usb 2 external hd transfer speed

"Ted Lewis" <limno_ted.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 > I have a hd inside a usb2 enclosure, and would like to monitor the
 > transfer speed. Anyone know of a freeware utility?
 > I've tried a few s.m.a.r.t. monitoring programs, but they don't seem
 > to recognize the external drive (only internal ide drives).
 > Thanks!

Just a silly post but...

Get a large file on internal disk
copy to external disk
time with a watch
copy back
do the maths
reboot to clear any cache data
repeat as required
reformat FAT32/NTFS /cluster size change
repeat as required

get many smaller files
repeat above


You then have to work out if the bottle neck is intenal or external
depends what else the system is doing at the time ( a defrag may not be the
best thing to do during this!! )

but in the end you have "real world" values of transfer to/from the disk to
your system at several file sizes and if it meets your requirements why
worry?

I always think that, disk benchmarks / real world, are a bit like laptop
battery life, a large lump of NaCl is required!

regards
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