Re: toshiba 5GB data transfer rates

--- "Paul L. Allen" <paul.l.allen@boeing.com> wrote:
> Gherald wrote:
> >
> > I just received my 5GB toshiba pcmcia hard drive to hopefully
> install
> > intimate with, but it seems awfully slow under Pocket PC. It
takes
> a
> > whole minute to copy 2MB of information from one location on the
> drive
> > to another. Is that normal?!?
>
> Copying the 3.478Mb Tk800.023.tar.gz file from one place to another
> on a 5Gb Toshiba drive under Intimate on my iPaq 3650 takes 5
> seconds.

Granted, a real OS will be faster.. I am mostly concerned whether it is
a physical problem with the drive. No sense bothering with 5 gigs if
the MB/sec are measured in minutes.
 
> I've been told that this third iteration of CE still has serious
> problems, but I didn't realize it was this bad. Unless you're
locked
> into Pocket PC for some reason, I'd wipe it and install a real OS
if
> I were you.

You bet, just as soon as something is released for the 3900 series.

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Received on Tue Oct 22 21:03:25 2002