Slow file transfer via IEEE 1394 Firewire to external drive

Posted: 12-16-2006, 05:41 PM

krypticide

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I'm getting only about 1.39 MB/sec to my external 3.5" 7200 RPM drive, off
of IEEE 1394 Firewire connected by PCMCIA. I don't think this is normal. ANy
suggestions on how to speed it up? I'm transferring files from another
external drive connected by USB 2.0, but that doesn't seem to be the
bottleneck because transferring to my internal drive is at least four times
as fast.

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David Wright

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RE: Slow file transfer via IEEE 1394 Firewire to external drive

Posted: 12-17-2006, 06:58 AM

The average speed that I have been seeing on RTM is about 11 MB/s, for some
reason it is moving files very slowly. I occasionally see bursts off higher
transfer rates, but not often. :^(

"krypticide" wrote:

> I'm getting only about 1.39 MB/sec to my external 3.5" 7200 RPM drive, off
> of IEEE 1394 Firewire connected by PCMCIA. I don't think this is normal. ANy
> suggestions on how to speed it up? I'm transferring files from another
> external drive connected by USB 2.0, but that doesn't seem to be the
> bottleneck because transferring to my internal drive is at least four times
> as fast.
>

krypticide

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Re: Slow file transfer via IEEE 1394 Firewire to external drive

Posted: 12-17-2006, 07:57 PM

I wish I was getting 10 MB/s...I just did a transfer right now, and I had
0.5 MB/s!

"David Wright" <DavidWright@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A770CB1D-B29C-4DE7-9862-1D46A0AAA097@microsoft.com...

> The average speed that I have been seeing on RTM is about 11 MB/s, for
> some
> reason it is moving files very slowly. I occasionally see bursts off
> higher
> transfer rates, but not often. :^(
>
> "krypticide" wrote:
>
>> I'm getting only about 1.39 MB/sec to my external 3.5" 7200 RPM drive,
>> off
>> of IEEE 1394 Firewire connected by PCMCIA. I don't think this is normal.
>> ANy
>> suggestions on how to speed it up? I'm transferring files from another
>> external drive connected by USB 2.0, but that doesn't seem to be the
>> bottleneck because transferring to my internal drive is at least four
>> times
>> as fast.
>>

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