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Old 11-23-2008, 07:56 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Extremely Slow USB external WD640Gb drive?

Hey all,
I have a compaq w4000 evo, 2Gb RAM, and have recently purchased this Western Digital 640Gb external drive which was originally formatted Fat,
I re-formatted (quick) to NTFS, and proceeded to transfer data to it, having left it alone for like 6 hours, I returned to find that only 2 video files had been transferred and was still working on the rest.

I have also a 32Gb external which transfers nearly at the same rate as to Local disc. Have I done wrong in doing a quick NTFS format??
Can there be another explanation for this ultra slow transfer rate?

Thnx guys
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Old 11-24-2008, 04:56 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Extremely Slow USB external WD640Gb drive?

I could be wrong, but I think that FAT is quicker than NTFS.so if I am correct, this could be the reason of why its taking so long to transfer files.
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