USB Transfer

jbm wrote:
On 06/02/2017 01:05, jbm wrote:
New computer is AMD A10-8750, Quad Core, 3.8GHz/4.0 GHz with Turbo Boost
and 4Mb Cache. Motherboard AMD A78 FCH, 8Gb RAM. Runs Win 10 (64-bit).
2Tb internal hard drive, 5400rpm, SATA (I think?).

It has 4x USB2 and 4x USB3 sockets. (2 of the USB3 are on the front of
the case, all the others on the back.)

I have 2x USB2 external hard drives, 3Tb & 4Tb.

I want to transfer 2.3Tb of data from the 3TB to the 4Tb. I know this is
going to take a very long time.

So, which is the best way to connect those two drives to effect the
fastest possible transfer. The computer can be left chugging away for as
long as it takes since I am still using the old computer, until the
transfer is complete. Any idea how long it will take?

Or would it be quicker to transfer large chunks to the internal hard
drive, then push it out to the other external drive.

Thanks in advance.

jim


Took a while to get everything set up as I wanted it (4 computers on the
network, 2 desktop LAN wired - Win7 & Win10, 2 laptop wi-fi WinXP &
Win7, all able to access all the others plus one 1TB drive plus one
printer/scanner). Bloody wiring nightmare under the desk - 14 power
sockets, 8 USB cables, 2 monitor cables, 2 sound cables), but finally
got there. Then the big surprise - it all works!

Connected both drives (USB3) to the back of the new computer
(temporarily - one now into the old computer), and the transfer took
just under 9 hours to complete.

Thanks all for your advice and help.

jim


If that was a file-by-file transfer using hard drives,
the 9 hours is probably a pretty good performance.
If there had been lots of small files, it could have
been worse.

Paul

On 18/03/2017 00:56, Paul wrote:



If that was a file-by-file transfer using hard drives,
the 9 hours is probably a pretty good performance.
If there had been lots of small files, it could have
been worse.

Paul


Mix of files, predominately scanned photos, music and films. Sizes
anywhere between a few Kb to 8Gb. Several thousands of files in all. At
least it's done and out of the way.

jim