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  #76  
Old November 22nd 18, 02:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mark Twain
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Unfortunately the 780 doesn't have a
second SATA power cable(the smaller of
the two) so I can only test one HD at a
time and then have to move to cable to
the other HD to test it.

Here's the HDTune for the 750GB HD:

http://i63.tinypic.com/213j21w.jpg

Robert
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Old November 22nd 18, 03:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mark Twain
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Here's the 2TB HD HDTune:

http://i64.tinypic.com/27yu8g9.jpg


I guess I was overreacting as the
2TB is faster.

Robert
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Old November 22nd 18, 04:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Mark Twain wrote:
Here's the 2TB HD HDTune:

http://i64.tinypic.com/27yu8g9.jpg


I guess I was overreacting as the
2TB is faster.

Robert


The sustained speed is faster on the 2TB and
the Access time (seek) is slightly lower on
the new drive (lower is better). Normally, all
the 7200 RPM drives cluster pretty close on
Access time (12-16msec or so).

The fastest hard drive I've seen advertised so far,
is a 15K drive (so half the access time) with a
300MB/sec sustained transfer rate. But drives like
that tend to be noisy, so you wouldn't like it.
There was one of those 15K drives that made a screeching
sound, and the claim was, "that was normal".

The fastest solid state drive, is one of the NVMe ones
which works at 2500MB/sec. To boot from those requires
BIOS support, so just buying an adapter card to fit
one isn't enough. They can work as a data drive without
a problem, but if you want a boot OS on it, the BIOS
needs a read routine to boot from it. I don't know when,
if ever, I'll get one of those.

The wiring on those goes at close to 4000MB/sec, but
the chipset buffers hold them back a bit.

And being Windows, of course you don't get the feeling
of speed that you should.

You could get an SSD with 400MB/sec transfer speed for
around $22, and it might be just big enough to install
Windows 7 on it. But it wouldn't have the space to hold
any backups. That's a SATA SSD in a 2.5" formfactor.

Paul
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Old November 22nd 18, 04:37 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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In message , Mark
Twain writes:
Well maybe I'm overreacting here,..
but it does seem slower.

I just started a Avast scan on the 8500
and it also seems rather slow.

Thoughts/Suggestions?
Robert


Maybe AVG has just had an update that is making it slow (on both)?
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Old November 22nd 18, 04:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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In message , Mark
Twain writes:
Unfortunately the 780 doesn't have a
second SATA power cable(the smaller of
the two) so I can only test one HD at a
time and then have to move to cable to
the other HD to test it.

[]
The SATA power cable is actually the _larger_ one; for whatever reason
(I can't think of a good one other than economy of parts storage - and
that only for those involved in the actual connector _manufacture_,
everyone else having to store two connectors anyway), they chose to use
the same actual pins for power as for data, meaning - to get the current
capability - they had to use three of them. (Times three for
ground/earth and the two power rails, makes at least 9. The data
connector, being serial [that's what the S is for of course], only needs
one and a clock line [perhaps each way, and the odd control line].)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Have you ever heard about a petition, disagreed with it, but been frustrated
that there's no way you can *show* that you disagree? If so, have a look at
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/232770 - and please pass it on if you
agree, especially to twitter, facebook, gransnet/mumsnet, or any such forum.

.... basically it's another language and unless you've studied it, it's
difficult to grasp. I know people get outraged at me saying it, but it's only
my opinion. I'm not telling people who adore Shakespeare to stop adoring it
this minute. - Jane Horrocks, in Radio Times 30 July - 5 August 2011
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Old November 22nd 18, 05:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Mark
Twain writes:
Unfortunately the 780 doesn't have a
second SATA power cable(the smaller of
the two) so I can only test one HD at a
time and then have to move to cable to
the other HD to test it.

[]
The SATA power cable is actually the _larger_ one; for whatever reason
(I can't think of a good one other than economy of parts storage - and
that only for those involved in the actual connector _manufacture_,
everyone else having to store two connectors anyway), they chose to use
the same actual pins for power as for data, meaning - to get the current
capability - they had to use three of them. (Times three for
ground/earth and the two power rails, makes at least 9. The data
connector, being serial [that's what the S is for of course], only needs
one and a clock line [perhaps each way, and the odd control line].)


If the tower has an optical drive, you can "borrow"
the power and data cables and use them for a hard
drive. It all depends on the available cable length,
how they're dressed, as to whether they could be
re-purposed to allow testing two hard drives at once.

Paul
  #82  
Old November 22nd 18, 06:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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In message , Paul
writes:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message ,
Mark Twain writes:
Unfortunately the 780 doesn't have a
second SATA power cable(the smaller of


Does it have a spare Molex one? You can get adapters, I think.

the two) so I can only test one HD at a
time and then have to move to cable to
the other HD to test it.

[]
The SATA power cable is actually the _larger_ one; for whatever

[]
If the tower has an optical drive, you can "borrow"
the power and data cables and use them for a hard
drive. It all depends on the available cable length,
how they're dressed, as to whether they could be
re-purposed to allow testing two hard drives at once.

Paul


Even if they aren't long enough, unless they're _very_ short and also
awkwardly placed, you can use them, with the backup drive just hanging,
or supported by an elastic band, cable tie, or whatever - unless you're
backing up every day.

That's assuming the optical drive is SATA, though. An XP desktop might
well have an EIDE optical drive.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Have you ever heard about a petition, disagreed with it, but been frustrated
that there's no way you can *show* that you disagree? If so, have a look at
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/232770 - and please pass it on if you
agree, especially to twitter, facebook, gransnet/mumsnet, or any such forum.

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2. If it smells, it's chemistry
3. If it doesn't work, it's physics.
  #83  
Old November 22nd 18, 06:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mark Twain
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Like I said I guess I overreacted,...

As far as HD's I'll stick with the 2TB
Seagates. I like them because they are quiet
and dependable.

I still use the WD as my external backup
for the 8500.

Thanks,
Robert
 




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