7K60 SLOOOOWw ???!!!

[hhy2k]

I swapped my 40GB 5400 Fujitsu drive with a 7K60 7200 Hitachi Travelstar. I got amazingly SLOOOW transfer speeds (14MB/s Sisioft Sandra).

I transfered the system with Casper XP and I also tried a clean install of windows (with that it came ot to 8 MB/sec).

Anyone ever experienced such a thing or I simply have a defective drive.

No, it is not in PIO mode, yes, the drive cache is on... and the system should be the same with a hard drive copy anyway. I have the newest embedded controller (3.03) for my T40p.

I got so frustrated I RMAd the drive and wait for the new one. As far as my experience goes there is nothing needed for a HDD swap, just a screwdriver. Am I right or I am missing something?

Thanks, Erik

[stgreek]

Definitely something wrong, in DMA mode my 7200 drive is usually 35-40 MB/sec. Let's see what the new drive is like...