currently transferring at 10MB/s

[IveBeenBad]

sooo I'm getting the data off of my gfs old computer, and the 5400rpm 2mb buffer Maxtor 80GB hdd is doing a blazing 10MB/s... discuss

 

[Old Hippie]

sooo I'm getting the data off of my gfs old computer, and the 5400rpm 2mb buffer Maxtor 80GB hdd is doing a blazing 10MB/s... discuss

Did ya bring plenty of beer?

 

[swatbat]

Gives you plenty of time to do other things........

 

[LOCO LAPTOP]

Any good pics?

Heck my laptop do 35mb/s. How old is that drive?

 

[drizzt81]

bad cable? 10MB/s is too slow, ever for a 5400rpm drive, especially considering that it's an 80GB drive, so it must have to reasonably good platter capacity.

 

[DrStrangeBrew]

you wouldn't by chance be attempting this over a USB 1.1 connection ?

 

[ambientZ]

Or over 100mbit ethernet?