In article <20070502092910.45940@xxxxxxx>, Jochen Konietzko <JochenKonietzko@xxxxxx> wrote: > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:22:18 > +0800 Von: Peter Dowson <p_dowson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> An: > iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: [iyonix-support] Re: external USB > hard disk [Snip] > > > > I use a Vantec NextStar USB case to hold an IDE hard drive and then > > ran SCSIForm to initialise the drive, it will slow down the boot time > > quite a lot though. I then use SyncDiscs to make a copy of the main > > drive on a regular bases, you will find it a lot slower than a second > > hard drive other than the speed or lack of it works fine. --- > Thanks for the answer; I bought a 120 MB Trekstore disk, formatted it on > Monday before work and started the backup at 8 a.m. > This leads me to a question: Just how slow is the lack of speed you > mention in YOUR setup? > Is this kind of "speed" to be expected? Cannot tell you how slow it was the first time I left it running over night but when doing a backup after the first time it takes one to two hours, the disc has about 66G used. You are a lot better of backing up to a caddy or use a NAS connected drive, I'm just in the process of going from caddy's to a NAS solution. --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support