[Mark]

Hi! My problem is that HdClone is very slow while cloning my hard disk. My hard disk is 50gb (25gb used) and the average speed is 5 mb/sec...is it normal?

I've got the pro edition of HdClone 3.9

Thanks in advance!

Mark

[Alex]

Please state if the disc is connected via S-ATA, normal IDE or USB; Do you reach the speed with normal copying (what is the other disk) and what does the speed test of HDClone say about the drive's speed?

[Mark]

My (pc) disks are:
- MAXTOR STM3802110A (60gb)
- MAXTOR 6V080E0 (60gb)

while my (recovery) external disk is a MAXTOR 6 PAFG (300gb).This one is connected via usb in both cases.

I didn't try the speed test...but these are 5 years old PCs (maybe more), and even the recovery disk is 3 years old.

Anyway, I just tried to copy the second disk (MAXTOR 6V080E0) onto my MAXTOR 6 PAFG: it worked well, just one error in reading and no errors in writing; time of the copy: 1:20 hrs. speed: 5.7 mb/s. Is it too slow?

Now I'll try to copy MAXTOR STM3802110A onto my recovery external disk

Thanks very much for your immediate help!

[Alex]

With USB, usually 25-30MB/s are reached, with internal IDE 30-60, and with S-ATA more than 60 (depends on the age of the disc) is possible. Only as a reference.

[Mark]

Perfect! To increase the speed I should link the two disks with internal IDE or S-ATA methods; now my question is: how?
I mean, with usb this thing is very simple, but for example with S-ATA (italian link "http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#IDE_ed_il_Serial_ATA") what should I do? Should I use one of the cables at the right of the page linked?

Thanks, Mark

[Alex]

If it is possible at all, S-ATA is to prefer over USB, because it's way faster. You might have to open the computer, though. There are also external S-ATA adapters (called e-SATA) that function just like USB (you can plug them in and off as you would do with USB), but have the speed of S-ATA. There are already USB cases out that have both connectors (see [URL]http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESATA[/URL])