[newbie] Hard disk speed

2004-10-25 Thread Alan
I am using konquerer to move stuff from one hard disk to another. Konquerer reports on 2.5MB/s. Shouldn´t this be faster? Seems very slow to me. Any advice will be appreciated Thanks -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

Re: [newbie] Hard disk speed

2004-10-25 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Monday 25 October 2004 23:59, Alan wrote: I am using konquerer to move stuff from one hard disk to another. Konquerer reports on 2.5MB/s. Shouldn´t this be faster? Seems very slow to me. Any advice will be appreciated Thanks Alan, If you're trying to clone disks with konqueror you're

[newbie] hard disk speed.

2002-07-09 Thread L.V.Gandhi
For video recording, I have read in many places that speed of HDD should be 7200 RPM. I have one 8.1GB and 20 GB seagate HDDs. On the label I coudn't find anything. Any software to find out? -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th

Re: [newbie] hard disk speed.

2002-07-09 Thread dfox
find anything. Any software to find out? Wouldn't hdparm report the speed? after a brief check, it doesn't seem to report it. Oh well. You might try the specs on the manufacturer's web page. Many IDE drives are 7200; it's a common speed, Some are 1, and a few older ones spin at 5300 or so.

Re: [newbie] hard disk speed.

2002-07-09 Thread pascal
On Wed, 10 July 2002, L.V.Gandhi wrote For video recording, I have read in many places that speed of HDD should be 7200 RPM. It's like saying that when you move, you need a 40 cubic meters truck. It depends on what you have to move. As for video, it depends on the bitrate of the video and