Ext USB 2.0 HDD transfer speeds

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snoozer247

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I just picked up an external enclosure for a HDD I had laying around and it seems like it is transfering at USB 1.1 speeds instead of USB 2.0.

So right now I am basically looking for a program that can monitor the transfer speeds to the drive. I seem to recal seeing something like this awhile ago, but I don;t remeber its name so if anyone can help me out I would appreciate it.

thanks
 
XP or W2K

Start > Run > (type) perfmon.msc > expand Performance Logs and Alerts > DClick Counter Logs > Dclick sample > System Overview Properties General Tab > Add > 2nd drop down menu > Physical Disk > select drive and measure > Add

of course thats the hard way
get samurize (freeware) :p

it will graph any W2K\XP performance monitor to your desktop
(they are the same monitors)

but its a good idea for you to learn about MMC any way ;)
(just look it up in the OS help index)

and welcome to the forums :D

PS you should look at the last post in the Advanced HDD Issues Thread at the top of the board (sticky)
 
Thanks for the help. I used the perfmon and used the average disk bytes/transfer counter and I ended up with an average speed around 63356.18 bytes/sec. That seems really low so I don't know if I used the wrong counter or what.
 
I only think in MBs :p
and thats .06MB/s

very low, the question would be over what timeframe and if there was data being transfered the whole time, think you need to play with it some more, thats too low for even the worse case senerio

as opposed to monitoring it
why dont you benchmark it?
ATTO

downloaded and verified looks just like
this

its easy and relatively informative
(at least for what your currently looking for) ;)
 
I grabbed that benchmarking program and gave it a run and this is what I got. It looks to be capped at just around 2.5 MB/s. So just slightly over USB 1.1 max of 1.5 MB/s.

When I plugged it in for the first time it is coming up as a USB 2.0 storage device so I am pretty sure that the cable is USB 2.0 rated. Hopefully today I can take it over to a friends house who has USB 2.0 and see how it runs.

If anybody has some ideas it would be much appreciated.
 
I always recommend eSATA (external SATA) which effectively is the same transfer rate as an internal HDD

of course if your shuffling a HDD betweenn various machines
eSATA isnt exactly common yet :p
 
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