"ZigZag Master" wrote in message
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OK, I also have 1 DVD writer and 1 DVD reader, so if I understand you
correctly, I should put one HD and one DVD on each channel???
thanks
"Wes Newell" wrote in message
newsan.2004.07.20.21.10.40.749665@TAKEOUTverizon .net...
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:33:29 -0400, ZigZag Master wrote:
I have a Maxtor 200GB (6Y200P0) and a Western Digital 250GB WD2500JB
in
a
AMD 2500 / Abit NF7-S - 1GB RAM. I am running Windows XP Pro.
I was wondering how long it should take to copy large files between
the
drives.
I have some TV captures that are about 8-12GB. It just seems like it
takes
a long time to copy from drive to drive....about 6-8 minutes. Is
this
normal?
Also, do I have to do anything special to turn on DMA mode? I think I
was
using Pinnacle Studio, and it popped up a window saying DMA mode was
not
enabled on the Maxtor.
For best performance, make sure the 2 drives are not on the same channel
(cable). If they are on the same channel, this will be a major
slowdown, as each channel can only perform 1 IO fubction at a time. So
it will have to read to ram, then write back out to the same channel.
Using 2 channels (cables), both will happen at the same time. Then make
sure you have them set to the fastest settings they support. I use
hdparm
to check/set mine, but I run linux. Not sure where you set/check drive
modes in win.
--
Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB)
http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm
In a Nutshell yea....
But what else you could do to increase speed is add a Raid or IDE card to
you system and have each drive run on its Own interface....
Say hard drives on Motherboard IDE channels 1 and 2 and then DVD drives on
add-on card for IDE 3-4.
I been thinkin about doin this myself....I have a Promise IDE 133 card
sitting here that I may throw my DvDPlayer and CD-RW on and split the hard
drives....but due to Case size so many cables would kill airflow for me.
OZoNE
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