Re: Faulty Hard Drive?


"Paul" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:f8fmnm$slv$1@xxxxxxxxxxx
Allan wrote:
Not really related to this newsgroup but |have always found people really helpful and knowledgable here.

Currently Have:-

Vista Business
Asus P5B Deluxe
Intel CPU Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40GHz
Asus Extreme 7600GS Silent 256MB DDR2
250GB Seagate Barracuda SATA II 300 7200rpm 16MB cache
160GB Maxtor 6Y160M0 ATA Device Hard drive
** Geil Value DDR2 2.0GB PC6400 Dual Channel memory kit (2 x 1GB) 800MHz
(5-5-5-15) +Aluminium heat spreader, ATI Crossfire Ceritified
NON Raid

The two hard drives are partitioned as C/D/E/F on Seagate and G/H on Maxtor
When transferring data from one hard drive to another (eg F to H) it has now practically come to a sudden halt.
Usually it will transfer 1 GB in less than a minute.....now it is taking over an hour.

If I transfer data on the same hard drive (Seagate) eg D to E that will transfer quickly.
The problem all of a sudden seems to lie with the secondary drive (Maxtor).

Is it on the way out or can anyone suggest anything that might have changed making it run so so slow or any tests that i can run?

Many thanks



For cables, the cable you use, should have 80 wires, and use 40 pin
connectors. The 80 wire cable contains 40 ground wires, and those
improve the signal quality. With the older, 40 wire cable, the
software driver would not allow the higher ultraDMA transfer rates
to be used.

I don't know whether Vista has the same response to CRC errors
and interface speed, or not.

Another way to solve the problem, would be to get an adapter
dongle, to convert the Maxtor IDE interface to SATA, then connect
the drive to the Intel Southbridge. In the past, Intel has not
approved of such devices, but they have been known to work. The
purpose of using one of these, is so you can avoid the JMB363
entirely.

"SYBA SD-SATA-IDE SATA/IDE Adapter, Connect IDE Devices to SATA Port on Motherboard - Retail"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16822998001

Paul




Paul both these drives are SATA (sorry if I misled you)

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