Yoy are using USB 1 ; unless you installed USB 2 card; USB 1 is slow On Mar 24, 2010, at 15:44, Demetrius wrote:
> trying to move a few hundred gb from my MDD to new Western Digital "My > Book Essential" 1TB drive, but it's going agonizingly slow... says 88 > hours for 250 gb and seems to be actually moving at that pace... it's > a usb connection, and i reformatted the drive into two partitions. > any idea why it's so slow? > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > "REMOVE ME" as the subject. > have a nice day Michael Koch [email protected] -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
