Re: Harddrive runs at half speed

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Try running HD Tune(freeware).

Download and run it and see what it turns up.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive
letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard )
and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy
to Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Also do a full surface
scan with HD Tune.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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berend wrote:
Hi,

I have two IDE harddrives, both are about 5 years old. Now one of them
seems to run at a noticeably slower speed than the other, here are
some specs:

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OS: WinXP sp2
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disk0, pri. master
40GB
5400rpm
Cache: 1.8 MB
2 partitions, C and D, both NTFS
Avg Access time: 27 msec
Avg read speed: 12 MB/sec <== this sucks!
Ultra DMA-mode 6
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disk1, pri. slave
20GB
5400rpm
Cache: 2.0 MB
1 partition, E, NTFS
Avg Access time: 22 msec
Avg read speed: 28 MB/sec <== Could be faster but hey, it's old
Ultra DMA-mode 5
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I've been through the usual options such as defragging, but that
doesn't seem to help. Both drives have about 50% free space.
Does anyone have an idea where to go next?

Regards, Berend


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