1 TB Drive Copying Problem

[Guest Tom]

XP Pro SP3

 

Just installed a Western Digital 1 TB Drive, removed the FAT 32 partition

with Disk Mgt and installed a new partition formatted to NTFS. When I try

to copy files from my older External USB 2.0 drive to this new External 2.0

drive, the copying function stops after a short while and the computer

hangs without finishing the copy operation. I have to reset the computer.

 

Are they are issues with copying large files or multiple files in XP? Are

there any large drive issues with XP? Some if my drive image files are 30

GB in size.

 

TIA

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Tom

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: 1 TB Drive Copying Problem

 

Likely you're dealing with USB overload. Using a single USB 2.0

external drive will deliver ~25 to 29 Megabytes-per-Second. If

however you use two simultaneous external USB drives and more

importantly do a USB drive to USB drive transfer the speed will

be exceedingly bad. This is because most PCs have a single USB

2.0 (Enhanced Controller/Hub). If you want to permanently use

two external drives you might benefit from installing a separate 2.0

PCI Card and dedicate it to your new Terabyte drive. Otherwise

I'd forget USB and get a eSATA card and access your new drive

with that and an external SATA enclosure. Immediately you'll see

your throughput go from 25Meg to as high as 110 Megabytes.

 

"Tom" <tom@home.com> wrote in message

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> XP Pro SP3

>

> Just installed a Western Digital 1 TB Drive, removed the FAT 32 partition

> with Disk Mgt and installed a new partition formatted to NTFS. When I

> try

> to copy files from my older External USB 2.0 drive to this new External

> 2.0

> drive, the copying function stops after a short while and the computer

> hangs without finishing the copy operation. I have to reset the computer.

>

> Are they are issues with copying large files or multiple files in XP? Are

> there any large drive issues with XP? Some if my drive image files are 30

> GB in size.

>

> TIA

> --

> Tom

>

[Guest Onsokumaru]

Re: 1 TB Drive Copying Problem

 

I don't think this is an XP problem, probably either a chipset or driver

problem.

Find out your make of motherboard and chipset and ask in a hardware group.

 

As someone suggested it could be an overload problem, causing the proccess

to hang.

 

How long do you wait? I would think One TB would take quite a while to

copy.

 

Have you tried copying smaller files first, start with a few GB, then build

up to see if you can determine when the problem occurs.

 

 

"Tom" <tom@home.com> wrote in message

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> XP Pro SP3

>

> Just installed a Western Digital 1 TB Drive, removed the FAT 32 partition

> with Disk Mgt and installed a new partition formatted to NTFS. When I

> try

> to copy files from my older External USB 2.0 drive to this new External

> 2.0

> drive, the copying function stops after a short while and the computer

> hangs without finishing the copy operation. I have to reset the computer.

>

> Are they are issues with copying large files or multiple files in XP? Are

> there any large drive issues with XP? Some if my drive image files are 30

> GB in size.

>

> TIA

> --

> Tom

>

[Guest Tom]

Re: 1 TB Drive Copying Problem

 

Yes, it is an overload issue. If I copy from the USB drive to a hard drive

and then to the TB drive, all is well.

 

I thought about a SATA card & external drive, but then I could not

universally use the drive with other computers like I could with USB. I

may rethink my decision.

 

Thx

 

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:23:59 -0400, "R. McCarty"

<PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote:

>Likely you're dealing with USB overload. Using a single USB 2.0

>external drive will deliver ~25 to 29 Megabytes-per-Second. If

>however you use two simultaneous external USB drives and more

>importantly do a USB drive to USB drive transfer the speed will

>be exceedingly bad. This is because most PCs have a single USB

>2.0 (Enhanced Controller/Hub). If you want to permanently use

>two external drives you might benefit from installing a separate 2.0

>PCI Card and dedicate it to your new Terabyte drive. Otherwise

>I'd forget USB and get a eSATA card and access your new drive

>with that and an external SATA enclosure. Immediately you'll see

>your throughput go from 25Meg to as high as 110 Megabytes.

>

>"Tom" <tom@home.com> wrote in message

>news:qsjqd4d15io7b4n10u8lcg154qn1fetudt@4ax.com...

>> XP Pro SP3

>>

>> Just installed a Western Digital 1 TB Drive, removed the FAT 32 partition

>> with Disk Mgt and installed a new partition formatted to NTFS. When I

>> try

>> to copy files from my older External USB 2.0 drive to this new External

>> 2.0

>> drive, the copying function stops after a short while and the computer

>> hangs without finishing the copy operation. I have to reset the computer.

>>

>> Are they are issues with copying large files or multiple files in XP? Are

>> there any large drive issues with XP? Some if my drive image files are 30

>> GB in size.

>>

>> TIA

>> --

>> Tom

>>

>

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Tom