Not strictly customization.....
Wednesday, September 4, 2002 by Duncan Stevenson | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
but i dunno who else to ask!
I have just downloaded a free wee proggy called FreshDiagnose and ran the HardDisc benchmark.
The results were pretty mad. My windows/software ect drive is writing at about 10 and reading at about 5 (MB/S), however my other drive (sitting pretty much empty - used for storing home videos) is reading at 17.52 and writing at 16.43 (MB/S).
The second HD was installed by me, and is the same size (-/+ a few MB) and is clearly much faster than my origional one supplied by the manufacturer.
Would it be worth my while transfering over all of my C:\ data to my D:\ drive (and vice-versa) and if so how would I do it simply. I was guessing something like norton ghost, but free
, to copy the C drive to the (can be empty) D drive and then put the D stuff on CD ect ect ect and then make the D drive the boot drive from bios.
Thanks for yer help
Dunc
I have just downloaded a free wee proggy called FreshDiagnose and ran the HardDisc benchmark.
The results were pretty mad. My windows/software ect drive is writing at about 10 and reading at about 5 (MB/S), however my other drive (sitting pretty much empty - used for storing home videos) is reading at 17.52 and writing at 16.43 (MB/S).
The second HD was installed by me, and is the same size (-/+ a few MB) and is clearly much faster than my origional one supplied by the manufacturer.
Would it be worth my while transfering over all of my C:\ data to my D:\ drive (and vice-versa) and if so how would I do it simply. I was guessing something like norton ghost, but free
, to copy the C drive to the (can be empty) D drive and then put the D stuff on CD ect ect ect and then make the D drive the boot drive from bios.Thanks for yer help
Dunc
da_zman20
Reply #2 Thursday, September 5, 2002 4:24 AM
Reply #2 Thursday, September 5, 2002 4:24 AM
how full are they though... I've heard that once you pass 25% of a drives capacity is slows down... maybe if you transfer the data, you will trasfer the slow speed too... hmmmm
joetheblow
Reply #3 Thursday, September 5, 2002 6:57 AM
Reply #3 Thursday, September 5, 2002 6:57 AM
I agree with da_zman20. The larger the disk spae used the slower it read/write ability is. A blank disk (and for that matter a new disk) will work better because, well its blank and new.
Also, the media file you have on it probably are large. That might be another reason the other disk seems faster because there is less files to read through.
Just my opinion. A guess really. I am not sure of the reality of this situation but it seems to make sense that this is so.
Also, the media file you have on it probably are large. That might be another reason the other disk seems faster because there is less files to read through.
Just my opinion. A guess really. I am not sure of the reality of this situation but it seems to make sense that this is so.
Duncan Stevenson
Reply #4 Thursday, September 5, 2002 8:26 AM
Reply #4 Thursday, September 5, 2002 8:26 AM
Ok thanks, I'll just stick with what ive got at the minute and wait until me PC is due for its healthcheck next year.
Tnx
Tnx
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Reply #1 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 6:48 PM
Hope this helps.