16 Mar 2011 at 16:35 #1 stokecity_m stokecity_m Associate Joined 31 Mar 2009 Posts 2,269 Location Stoke-on-trent If i was to transfer some data from one Sata2 drive to another , what sorts of Mb/s should i see?
16 Mar 2011 at 16:52 #2 rpstewart rpstewart Man of Honour Joined 11 Mar 2003 Posts 10,706 Location Greenock, Scotland Depends on the size of the files being copied and the individual drives involved. Copying a single 1Gb file is far quicker than copying 1000 1Mb files due to the number of file table updates required. Modern drives tend to have higher transfer rates than older ones, 3.5" drives are generally quicker than 2.5" ones.
Depends on the size of the files being copied and the individual drives involved. Copying a single 1Gb file is far quicker than copying 1000 1Mb files due to the number of file table updates required. Modern drives tend to have higher transfer rates than older ones, 3.5" drives are generally quicker than 2.5" ones.