Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT - Copying 200,000 plus files

2004-10-21 Thread Darin Cox
Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT - Copying 200,000 plus files Graphic files as a general rule don't compress well. Mike At 03:26 PM 10/20/2004, you wrote: Jeff Pereira wrote: What's killing me is not so much the amount of data, but the fact that there are so many small files. I'm gonna have

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT - Copying 200,000 plus files

2004-10-20 Thread Paul Navarre
I don't know the answer you are specifically looking for, but you might take the drive out of the USB case and mount it directly into the PC as a slave drive. Copying (regardless of method) should go much more quickly then. Paul Navarre -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT - Copying 200,000 plus files

2004-10-20 Thread Larry Craddock
Depending upon the drive there may not be a great way. Got this from a web page on USB2: Unfortunately, the phrase USB 2.0 does not necessarily mean 480Mbps of throughput. USB 2.0 now has three different signaling rates: Low Speed (1.5Mbps),

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT - Copying 200,000 plus files

2004-10-20 Thread Michael Graveen
Does the computer/server you're connecting your external hard drive to have USB 2.0 ports? I usually get about 650MB/minute with this kind of setup. A 70GB should take about 2 hours. Mike At 01:59 PM 10/20/2004, you wrote: Hi - Sorry for the OT post, but I am in need of assistance. I have

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT - Copying 200,000 plus files

2004-10-20 Thread Jim
Jeff Pereira wrote: What's killing me is not so much the amount of data, but the fact that there are so many small files. I'm gonna have to try XCOPY on the next folder and see how that works. I can't remember but do TIFF files compress well? Might be worth it to ZIP them and copy that over.

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT - Copying 200,000 plus files

2004-10-20 Thread Brad Morgan
I can't remember but do TIFF files compress well? Might be worth it to ZIP them and copy that over. In this case that won't work. To zip them will require copying them over the USB 2.0 connection anyway and that appears to be the bottleneck. Using xcopy should be the most efficient, but

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT - Copying 200,000 plus files

2004-10-20 Thread Michael Graveen
Graphic files as a general rule don't compress well. Mike At 03:26 PM 10/20/2004, you wrote: Jeff Pereira wrote: What's killing me is not so much the amount of data, but the fact that there are so many small files. I'm gonna have to try XCOPY on the next folder and see how that works. I can't

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT - Copying 200,000 plus files

2004-10-20 Thread Darin Cox
. - Original Message - From: Michael Graveen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT - Copying 200,000 plus files Graphic files as a general rule don't compress well. Mike At 03:26 PM 10/20/2004, you wrote: Jeff Pereira

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT - Copying 200,000 plus files

2004-10-20 Thread Michael Graveen
: [Declude.JunkMail] OT - Copying 200,000 plus files Graphic files as a general rule don't compress well. Mike At 03:26 PM 10/20/2004, you wrote: Jeff Pereira wrote: What's killing me is not so much the amount of data, but the fact that there are so many small files. I'm gonna have to try XCOPY on the next