Re: Copy speed of data from harddisk to harddisk was found too slow

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From: ims (kft_icq_at_myrealbox.com)
Date: 02/12/05 

Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:13:23 +0800

Dear Vanguard,

Thanks for your value information.
I have solve the problem last night.
It took about 15 minutes to copy 5GB of data, which I think is reasonable.

At first my 120G harddisk at primary IDE channel was found in PIO mode,
flat cable using was a ATA100 type.
while my 80G harddisk at secondary IDE channel was Ultra DMA mode 3,
flat cable was ATA66.

I tried to interchange the 2 harddisks (changed together with the flat
cables),
after that I found both were running at Ultra DMA mode 5, it's fantastic!

I'm happy and satisfied with the copy speed now.
ANyway, in order to closely monitor my PC performance,
I have downloaded several free benchmark software from download.com,
the FreshDiagnose, PCMark2002 and SiSoftware.

APart from these, which benchmark software you think is good and user
friendly?
Thanks~

ims

"Vanguard" <use_ReplyTo@domain.invalid>
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> "ims" <kft_icq@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
> news:ueqsuMCEFHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Oh my God~~
> > My primary IDE master device was set in PIO mode.
> > It is a 120G Segate Harddisk, should be new enough to run in DMA mode.
> > I have tried but can't set it into DMA mode.
> > Please help.
> >
> >
> > "Vanguard" <use_ReplyTo@domain.invalid>
> > ???????:EJKdnU1_cO7orJHfRVn-1w@comcast.com...
> >> "ims" <kft_icq@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
> >> news:Ooq6wY%23DFHA.3732@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >> > Last night I put the 2 harddisks into different IDE cables, and
> >> > disable
> >> > Norton Anti-virus during data copying.
> >> >
> >> > It took about 85 minutes to copy 5GB data, no apparent improvement.
> >> > Anybody has other ideas please?
> >> >
> >> > May be I have to check my PC by benchmark software to see anything
> >> > wrong.
> >>
> >>
> >> Go into Device Manager and check which transfer mode is selected for
> >> the
> >> IDE ports, PIO or DMA. You need to be using DMA mode (presumably
> >> your
> >> hard drives aren't so old that all they support are the old slower
> >> PIO
> >> modes). If DMA, check if it is higher than mode 3.
> >>
> >> Specifying WHAT hard drives you have, make and model, might help.
> >>
> >> Have you tried using msconfig.exe to disable all startup programs,
> >> reboot, and then tested the transfer time?
>
>
> Does it allow you to set it to DMA mode (but not select a specific mode)
> and then on a reboot do the detection to pick which DMA mode?
>
> Do you have any other devices on the same ribbon/round cable going to
> the IDE hard drive (the one you cannot change to DMA mode)? If so, try
> disconnecting that drive in the meantime to test if DMA mode can be
> selected for the hard drive, and make sure the hard drive is at the end
> of the ribbon cable.
>
> If the hard drive is the only device on the ribbon cable, is it
> configured as Single Drive or as Master Drive (for some drives they
> differentiate between these two setups where Single Drive means there is
> no other drive on the cable and Master Drive means it is set as master
> and there is a second drive on the cable)? Do you have it configured
> for Cable Select?
>
> Are you using a 40-pin/80-wire ribbon cable, or is it the old
> 40-pin/40-wire ribbon cable? You should still be able to select DMA
> mode 3 (UltraDMA-33) using the old 40-pin/40-wire ribbon cable.
>
> What brand and model motherboard do you have? Does it use a non-Intel
> chipset? If so, have you download and installed the latest chipset
> driver package from the mobo maker's web site?
>
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