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USB 2 speed on external hdd?
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First, what drive? What enclosure? Perhaps the problem is enclosure, rather than MBP.
Second, you mentioned 4GB of data, was this a small number of big files, or rather several thousand small files?
Second, you mentioned 4GB of data, was this a small number of big files, or rather several thousand small files?
USB transfers should be about 10-30MB/s, more on the lower end of that.
I have a hitachi external that does about 10/second. Not great, but decently faster than thumb drives I have.
I just got a fw800 enclosure, 50/sec! thats 3GB/min 🙂
if its a lot of small files, it will go slower too, opposed to one large one.
I have a hitachi external that does about 10/second. Not great, but decently faster than thumb drives I have.
I just got a fw800 enclosure, 50/sec! thats 3GB/min 🙂
if its a lot of small files, it will go slower too, opposed to one large one.
sushi
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Hi 🙂
Its a LaCie Hard Drive 320 GB USB
It concerns a DVD image with a small number of big files.
If I copy the files from a PC to the Hard Disk it takes a couple of minutes. When copying to the Macbook Pro it takes 14 minutes.
Chundles
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Hmm, dunno - maybe it's an issue with reading the NTFS format. I know Macs CAN read it but whether or not they're any good at it is another story.
Also, USB 2.0 is going to be inherently slow anyway, Firewire 400 and especially 800 are much faster than USB 2.0.
Were you doing anything else at the time on the MacBook Pro? USB 2.0 speed is often dependent on the processor as, unlike Firewire, it doesn't have it's own controller. If you were doing a bunch of stuff on the MBP it would have slowed transfer speeds down considerably.
Also, USB 2.0 is going to be inherently slow anyway, Firewire 400 and especially 800 are much faster than USB 2.0.
Were you doing anything else at the time on the MacBook Pro? USB 2.0 speed is often dependent on the processor as, unlike Firewire, it doesn't have it's own controller. If you were doing a bunch of stuff on the MBP it would have slowed transfer speeds down considerably.
alphaod
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