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    Windows 7 crawls when transfering large amounts of files?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by whitrzac, Dec 28, 2011.

  1. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    I'm trying to move 300gb of movies from 1 HDD(USB) to an external RAID 0 enclosure(esata).

    Windows will transfer 1-2 gb then nearly stop. it was transferring @ 20-30mb/s then stops, slows EVERYTHING to a crawl and there it sits...

    any ideas? :(

    EDIT: it works fine when the raid HDD is on USB....
     
    whitrzac, Dec 28, 2011
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  2. JOSEA

    JOSEA NONE

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    Have you tried testing the transfer with your antivirus program turned off?
     
    JOSEA, Dec 28, 2011
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  3. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Mine notebook use to craw when the hdd is defraging or anti-virus is scanning, and i had a i7 quad and the cpu usage was only around 15% , but since i switched to an ssd it runs great, obviously an mechanical hdd is the bottleneck for me.
     
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  4. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It sounds like you might need to update drivers for the eSATA controller (assuming it is a JMicron controller or something). Check the laptop manufacturer's website.

    It could also be the eSATA controller on the RAID enclosure so check with that manufacturer for a firmware update.
     
    Greg, Dec 28, 2011
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  5. MidnightSun

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    Antiviruses do add an overhead to file transfers, so you could try transferring the files with the AV disabled. Also, you could try using a program like FastCopy (link in signature): it's more reliable for large numbers of files and large quantities of data than the built-in file transfer capabilities.
     
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    Steven God Amongst Mere Mortals

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    My guess is the anti-virus is scanning the files while you transfer.
     
    Steven, Dec 28, 2011
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    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    whitrzac, Dec 29, 2011
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    Whitrzac Have you tried changing the write caching setting in device manager (policies) for either drive?
     
    JOSEA, Dec 29, 2011
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    Have you tried turning off Core Parking? (LGT how to turn off core parking)
     
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  10. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    yes, no change.


    I'm starting to believe that it's the enclosure, my other esata drive works fine...




    Ether way, its about time for another wipe(6 months) :eek:
     
    whitrzac, Dec 29, 2011
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