The CD is going to be slower than any drive you connect it to. Don't worry about rpms. Most externals are 5400 anyways. You'll spend a premium to get a 7200rpm drive that is external and it won't really gain you much in transfer speed though your random seek times will improve. Something that doesn't matter when transferring large files really.
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:09 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > thanks, never thought to look at rpm's > > Dave > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Almost certainly better transfer rate to an external skinny drive. Make sure >> it’s a 7200 rpm Seagate. And thumb drives seem to fail frequently. At least >> in my experience, although that’s based on use of recycled thumb drives that >> I’ve gotten at press conferences. >> Paul >>> On Dec 8, 2016, at 10:38 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I have decided, now that i have the time, to transfer all of my CD and >>> DVD back up photo disks to an external HD, I need a new one anyway and >>> Staples has a nice Seagate 2tb on sale. I also have a number of 32 gig >>> thumb drives i thought might also do the trick. Just curious would the >>> transfer rate be better from the CD player to externals as opposed to >>> thumb drives.? >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> -- >>> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >>> www.caughtinmotion.com >>> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >>> York Region, Ontario, Canada >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
