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Why is my new hard drive so slow? by Egaeus 2006-11-19 12:55:59
I have two hard drives in my machine. Both are Seagate Barracudas. One is several years old, and is this 40GB drive. The other is a few months old, and is this 160GB drive. They are both on the same IDE channel (160 master, 40 slave), and DMA mode 5 is enabled on both.

Windows has slowed down considerably since I bought the new drive. I first atrributed it to the image being from the old drive (it was acting shonky and I got worried), and Windows not liking the change in drive geometry. However, a fresh repartition and reinstall hasn't changed anything. In Sandra, the Drive Index for the 40GB drive is 34MBps, which is about right. The 160 one clocks in a a whopping 2684kBps. That's so slow it's incredible. Any ideas what might be causing this?

[ Reply ]
  Try a different cable? by themadkansan2005-05-04 18:29:31
    Yes, I am using an 80-wire cable :) by Egaeus2005-05-04 19:12:37
    And....nothing by Egaeus2005-05-04 20:45:42
      What mainboard? by themadkansan2005-05-04 22:54:53
  Why have you got them both on the same channel? by Arachnid2005-05-04 20:49:10
    Because I have only the one 80-wire cable (n/t) by Egaeus2005-05-04 20:50:21
      Getting a second one would be a good first step by Arachnid2005-05-04 20:53:04
        I just disconnected the 40 altogether by Egaeus2005-05-04 21:20:17
          Make sure the BIOS is set right. by themadkansan2005-05-04 22:53:52

 

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