500gb Caviar 16mb ... 10mb transfer rate ???

Dinesh_Malhotra · #1 (**permalink**) 29 Nov 07, 05:16 AM

guys i am facing a very unique problem.

few days back i bought a WD500gb Caviar16mb from lammy.
gave it my friend for formatting and puttin stuff in it.
he did it via windows Partition thingy ( i aint aware about it ).

in his PC the transfer rates were great ... 72MB/s between the HDD`s

but after bringing the HDD`s at my place .. they seem to be runnin tad slower... gettin inter-transfer speeds of as low as 6MB/s and high as only 20MB/s.

please help me guys... tried a few things but it aint working for me.

my older HDD`s were working very good. my hitachi desktar gave me transfer rates of 52MB/s and my old Samsung Pata used to give 34MB/s.

what can i do ??? plz suggest !

Its Just toooo F****in Slooooow and its irritating me like hell . tranferring between partitions from same HDD can be so FU***D up sometimes

ultimabasher · #2 (**permalink**) 29 Nov 07, 07:45 AM

just try a different sata slot if its a sata

and try a different slot and a diff cable if its pata

Eazy · #3 (**permalink**) 29 Nov 07, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dingemini312

he did it via windows Partition thingy

Can you please post a screenie of this drive as shown in Windows Disk Management.

Pat · #4 (**permalink**) 29 Nov 07, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dingemini312

guys i am facing a very unique problem.

few days back i bought a WD500gb Caviar16mb from lammy.
gave it my friend for formatting and puttin stuff in it.
he did it via windows Partition thingy ( i aint aware about it ).

in his PC the transfer rates were great ... 72MB/s between the HDD`s

but after bringing the HDD`s at my place .. they seem to be runnin tad slower... gettin inter-transfer speeds of as low as 6MB/s and high as only 20MB/s.

please help me guys... tried a few things but it aint working for me.

my older HDD`s were working very good. my hitachi desktar gave me transfer rates of 52MB/s and my old Samsung Pata used to give 34MB/s.

what can i do ??? plz suggest !

Its Just toooo F****in Slooooow and its irritating me like hell . tranferring between partitions from same HDD can be so FU***D up sometimes

If you are using M$ Vista, you know who the culprit is

Its a well-known fact that copying/moving/deleting files in vista is quite slower than on XP!

6pack · #5 (**permalink**) 29 Nov 07, 09:39 PM

How To Fix Problems Copying and Moving Large Files In Windows Vista | PCTipsBox

Dinesh_Malhotra · #6 (**permalink**) 1 Dec 07, 03:46 AM

tried the above solution but ..... NO GAIN......

BTW... its a SATAII

@ eazy
now where is DISK management in VISTA ??

is this wat u wanted to know !

Pat · #7 (**permalink**) 1 Dec 07, 08:58 AM

^^ Try any linux live cd/dvd and check the transfer speeds on it..You will get an idea whether the culprit is Vista or your disk!

has33 · #8 (**permalink**) 1 Dec 07, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dingemini312

@ eazy
now where is DISK management in VISTA ??

Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management (Local) !!!

SoulFire · #9 (**permalink**) 1 Dec 07, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dingemini312

Its Just toooo F****in Slooooow and its irritating me like hell . tranferring between partitions from same HDD can be so FU***D up sometimes

Thers your culprit , transfering between SAME hdd partitions is always slower bro coz its random read write ,try copyin between 2 hdds n check the transfer speeds

Dinesh_Malhotra · #10 (**permalink**) 1 Dec 07, 04:20 PM

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ but as slow as 10mb/s ?????

sydras · #11 (**permalink**) 1 Dec 07, 04:25 PM

No way it can be 10 MB/s even on the same partition. Most likely a configuration issue either at the BIOS or OS level.

Edit: Why don't you try this

DMA Reset Tool - Powered By Kayako SupportSuite

as I'd earlier suggested?

6pack · #12 (**permalink**) 1 Dec 07, 10:08 PM

what dma mode is ur hdd running in currently? udma mode 5 or 6?

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