I recently purchased a Seagate Freeagent Go For Mac. It's a portable HD with a FW 800/USB 2.0 combo. When I purchased this it was to use with Super Duper and Carbon Copy Cloner to put my clones on and speed up the process compared to using USB. Well I'm not getting any speed increase at all. The time it takes to perform full back ups are the same as they are when I use USB. The drive seems to be working fine other wise. Runs a little hot compared to my other Seagate drive that is USB only. Could the drive be defective enough to make it run at USB speeds but work normally other wise or could it be the actual FW port on my MBP? Is there something else I'm over looking?
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USB 2.0 vs Firewire 800
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Whether you are using USB or firewire, the write speed of the HDD is the same, so data can only transfer so fast.
that wont matter in this case.
Use Firewire 800. thats the whole reason i got the external Drive that i did.
its sexy fast.
Well in my case FW is not better than USB. Something is going on.
FW drive may be defective.
Seagate may be misleading about this drives speed.
The port on my machine may be defective.
Maybe something I'm over looking.
Any suggestions on what to look for or try?
FW drive may be defective.
Seagate may be misleading about this drives speed.
The port on my machine may be defective.
Maybe something I'm over looking.
Any suggestions on what to look for or try?
I have a MBP. 2 GB DDR 3 1067 MHz of RAM. 250 GB HD. Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz processor
The portable HD is 320 GB at 5400rpm. Combo drive FW 800/ USB 2.0. It's a Seagate Free Agent Go For Mac.
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/freeagent/freeagent_go_mac/