Members mrcrow Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 just made up a caddy with a 5400 hard drive for my future laptop..usb 2.0 i am copying my pictures from my backup 7200 hard drive which runs on mains power via the pc sort of transfer will the 5400 caddy be happy with this or should i stop..it is getting warm a bit when i tried to copy the lot it said...about 700 minutes to copy.. so i am doing them a folder at a time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitargod0dmw Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 How much data are you talking here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrcrow Posted October 12, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 How much data are you talking here? the whole folder is 17Gbthe biggest individual folder is around 2Gb with a lot at 400Mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitargod0dmw Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 It should be fine! I would just let it go. It's going to get hot...but that's what it's made to do. I wouldn't worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrcrow Posted October 12, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 It should be fine! I would just let it go. It's going to get hot...but that's what it's made to do. I wouldn't worry about it. many thanks..i just got a bit worried..its a titanium caddy so its dissipating some heat and i have it on edgeto vent it..butand it just struck me..i am feeding it usb wise via a hub...do you think it would be better direct into the usb slot on the controller ...its at the back and i have a hub at the front for 'odd jobs'cheersgeof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitargod0dmw Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 many thanks..i just got a bit worried..its a titanium caddy so its dissipating some heat and i have it on edgeto vent it..butand it just struck me..i am feeding it usb wise via a hub...do you think it would be better direct into the usb slot on the controller ...its at the back and i have a hub at the front for 'odd jobs'cheersgeof I would plug it right into the computer. It'll probably be a little faster...especially if the hub is only USB 1.0 (which I doubt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrcrow Posted October 12, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 I would plug it right into the computer. It'll probably be a little faster...especially if the hub is only USB 1.0 (which I doubt) wilco..its 2.0 but i feel the pc doesnt always recognise it ... logging off now so my athlon 1200 only has one job to do thanks and a good night.nite to you cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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