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Copy process becomes dead slow...?

Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by oc9ine, Jul 6, 2009.

  1. oc9ine

    oc9ine Guest

    Hi,

    I have Win Vista Ultimate 32bit.
    Intel D945GNT Motherboard.
    Pentium D 3.0
    1.50 GB of RAM
    160 GB SATA HD.

    A few days ago I upgraded my system to aforementioned specs. I needed to
    copy data from old Seagate 80 GB IDE drive to my new 160 GB SATA drive.
    What was really annoying that when I tried to copy a file from IDE drive
    to SATA drive for example a file of 650 MB started with great copy speed
    but gradually slowed to a crawl and it took a long time for me to
    transfer data.

    What could have been the problem...?

    Regards,

    Oc9ine.
     
  2. Antivirus?

    "oc9ine" <oc9ine@gmail.com> wrote in message
    news:eiHIqRj$JHA.1380@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Hi,
    >
    > I have Win Vista Ultimate 32bit.
    > Intel D945GNT Motherboard.
    > Pentium D 3.0
    > 1.50 GB of RAM
    > 160 GB SATA HD.
    >
    > A few days ago I upgraded my system to aforementioned specs. I needed to
    > copy data from old Seagate 80 GB IDE drive to my new 160 GB SATA drive.
    > What was really annoying that when I tried to copy a file from IDE drive
    > to SATA drive for example a file of 650 MB started with great copy speed
    > but gradually slowed to a crawl and it took a long time for me to transfer
    > data.
    >
    > What could have been the problem...?
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > Oc9ine. <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
  3. Jim

    Jim Guest

    On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:24:24 +0530, oc9ine <oc9ine@gmail.com> wrote:
    <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >Hi,
    >
    >I have Win Vista Ultimate 32bit.
    >Intel D945GNT Motherboard.
    >Pentium D 3.0
    >1.50 GB of RAM
    >160 GB SATA HD.
    >
    >A few days ago I upgraded my system to aforementioned specs. I needed to
    >copy data from old Seagate 80 GB IDE drive to my new 160 GB SATA drive.
    >What was really annoying that when I tried to copy a file from IDE drive
    >to SATA drive for example a file of 650 MB started with great copy speed
    >but gradually slowed to a crawl and it took a long time for me to
    >transfer data.
    >
    >What could have been the problem...?
    >
    >Regards,
    >
    >Oc9ine.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    Try using a thumb drive ?
     
  4. JEWboy

    JEWboy Guest

    Issue this command at command prompt (or Start-->Run):

    netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disable

    Even if it may not help you (e.g. if your problem is NOT with filecopy via
    Ethernet network), it still seems tobe one of the most useful things to
    disable in Vista.
    Autotuning has become a source of numerous filecopy and even Web browsing
    problems.
     
  5. Saucy

    Saucy Guest

    Vista is known for both slow copy and perceived slow copy issues, especially
    in the original edition without any Service Packs [ if you do not have the
    Service packs applied do so now [​IMG]) ]. It's completely fixed in Windows 7.

    But if it is not Vista, there could be a number of things going on. The
    harddrives might not be running at top speed because they're not set to DMA
    (check Device Manager), the cables are shoddy, one or more of them has a
    physical problem, your mobo's BIOS isn't up to date and so on.

    Saucy


    "oc9ine" <oc9ine@gmail.com> wrote in message
    news:eiHIqRj$JHA.1380@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Hi,
    >
    > I have Win Vista Ultimate 32bit.
    > Intel D945GNT Motherboard.
    > Pentium D 3.0
    > 1.50 GB of RAM
    > 160 GB SATA HD.
    >
    > A few days ago I upgraded my system to aforementioned specs. I needed to
    > copy data from old Seagate 80 GB IDE drive to my new 160 GB SATA drive.
    > What was really annoying that when I tried to copy a file from IDE drive
    > to SATA drive for example a file of 650 MB started with great copy speed
    > but gradually slowed to a crawl and it took a long time for me to transfer
    > data.
    >
    > What could have been the problem...?
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > Oc9ine. <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
  6. pacinitaly

    pacinitaly Guest

    In the future, try to turn off as many processes as you can.


    --
    pacinitaly

    SpellCherkers aren't worth a shirt
     
  7. Keith

    Keith Guest

    On 2009-07-06, oc9ine <oc9ine@gmail.com> wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Hi,
    >
    > I have Win Vista Ultimate 32bit.
    > Intel D945GNT Motherboard.
    > Pentium D 3.0
    > 1.50 GB of RAM
    > 160 GB SATA HD.
    >
    > A few days ago I upgraded my system to aforementioned specs. I needed to
    > copy data from old Seagate 80 GB IDE drive to my new 160 GB SATA drive.
    > What was really annoying that when I tried to copy a file from IDE drive
    > to SATA drive for example a file of 650 MB started with great copy speed
    > but gradually slowed to a crawl and it took a long time for me to
    > transfer data.
    >
    > What could have been the problem...?
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > Oc9ine.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    Turn off or disable temporarily any running anti-virus programs in
    windows and use a tool that will copy the programs in the background.
    I use Total Commander nagware for FTP and background copying of GB's
    of data.



    Don't download the beta software.

    HTH,

    Keith
     

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