usb 2 external hd transfer speed

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Ted Lewis

I have a hd inside a usb2 enclosure, and would like to monitor the
transfer speed. Anyone know of a freeware utility?
I've tried a few s.m.a.r.t. monitoring programs, but they don't seem
to recognize the external drive (only internal ide drives).
Thanks!
 
Ted Lewis said:
I have a hd inside a usb2 enclosure, and would like to monitor the
transfer speed. Anyone know of a freeware utility?
I've tried a few s.m.a.r.t. monitoring programs, but they don't seem
to recognize the external drive (only internal ide drives).
Thanks!
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Just a silly post but...

Get a large file on internal disk
copy to external disk
time with a watch
copy back
do the maths
reboot to clear any cache data
repeat as required
reformat FAT32/NTFS /cluster size change
repeat as required

get many smaller files
repeat above


You then have to work out if the bottle neck is intenal or external :-)
depends what else the system is doing at the time ( a defrag may not be the
best thing to do during this!! )

but in the end you have "real world" values of transfer to/from the disk to
your system at several file sizes and if it meets your requirements why
worry?

I always think that, disk benchmarks / real world, are a bit like laptop
battery life, a large lump of NaCl is required!

regards
ted
 
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