right now im using teracopy.. since 1pm until now copy just 50%

i make 30gb of file copy to external hdd.8 hours for 30gb. yeah im using usb 2.0.. its normal?

winXP -core2 duo -4gb ram

Show model of a hard disk and show its SMART.

WDC WD10 EARS-00MVWB0 SATA Disk Device (1000 GB, SATA-II)

and smart

ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status

01 Raw Read Error Rate 51 200 200 0 OK: Value is normal
03 Spinup Time 21 167 164 6616 OK: Value is normal
04 Start/Stop Count 0 100 100 339 OK: Always passes
05 Reallocated Sector Count 140 200 200 0 OK: Value is normal
07 Seek Error Rate 0 200 200 0 OK: Always passes
09 Power-On Time Count 0 100 100 446 OK: Always passes
0A Spinup Retry Count 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passes
0B Calibration Retry Count 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passes
0C Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 192 OK: Always passes
C0 Power-Off Retract Count 0 200 200 100 OK: Always passes
C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 0 198 198 6998 OK: Always passes
C2 Temperature 0 119 107 31 OK: Always passes
C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 200 200 0 OK: Always passes
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 200 200 0 OK: Always passes
C6 Offline Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 200 200 0 OK: Always passes
C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 200 200 0 OK: Always passes
C8 Write Error Rate 0 200 200 0 OK: Always passes


Thanks..

For example PC-3000 DiskAnalyzer, Ver1.02 or WinHex, DMDE.

PC-3000 is a very good one, thou expensive.

Try fast copy > http://ipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en