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arej00dazed

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    hard drive connection speed test
    « on: December 17, 2008, 05:57:07 AM »
    Can someone suggest a "safe" software to test my HD connection speed, particularly an external drive. thanx
    Everyone I know comes to me to fix their PC's. I tell 'em to quit touching it and it will work fine.

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    Re: hard drive connection speed test
    « Reply #1 on: December 17, 2008, 06:49:06 AM »
    What exactly do you mean by 'Connection Speed'?
    Are you talking about transfer rate of data or speed the disk spins?

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      Re: hard drive connection speed test
      « Reply #2 on: December 17, 2008, 08:37:55 AM »
      sorry, transfer rate. I have my ext. HD hooked up via firewire at the moment cause alot of my USB ports are full and I dont have an esata port (nor would I be able to use some of the features on the drive using esata). want to see how much difference between USB and firewire. I know that firewire is 400mb/s and 480mb/s for USB, but thats max and wont always hit those speeds.

      toyed with the idea of getting an esata pci card, in which id have to remove my 56k modem (i have cable, so no need for it), but like I said I wont be able to use some of the features on the drive, but in the future i may switch over. In the mean time, I want the fastest connection possible.
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      Re: hard drive connection speed test
      « Reply #3 on: December 17, 2008, 10:54:39 AM »
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