would have been
faster if the hard drives were on two different IDE cables.

 

[Vanguard]

Dear all,

I have got 2 Segate Harddisks in my WIndows XP PC,
I find it take about 90 minutes for me to 5GB of data from one
harddisk to
another.
How can I configure my Windows to let the copy speed fater?

What happens if you disable the on-access scanner for your anti-virus
software?

 

[ims]

It took 9 hours to copy another 65GB data last night.
I'll try again by using your method tonight, thanks~

 

[ims]

I'm using Norton Antivirus, if I disable this, I have to let my PC off line
before copying.
but it's impractible.

 

[Vanguard]

I'm using Norton Antivirus, if I disable this, I have to let my PC off
line
before copying.
but it's impractible.

You are copying 5GB of files all the time from one drive to the other?
Then which computer do YOU use in the meantime while the computer's bus
is occupied with all that traffic?

 

[namniar]

One PC sales rep said once that you really only need AV protection while
downloading email (and downloading anything from the net I would suppose).
This was a few years ago possible in the days when dialup was the only
option to the masses, so take it with a grain of salt. Opinions from the
techi guru's out there?...

Mine is always on except when installing software.

"ims", disabling NAV is quick and easy as long as the icon is visible in the
task bar notification area. Rt Click the NAV icon and select disable/enable
from the scroll menu.

r.

 

[ims]

Last night I put the 2 harddisks into different IDE cables, and disable
Norton Anti-virus during data copying.

It took about 85 minutes to copy 5GB data, no apparent improvement.
Anybody has other ideas please?

May be I have to check my PC by benchmark software to see anything wrong.

 

[Vanguard]

Last night I put the 2 harddisks into different IDE cables, and
disable
Norton Anti-virus during data copying.

It took about 85 minutes to copy 5GB data, no apparent improvement.
Anybody has other ideas please?

May be I have to check my PC by benchmark software to see anything
wrong.

Go into Device Manager and check which transfer mode is selected for the
IDE ports, PIO or DMA. You need to be using DMA mode (presumably your
hard drives aren't so old that all they support are the old slower PIO
modes). If DMA, check if it is higher than mode 3.

Specifying WHAT hard drives you have, make and model, might help.

Have you tried using msconfig.exe to disable all startup programs,
reboot, and then tested the transfer time?

 

[ims]

Oh my God~~
My primary IDE master device was set in PIO mode.
It is a 120G Segate Harddisk, should be new enough to run in DMA mode.
I have tried but can't set it into DMA mode.
Please help.

 

[Vanguard]

Oh my God~~
My primary IDE master device was set in PIO mode.
It is a 120G Segate Harddisk, should be new enough to run in DMA mode.
I have tried but can't set it into DMA mode.
Please help.

Does it allow you to set it to DMA mode (but not select a specific mode)
and then on a reboot do the detection to pick which DMA mode?

Do you have any other devices on the same ribbon/round cable going to
the IDE hard drive (the one you cannot change to DMA mode)? If so, try
disconnecting that drive in the meantime to test if DMA mode can be
selected for the hard drive, and make sure the hard drive is at the end
of the ribbon cable.

If the hard drive is the only device on the ribbon cable, is it
configured as Single Drive or as Master Drive (for some drives they
differentiate between these two setups where Single Drive means there is
no other drive on the cable and Master Drive means it is set as master
and there is a second drive on the cable)? Do you have it configured
for Cable Select?

Are you using a 40-pin/80-wire ribbon cable, or is it the old
40-pin/40-wire ribbon cable? You should still be able to select DMA
mode 3 (UltraDMA-33) using the old 40-pin/40-wire ribbon cable.

What brand and model motherboard do you have? Does it use a non-Intel
chipset? If so, have you download and installed the latest chipset
driver package from the mobo maker's web site?

 

[ims]

Dear Vanguard,

Thanks for your value information.
I have solve the problem last night.
It took about 15 minutes to copy 5GB of data, which I think is reasonable.

At first my 120G harddisk at primary IDE channel was found in PIO mode,
flat cable using was a ATA100 type.
while my 80G harddisk at secondary IDE channel was Ultra DMA mode 3,
flat cable was ATA66.

I tried to interchange the 2 harddisks (changed together with the flat
cables),
after that I found both were running at Ultra DMA mode 5, it's fantastic!

I'm happy and satisfied with the copy speed now.
ANyway, in order to closely monitor my PC performance,
I have downloaded several free benchmark software from download.com,
the FreshDiagnose, PCMark2002 and SiSoftware.

APart from these, which benchmark software you think is good and user
friendly?
Thanks~

ims