Hi, i have a laptop with 2 external 500gb 7200rpm hard drives connected both via usb 2. (windows vista) I am copying my videos over straight from one to the other and it says the speed is 12.25mb/sec. This sounded slow to me but is it?
Thanks
2007-05-18 06:40:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
as it was transferring at about 12mb then it pretty much must be usb 1. I thought all the ports were usb 2 but i will have a play around with them.
2007-05-18 07:19:03 · update #1
would it make a big difference that my internal C drive is in use? e.g downloading files of the net to it?
2007-05-18 07:29:32 · update #2
It is slow. The transfer rate for usb 2.0 is around 400mb/sec, you seem to be transferring at at the old 1.1 rate of 12mb/sec. Is it possible that one of your devices is only usb 1.1?
2007-05-18 06:54:36 · answer #1 · answered by Ron M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
either one of the hard drives is usb 1.1 OR your driver for your USB 2.0 port is actually a USB 1.1 driver...update your chipset driver OR your usb cable is only rated for usb 1.1 in that case buy a usb cable thats rated USB 2.0
2007-05-25 02:43:43 · answer #2 · answered by david_m_grogan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-11 13:13:10 · answer #3 · answered by kobayashi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the previous poster.
This is a website that might help you out.
http://www.everythingusb.com/usb2/faq.htm
2007-05-18 09:29:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋