Drive running slow

**Gripper** · 09-08-2005, 10:56 AM

I have 2 drives on my pc,one is a Maxtor6yo8olo which is ata,the other is a maxtor6y120mo sata,what i'm having problems with is the sata drive is running slow,I had trouble when installing it,but eventually got it going,do'es anyone kno how to instal them properly or get it to run up to speed,
my m/board is a k7n2 delta 2,and i'm running xp pro,any help would be appreciated

**clocker** · 09-08-2005, 11:30 AM

How do you know the drive is "running slow"?

**Gripper** · 09-08-2005, 01:31 PM

Did a test with pc pitstop and this is what they reported
c f
Partition format NTFS--------------NTFS
Cluster size 4 KB-------------- 4 KB
Drive labe l GR1-----------------Gr2
Size 78152 MB------------117245 MB
Free space 13509 MB(17%) --42789 MB (36%)
Junk files 1 MB (0%)--------0 MB (0%)
Data fragmentation 12% -------------Not tested
File fragmentation 3% --------------Not tested
Uncached speed 39 MB/s (120%)---3 MB/s (9%

the result from f in the ucached speed is what worries me

**clocker** · 09-08-2005, 03:11 PM

Download (it's free) and run HD Tach .
You can test both drives and compare them.

**Gripper** · 09-08-2005, 03:36 PM

I'll try it tomorrow as it won't allow anymore d/loads from that site today

**clocker** · 09-08-2005, 04:27 PM

This link should work.

**Gripper** · 09-08-2005, 05:43 PM

this is the result from the offending drive

**lynx** · 09-08-2005, 08:58 PM

That's pretty poor.

What SATA controller does your mobo use? MSI's site isn't clear on that.
What level of firmware has it got.
What drivers have you installed?

Have you checked the SMART data for errors? Everest should be able to display this for you.