Topic: pros and cons of an internal/external hdd?

[ABCmotorparts]

Question:

Is there a posibility na mas mabilis madamage ang 3.5 external harddisk than 2.5 external harddisk?

Thanks

Sir, in what working condition...?

[ninjababez®]

question ulit alin ba ang mas mabilis ang transfer?
sata to esata?
esata to sata?

theoretically no difference bro.  as long as the port and hdd supports it.  e.g. esata drive (which uses sata2 technology) that is plugged in to a sata 2 port. 

[ninjababez®]

Question:Is there a posibility na mas mabilis madamage ang 3.5 external harddisk than 2.5 external harddisk?
Thanks

there should be no difference.  in my observation however, 3.5 external drives have better ventilation.   

[Clondalkin]

question ulit alin ba ang mas mabilis ang transfer?
sata to esata?
esata to sata?

Same

[Alfie]

For XP OS, another safer way and less encumbering method for the esata to be recognized and incorporated into your system is to do the following:

1) Go to Device Manager
2) Click Disk Drives
3) Scan for Hardware Changes, your'e esata connection will now be visible.

For precautionary measures as to not upset your registry, to safely remove it, the same steps 1-2...but afterward, right click on the esata drive(I'm sure you'll know either WDC or ST for Seagate), then click uninstall..otherwise, on reboot, the PC might hang looking for the esata drive.

So no more reboot....enjoy fast transfer now even with XP as an OS.

[anya618]

For XP OS, another safer way and less encumbering method for the esata to be recognized and incorporated into your system is to do the following:

1) Go to Device Manager
2) Click Disk Drives
3) Scan for Hardware Changes, your'e esata connection will now be visible.

For precautionary measures as to not upset your registry, to safely remove it, the same steps 1-2...but afterward, right click on the esata drive(I'm sure you'll know either WDC or ST for Seagate), then click uninstall..otherwise, on reboot, the PC might hang looking for the esata drive.

So no more reboot....enjoy fast transfer now even with XP as an OS.

di ba sir plug and play din pag esata?

[Clondalkin]

I tested a new Buffalo external drive with USB3.0 yesterday and it was FAST.  Kaso mahal pa.

[nerveblocker]

I was just wondering if the speed of the proc of your CPU also affect the file transfer rate or is it just dependent on the speed of the drives and the connections? 

[Clondalkin]

I was just wondering if the speed of the proc of your CPU also affect the file transfer rate or is it just dependent on the speed of the drives and the connections? 

Between a C2D and P4s, yes it's pretty obvious - the P4s would really choke on other applications when you do contiguous file transfer.  But among C2Ds, I can hardly notice any difference in file transfer speed using the same type of HDD connection.

The effects of drive rotational speed in contiguous file transfer is somewhat iffy in my observation.   WD Greens seem to be as fast if not faster than a regular class 7200 RPM Seagate or Toshiba.   Mukhang sa intermittent drive seek lang advantageous ang 7200 rpm (as in OS or application boot-up).

[nerveblocker]

Between a C2D and P4s, yes it's pretty obvious - the P4s would really choke on other applications when you do contiguous file transfer.  But among C2Ds, I can hardly notice any difference in file transfer speed using the same type of HDD connection.

The effects of drive rotational speed in contiguous file transfer is somewhat iffy in my observation.   WD Greens seem to be as fast if not faster than a regular class 7200 RPM Seagate or Toshiba.   Mukhang sa intermittent drive seek lang advantageous ang 7200 rpm (as in OS or application boot-up).

Thanks for the reply.  That was also my observation between my P4 and my newer AMD X2 machine.  Maybe it might be a factor that the P4's internal HDD is IDE and the AMD X2 had a SATA drive. This observation though was evident in file transfers from the internal to a USB external drive. 

Haven't compared file transfers from External drive A to External drive B using the the 2 mentioned machines.