SATAII HDD seems very slow

[yfas29]

Hi all

I've just built myself a Media center PC and fitted an old Samsung 160gb SATAII hard drive. However when copying files from one partition to another it seems very slow. For example a 1 gig video file is currently taking about 6 mins to transfer. Is this normal?

Cheers in advance

 

[yfas29]

is the drive whining at all?

No not at all. It just seems very slow.

 

[yfas29]

Have you downloaded and installed all the chipset drivers(if needed) for the motherboard ?

Hi, Yes all the latest drivers are installed.