This problem has plagued me for some time now. It really hasn't bothered but now since I'm getting win7 from xp x64 I need to backup some data (50Gig) to the drive and it takes forever with this read speed.
To the problem; I have a Philips SPE3051CC external hard disk. Almost every time I start up the disk, I get a notification that says : "This drive can run faster - Connect to a USB 2.0 port"
I have no USB 1.x ports on my MB, and I even bought a 15 buck 4 port USB 2.0 PCI card to test it. No. Just yesterday, when I started it, it worked fine with max speed. Restarted it, same problem.
When I goto the support website they simply state that either I dont have USB 2.0 ports, or that my motherboard doesn't support 2.0. I updated the chipset also.
So, the bottom line is, the drive is operating at USB 1 speed when it shouldn't. Any ideas?
EDIT: Further info:
-Moving 1 gig zip files
-I have another usb 2.0 hard disk that is working fine.
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Full Version: Slow read/write times on ehdd
What write times are you getting?
What sort of file sizes are you dealing with?
When I run external drives on Vista, I can usually hope for up to around 18-20MB/s on a good day. If I start transferring a hundred GB or so, it drops to around 14MB/s.
Bigger files seem to transfer faster; lots of photos (i.e. small files) takes forever and a day.
What sort of file sizes are you dealing with?
When I run external drives on Vista, I can usually hope for up to around 18-20MB/s on a good day. If I start transferring a hundred GB or so, it drops to around 14MB/s.
Bigger files seem to transfer faster; lots of photos (i.e. small files) takes forever and a day.
check your bios, and ensure USB is set to "hi speed" and not "full speed".
QUOTE (psycho_terror @ Oct 25 2009, 06:25 PM) 
check your bios, and ensure USB is set to "hi speed" and not "full speed".
I have a laCie 750 GB ehdd that's USB 2.0 too and it works perfectly so it's not that
QUOTE (Silverfox @ Oct 25 2009, 06:18 PM)
What write times are you getting?
What sort of file sizes are you dealing with?
When I run external drives on Vista, I can usually hope for up to around 18-20MB/s on a good day. If I start transferring a hundred GB or so, it drops to around 14MB/s.
Bigger files seem to transfer faster; lots of photos (i.e. small files) takes forever and a day.
What sort of file sizes are you dealing with?
When I run external drives on Vista, I can usually hope for up to around 18-20MB/s on a good day. If I start transferring a hundred GB or so, it drops to around 14MB/s.
Bigger files seem to transfer faster; lots of photos (i.e. small files) takes forever and a day.
I don't know the exact speed but a GB takes about 10-20 min, so it's definently not usb 2.0
Yeep, that's very slow indeed! Lots of small files? HDD being used for other activities at the same time?
QUOTE (Silverfox @ Oct 25 2009, 06:44 PM)
Yeep, that's very slow indeed! Lots of small files? HDD being used for other activities at the same time?
Not used for anything really, moving 1 gig ZIP files. That's not small at all
Now, not to sound dumb, but assuming you have tried this drive with the other drive's (that is okay) cable? And that particular USB port?
If your motherboard doesn't support USB 2.0. Another solution would be burning DVD, DVD Dual Layers, HD DVD, or Blu-ray discs as backups. If at a last resort and you do this. I would highly recommend burning the discs at the slowest rate possible to prevent any data corruption/error/lost. You can find the recommended write speeds for your media disc using ImgBurn (freeware).
Since it's a prebuilt external, not sure if you can take it out of the enclosure and just connect it directly to the motherboard or not. That would cut out the middle man connection of USB. Using direct connect IDE or SATA from the hard drive.
Since it's a prebuilt external, not sure if you can take it out of the enclosure and just connect it directly to the motherboard or not. That would cut out the middle man connection of USB. Using direct connect IDE or SATA from the hard drive.
QUOTE (Krazyxazn @ Oct 25 2009, 10:10 PM)
If your motherboard doesn't support USB 2.0. Another solution would be burning DVD, DVD Dual Layers, HD DVD, or Blu-ray discs as backups. If at a last resort and you do this. I would highly recommend burning the discs at the slowest rate possible to prevent any data corruption/error/lost. You can find the recommended write speeds for your media disc using ImgBurn (freeware).
Since it's a prebuilt external, not sure if you can take it out of the enclosure and just connect it directly to the motherboard or not. That would cut out the middle man connection of USB. Using direct connect IDE or SATA from the hard drive.
Since it's a prebuilt external, not sure if you can take it out of the enclosure and just connect it directly to the motherboard or not. That would cut out the middle man connection of USB. Using direct connect IDE or SATA from the hard drive.
Well, I guess I will just have to bear with this. DVD isn't really an option since I would need dozens, and bluray isn't either since I dont have a burner.
QUOTE (Krazyxazn @ Oct 25 2009, 09:10 PM)
If your motherboard doesn't support USB 2.0. Another solution would be burning DVD, DVD Dual Layers, HD DVD, or Blu-ray discs as backups. If at a last resort and you do this. I would highly recommend burning the discs at the slowest rate possible to prevent any data corruption/error/lost. You can find the recommended write speeds for your media disc using ImgBurn (freeware).
Since it's a prebuilt external, not sure if you can take it out of the enclosure and just connect it directly to the motherboard or not. That would cut out the middle man connection of USB. Using direct connect IDE or SATA from the hard drive.
Since it's a prebuilt external, not sure if you can take it out of the enclosure and just connect it directly to the motherboard or not. That would cut out the middle man connection of USB. Using direct connect IDE or SATA from the hard drive.
His previous post mentions that his USB2.0 750GB is perfectly fine, but this one isn't.
Correct me if I'm wrong!
Hah, after installing windows 7 these problems disappeared. Makes me love Windows 7 ultimate even more 
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