Data transfer speed

ajm · 26 Nov 2006 at 09:04

What is the difference in data transfer speed between a USB pen and an external laptop drive (5400 type)?

Or is it a case of they both run at the speed of the usb port?

ajm · 26 Nov 2006 at 09:50

Thanks for the quick reply.

I am only concerned in the read speeds at the moment as it is to plug into my dvd recorder.What speed do usb ports usually run at?

ajm · 27 Nov 2006 at 09:30

I will probably be going for Samsung MP0804H 80GB 2.5" 8MB Cache HDD in an external case which will plug into my dvd recorder (think it is USB 1.1). Just wondering if it will transfer data quicker than a usb pen.

ajm · 27 Nov 2006 at 11:25

if the interface on your DVD recorder is USB 1.1

Is there any easy way of me finding out as it doesn't say in the manual?

So will the hdd transfer rate be the same as usb pen rate on dvd recorder?

ajm · 28 Nov 2006 at 08:48

Ok thanks Andre much appreciated. :cool: