Hey All,
Does anyone have any idea what could be causing External USB HDDs to run significantly slower on my PC compared to my laptop?
I just tested 4 different USB HDDs several times using HD Tune first on the desktop, then the laptop, the laptop averaged 30MB/sec while the PC only got 12MB/sec. Both have USB 2.0 Ports, no extra USB devices plugged in (not even the mouse) and running clean installs of XP Pro SP3.
The PC is a crappy pre-built thing but surely it shouldn't cause that much difference? By the way I'm not bothered about speed so please don't give an answer being "use eSata or firewire" I'm just curious at to why there would be such a big difference.
Does anyone have any idea what could be causing External USB HDDs to run significantly slower on my PC compared to my laptop?
I just tested 4 different USB HDDs several times using HD Tune first on the desktop, then the laptop, the laptop averaged 30MB/sec while the PC only got 12MB/sec. Both have USB 2.0 Ports, no extra USB devices plugged in (not even the mouse) and running clean installs of XP Pro SP3.
The PC is a crappy pre-built thing but surely it shouldn't cause that much difference? By the way I'm not bothered about speed so please don't give an answer being "use eSata or firewire" I'm just curious at to why there would be such a big difference.