External hard drive transfering at only 1MB/minute?
Hello,
I purchased a Western Diigital External Dual-Option USB Hard Drive (120 Gig) and am wanting to backup my C: drive to it. I have a 1.1 USB, and while I realize there is a huge difference between a 1.1 USB and a 2.0 USB, the transfer rate it is showing is 1MB/minute. Does that make sense? If that rate is correct, it means that it would take over 12 hours to transfer 700 MBs - the amount on a single CD.
Am I doing something wrong, or does this rate of 1MB/minute sound right?
I'm trying to back-up before I go out of town tomorrow, so this is extremely time-sensitive.
Many thanks for your help,
Artella
I purchased a Western Diigital External Dual-Option USB Hard Drive (120 Gig) and am wanting to backup my C: drive to it. I have a 1.1 USB, and while I realize there is a huge difference between a 1.1 USB and a 2.0 USB, the transfer rate it is showing is 1MB/minute. Does that make sense? If that rate is correct, it means that it would take over 12 hours to transfer 700 MBs - the amount on a single CD.
Am I doing something wrong, or does this rate of 1MB/minute sound right?
I'm trying to back-up before I go out of town tomorrow, so this is extremely time-sensitive.
Many thanks for your help,
Artella
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The best I ever got out of USB 1.1 was 4 Mb and normaly less than 2 Mb.
4 megabits? per second or minute?
artella is talking about a connection speed of just over 17KB/second, slower than a modem connection.
artella is talking about a connection speed of just over 17KB/second, slower than a modem connection.
Of course, I may be wrong about the connection artella is getting. ~LOL~
:o)
Bartender_1
:o)
Bartender_1
I agree with gjohnson99,
Your best bet would be to purchase a USB 2.0 card. (You can usually find them fairly inexpensively.)
:o)
Bartender_1
Your best bet would be to purchase a USB 2.0 card. (You can usually find them fairly inexpensively.)
:o)
Bartender_1
I was talking maga bits a second
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This is all very helpful -- thanks for the info. I'm going to go out and get a USB 2.0 card right now and we'll see what that does. And then I can to the other items Bartender_1 mentioned if I am still having problems.
Off to Circuit City!
~Artella
Off to Circuit City!
~Artella