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    What's wrong with my Seagate 7200.3?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Prince_Phoenix, Nov 1, 2008.

  1. Prince_Phoenix

    Prince_Phoenix Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    My maximum speed is around 70. Average is around 60 MB/second.

    My access time is 16.9 ms, and this is what is really messed up. Burst rate of 36.3 MB/second. How do I fix or optimize my hard drive?

    It's only 10% full.
     
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    How many processes do you have running? XP or Vista?

    Please post a screenshot of the info tab in HD Tune.
     
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    All I know is that the imageshacked drive has a free fall sensor.

    Edit: What are your drive's temps?
     
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    Which operating system? If XP you can use HDTach for a second opinion on the interface performance. Is the HDD interface IDE or SATA (which notebook)?

    John
     
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    Is the same for me on a Sony Vaio FE with XP Service Pack 3, same screen here:


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    I don't understand if there is same issue in configuration or SATA drive, please tell us that you think on this.

    Bye
     
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    You don't have the same issue, your burst speed is good, at 92MB/sec. That's almost 3 times what the OP is getting, hence their concern.
     
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    That is quite a serious problem since burst speed determines how fast your hd can transfer data in a short amount of time (such as when opening programs)... I'd cut down the amount of services/processes you have running, disable superfetch if you're using vista, disable indexing...
    if all else fails you can try installing the ahci driver for your hd
     
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    So on the info box, all the boxes are checked, I think. They're like blocked out. I can't "check mark them" but they're filled with color.

    I fixed everything (cause it was on stamina mode) except the burst time. Which is only 2/3 of the 90 MB/s that the other poster is getting. I get only like 64 MB/s. Every other time is comparable. How do I fix my burst?
     
    Prince_Phoenix, Nov 2, 2008
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    If the boxes are greyed out, it sounds to me like the drive is running in IDE compatibility mode for when you don't install the SATA drivers and that the Intel (or other) chipset drivers aren't installed/updated.
     
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    When I switch to SATA compatibility in the BIOS from AHCI it increases burst rate by 20 MB/second, but I lose 10 MB/second on min/max write speeds.
     
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