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Thread ID: 136510	2014-03-06 21:00:00	How to get fast data transfer speeds from C to D drive etc	Digby (677)	Press F1

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1369656	2014-03-07 02:47:00	Thanks for all the info. I'll have to bite the bullet next time I upgrade. They do seem to be much faster the first time I copy to them. I have tried Microsoft's built in de-fragger (W7) and it says they are not fragmented. But I am sure they will be, so I might try another de-fragger	Digby (677)
1369657	2014-03-07 03:43:00	But I am sure they will be, so I might try another de-fragger Almost certainly a waste of time :p framentation isnt a big issue on modern NTFS drives, some real world tests show very little speed diff before & after Also , IF your drive is faulty or has bad sectors you dont know about , a defrag could cause loss of data (seen that happen) It may just be, one of the drives is running slower than it should due to a fault, that also happens. If 1 drive is IDE, make sure its not running in PIO mode (look in driver properties) Also try turning off AV if doing a big copy from drive to drive, that may help. Try updating the chipset drivers & turn off power save . Probhably wont help but its all worth a try.	1101 (13337)
1369658	2014-03-07 04:24:00	Could try ssd caching? with 2 cheap 60gb drives.	icow (15313)
1369659	2014-03-07 05:36:00	hothardware.com Probably very, very expensive though	KarameaDave (15222)
1369660	2014-03-07 08:26:00	I doubt caching would help it stores frequently accessed files in the cache for quick access, if you are moving them around regularly odds are they won't be cached. It's great for quick boot up times or fast program launching of common programs but will probably make little or no difference to moving around files, especially if they are not frequently accessed. Also it won't help the write speed of the drive at all, even if it appears to write quicker due to caching (if it works like that) it'd still have to write the file to the slower drive at the same rate anyway. The only option is to use the fastest drives you can reasonably afford and to use SATA2 (3Gbps) or SATA3 (6 Gbps) connections & cables if possible. There is no way to make a mechanical hdd copy large files around faster, it takes as long as it takes. You could use striped RAID arrays but you'd have to set up both the source and target drives as separate RAID arrays to benefit so you'd need 4 drives minimum. Perhaps the best option from a speed point of view is an SSD as your C: drive and a RAID array for Data storage. But then to back up the array you'd either be back to slow copies or require another RAID array in a backup device. All in all probably not worth the expense just for the convenience. Set your copies going and go do something else. Also one tip for copying drive to drive - never have more than one transfer happening at a time it slows the whole thing down. It's ok to drag & drop or cut & paste a large group of files because they que up and go 1 at a time but don't do it one by one while the others are still copying.	dugimodo (138)
1369661	2014-03-07 11:56:00	I transfer a lot of data between internal hard drives and its becoming a bit of a pain What should I look for to get the best speeds when I buy a new motherboard or hard drives or sata cables ? Setup a/several RAID array(s).	Cato (6936)
1369662	2014-03-07 20:40:00	I've found a quick and easy way to speed the data transfer up! I just pushed the Sata cable further on to the connector (it was a bit loose) The transfer speed has gone up from 13 to 25 mbs to 133 mps! Dur But thanks, and many great suggestions. I must buy another one of those Sata cables with clips on them. I have one, but obviously another one would help a lot. Its a wonder the data still transferred with the cable half hanging off! (better check some of it)	Digby (677)
1369663	2014-03-08 04:13:00	There would have been many data errors and retransmissions, thus the slow speed. As long as there is no driver bugs for your SATA controller your data should probably be OK...	Agent_24 (57)
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