Firewire or USB to External Hard Drive?

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Gene K

Just received a new external Hard Drive [Maxtor, 200GB]. It has provision
for either USB 2.0 or FireWire (i-Link, IEEE 1394) connection. The question:
which would be better; that is, faster? I have both types available.
Appreciate any help. It will used for backup.
 
Bandwidth is shared, so whichever one you don't use for
something else would be faster. Since thumb drives, mice
and keyboards use USB, a Firewire would probably have a
higher average connect speed.


| Just received a new external Hard Drive [Maxtor, 200GB].
It has provision
| for either USB 2.0 or FireWire (i-Link, IEEE 1394)
connection. The question:
| which would be better; that is, faster? I have both types
available.
| Appreciate any help. It will used for backup.
|
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| Gene K
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Use the 1394 Firewire. Despite USB2.0 480mbs versus 1394 400mbs. The 1394
Firewire has much less overhead and is definitely faster. I have the Maxtor
250 One Touch and I tested both connections to verify the above..

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