Didk to disk backup using Seagate vs. Western Digital

**loninappleton** · 04-30-2006, 04:52 PM

I have noticed a dramatic difference in the time it takes to do a disk to disk backup using Norton Ghost 7 on a pair of Seagate drives vs. the time it takes with a couple of older and smaller Western Digital drives.

The Seagate site says no special drivers are required.

When I run Ghost as I have done for a long time, the
West. Dig. drive pair will copy out in about 20 minutes.

The larger Seagate drive pair clocked at over 4 hours the
last time I did a clone backup. I have added some larger
visual media files but still this difference is way bigger than the West. Dig. transfers.

The jumper setup on the Seagate indicates that
no jumper is required if the drive is on a separate channel.

So both the Seagates run jumperless when I attach the
backup drive. (I always detach the backup when not in
use.) These newer Seagates on a newer machine (just built within the last year) with better cpu and more memory should not be chugging along for 4 hours--
though I'm glad I can get a backup for this data at all.

What's wrong here?

**linderman** · 04-30-2006, 05:03 PM

Hello:

lets start off with what size drives are you comparing ???? the Westy's are what size verses the Seagates

What specification are the seagates ?????

if you are ghosting 160gig drives or larger than that's about average; although you could speed things up by using a cloning program like xxclone that only backs-up data and not the unused space as well ????

keep us posted on your progress & findings

**loninappleton** · 04-30-2006, 05:21 PM

I buy drives on sale. :-) They are all different sizes.

Western Digitals are 30G and 40G used on a torrent server.

Seagates are 120 and 160... less than half full. Wait, I'll check... yes 55G used on the source Seagate.

I do no partitioning or other tricks because I figure I'll
get confused as to where things are.

I try to do minimal computing where possible. ;-)

The OS is Windows 98 and I don't think I'll get any
more drives over 120 since that's the limit on 98SE.

04-30-2006, 04:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
loninappleton TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 727 OS: Win2k, XP	Didk to disk backup using Seagate vs. Western Digital I have noticed a dramatic difference in the time it takes to do a disk to disk backup using Norton Ghost 7 on a pair of Seagate drives vs. the time it takes with a couple of older and smaller Western Digital drives. The Seagate site says no special drivers are required. When I run Ghost as I have done for a long time, the West. Dig. drive pair will copy out in about 20 minutes. The larger Seagate drive pair clocked at over 4 hours the last time I did a clone backup. I have added some larger visual media files but still this difference is way bigger than the West. Dig. transfers. The jumper setup on the Seagate indicates that no jumper is required if the drive is on a separate channel. So both the Seagates run jumperless when I attach the backup drive. (I always detach the backup when not in use.) These newer Seagates on a newer machine (just built within the last year) with better cpu and more memory should not be chugging along for 4 hours-- though I'm glad I can get a backup for this data at all. What's wrong here?

04-30-2006, 05:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,434 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Hello: lets start off with what size drives are you comparing ???? the Westy's are what size verses the Seagates What specification are the seagates ????? if you are ghosting 160gig drives or larger than that's about average; although you could speed things up by using a cloning program like xxclone that only backs-up data and not the unused space as well ???? keep us posted on your progress & findings __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

04-30-2006, 05:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
loninappleton TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 727 OS: Win2k, XP	I buy drives on sale. :-) They are all different sizes. Western Digitals are 30G and 40G used on a torrent server. Seagates are 120 and 160... less than half full. Wait, I'll check... yes 55G used on the source Seagate. I do no partitioning or other tricks because I figure I'll get confused as to where things are. I try to do minimal computing where possible. ;-) The OS is Windows 98 and I don't think I'll get any more drives over 120 since that's the limit on 98SE.