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Thank you for your reply! I am looking for the best/faster way to backup large files and transfer files between computers without using a SAN or alike... :)

Hi there, searched the forum but could not find an answer for this... Does it make any difference if the controller is on a PCI, PCI-E or IDE slot? PCI-E is better/faster? Cheers!

Okay... but I need an eSATA controller for that, right? Both my desktop and notebook have USB2.0 and Firewire 1394 (not sure what version)... in this case I should use firewire, right? How can I check what version of firewire I have?

This might be a lame question, but which one should I use with an external drive? Which one is faster? I read that USB "high speed" is faster than Firewire 400 in theory, but Firewire can sustain a greater rate than USB. Regards!

Hi everybody... sorry for the delay, a one-month baby can keep you really busy! - About safe mode: no good, lock's up. - About 500Gb drives: I wish, but had a USD$30,00 budget, that was the best I could do (I live in Brazil, things are a lot more expensive here... but someday I'll get there)...

Hi there again. I tried to config the motherboard to use AHCI and it did not work. It would boot and check fine, but when it went to the XP loading page, the blue progress bar would not start scrooling and soon after that the computer reboots by itself. If left alone, that will happen in a...

Hi Don, thank you for your input... I know the motherboard has AHCI support 'cause I remember seeing it, I wasn't sure if that was what I was looking for. I'll give it a try when I'm at home and see if it makes a difference.

Hi There, I have a Seagate Barracuda 80Gb 7200.7 ST380817AS wich is SATA 1 on an ASUS P5GDC Deluxe motherboard. The HD manual says it is capable of UDMA mode 6 ATA/133 and so does the motherboard manual, however I can only bring it up to UDMA 5 ATA/100. The drive is connected using the 7pin...