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bStro wrote on 5/16/2004, 6:59 PM
How fast is each drive (RPMs)?

How are they formated -- NTFS, FAT32?

Have you checked the D drive for errors and defragmented it?

Rob
TheHappyFriar wrote on 5/16/2004, 7:26 PM
Plus, are they just partitions or physically seperate drives? Also, if one drive has a slower interface then the other (ie Drive C is ATA 33 & D is ATA 100) & they're on the same cable, then they move move as fast as the slowest drive.

How much space is on D?
Bigoj wrote on 5/16/2004, 8:20 PM
I have 53 gigz on D and 28 on C: both are 7200 rpm Maxtors, both are formated at NTFS. Both are physically separated, not partisioned. On May 9, I checked drive D for defragment and didn't get any error message.

Hope the above info will help. Thanks anyways
johnmeyer wrote on 5/16/2004, 9:40 PM
In your other identical post, jetdv asked you to check DMA. That is the most likely source of the problem. Your Windows Help file will tell you how to check whether this is set. It MUST be turned on (enabled) or you WILL drop frames. It is quite common for a computer to have this turned off. It should always be turned on.
VZUAL wrote on 5/16/2004, 11:43 PM
You might test actual performance for the 2 drives. This is simple to do and can be most enlightening. The MS Console program (accessible through XP Control Panel) will run, plot, and save numerous tests including fixed disk read/write speeds.There are many freeware test programs as well,(search "measure read write speed", or the like).