HDD runing really slow :/

[oO Stevie Oo]

Hi

I think I may have a HDD issue
According to software i've been testing my system with my HDD is only running at 25 mb/s, from what I gather is really crap...

Its a seagate 7200rpm Sata II drive
I've tried defraging, disk clean up but just cant seem to get it faster,

is there any settings in the BIOS i need to be looking at?
or do I have a HDD issue?
any help appreciated

 

[SoildSnake]

Try different software. Does it actually "feel" that slow; slow boots and virus scans etc? May be use AHCI mode in bios as opposed to IDE; though you will either have to configure or use a "hack" to enable it unless you want to reinstall after you set it to that. Also have you got it connected to the mother board or a sata card? Is it a sata 1 connection? Try a different sata cable and also do a disk check

 

[oO Stevie Oo]

Yeah Its on Sata port 1, its doesn't feel slow to be honest, I have another thread up to try and find different software for testing PC performance so just waiting for some replies,

Using PC matic (pitstop) to test at the moment

cheers

 

[SoildSnake]

Using sata 1 will affect the transfer speeds so if it doesn't feel slow then don't worry about it; if you want to be sure you could may be try connecting it to a sata 2 port as a test?