slow copying from partition to another

Alaa945 · 05-03-2007, 03:50 PM

welcome friends, i had just bought a new computer:
cpu AMD 5200+ dual core AM2
motherboard GA-M55SLI-S4
RAM 512x2/800mhz Dual channel
HDD seagate 160GB Barrakuda 7200.9 300m/s
VGA chaintech 7300GT DDR3 PCIe
windows XP Pro SP2
All drives file system are NTFS
when i copying files from partition to anther it take along time, exampl: coping 1.7 GB from drive D: to drive E: it take 4 minutes, and copying 4.5 GB taking about 11 minutes,conpying 48 GB takin 95 minute, and when i traying 2 copying at the same times it takes a very long long time(1.7Gb take 20 minute, 4.5GB take 30 minute).
I setup Windows more than time but the broblem still present.
i think this tamie is so long to this computer.
is this problem hardware or software? and what can i do? how can i make HDD to run at its max speed?

I realy want your help

thanks.
Dr/Alaa

Impotence · 05-03-2007, 10:14 PM

48GB in 96 Mins = 8.6MB/s

Since you are moving data from partition to partition, it is going from partition 1 to the motherboard and then back to the hard drive, so double the transfer rate

8.6MB/s * 2 = 16.4MB/s

SATA drives have a maximum speed of 150MegaBITS/s, 8 MegaBITS = 1 MegaBYTE so 150MBits = 18.75MB/s

SATA2 drives have a maximum speed of 300MBits/s (37.5MB/s) but the data cannot be read of the hard disk this fast so this extra speed is only useful for reading or writing to the hard drives cache memory (most hard drives have upto 16MB of cache memory).

Your hard drive is fine, i wouldn't worry! if you really need to move large amounts of data from partition to partition regularly then i would recommends that you buy a second hard drive, as copying from one HHD to another HDD should be faster!

eranga262154 · 06-03-2007, 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Impotence

if you really need to move large amounts of data from partition to partition regularly then i would recommends that you buy a second hard drive, as copying from one HHD to another HDD should be faster!

This can be a good solution.

By the way can file system involve to this, like FAT and NTFS?.

05-03-2007, 03:50 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
Alaa945 Geek Trainee Join Date: Mar 2006 Gender: Posts: 12 Status: Offline	slow copying from partition to another welcome friends, i had just bought a new computer: cpu AMD 5200+ dual core AM2 motherboard GA-M55SLI-S4 RAM 512x2/800mhz Dual channel HDD seagate 160GB Barrakuda 7200.9 300m/s VGA chaintech 7300GT DDR3 PCIe windows XP Pro SP2 All drives file system are NTFS when i copying files from partition to anther it take along time, exampl: coping 1.7 GB from drive D: to drive E: it take 4 minutes, and copying 4.5 GB taking about 11 minutes,conpying 48 GB takin 95 minute, and when i traying 2 copying at the same times it takes a very long long time(1.7Gb take 20 minute, 4.5GB take 30 minute). I setup Windows more than time but the broblem still present. i think this tamie is so long to this computer. is this problem hardware or software? and what can i do? how can i make HDD to run at its max speed? I realy want your help thanks. Dr/Alaa

05-03-2007, 10:14 PM	#2 (permalink) Top
Impotence May the source be with u! Join Date: Dec 2004 Age: 19 Male Posts: 1,878 Times Helpful: 126 My Mood: Stressed Status: Offline My Computer	48GB in 96 Mins = 8.6MB/s Since you are moving data from partition to partition, it is going from partition 1 to the motherboard and then back to the hard drive, so double the transfer rate 8.6MB/s * 2 = 16.4MB/s SATA drives have a maximum speed of 150MegaBITS/s, 8 MegaBITS = 1 MegaBYTE so 150MBits = 18.75MB/s SATA2 drives have a maximum speed of 300MBits/s (37.5MB/s) but the data cannot be read of the hard disk this fast so this extra speed is only useful for reading or writing to the hard drives cache memory (most hard drives have upto 16MB of cache memory). Your hard drive is fine, i wouldn't worry! if you really need to move large amounts of data from partition to partition regularly then i would recommends that you buy a second hard drive, as copying from one HHD to another HDD should be faster! __________________ Dear intel,Already Made My Decision Never trust a computer you can't repair yourself. Windows Vista - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware Why Linux is Better!\|Pastafairianism\|Say no to National ID\|Firefox Extensions Guide scientology has been getting alot of attention recently When the rich wage war, it is the poor who die. Where are the WMD's that our governments used to justify the war?

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