Hard Drive data transfer

Hey all,
I’m currently trying to back up some files from 1 WD Caviar 120Gb to another, there are over 8,000 files making a total of 14.4 Gb and it seems that it is going to take pretty much a day to complete, the system is an old Pentium 4 with 1Gb of RAM running Windows XP Pro so i know im not using the best hardware but its all i have for the job,
I have tried Raring the files to cut down the amount and im using Burst copy to transfer the files but it is still taking ages, does anyone have any tips that may help?
thanks for any replies
Answer #1
Well you can’t really speed up the process. Trying to rar the files, yes it may cut the file size, but the time it takes to compress them, added up to the time to copy them, would take (a lot) longer. Just keep copying the files, the transfer needs to complete some time
Answer #2
is it the whole drive or partition to an empty drive ? if so a ghost image would do it quickly
Answer #3
they on the same channel/ribbon cable
that can slow the operation to a crawl UDMA enabled in the BIOS ?
14.4 Gb
an hour or so tops for that amount
Answer #4
8000 files-thats the problem,too many small files.Try to add all those files to rar archive (just store,no need for compression) and copy it.
Also check UDMA in settings.
Answer #5
Yeap that storage rar trick should help some
Answer #6
they on the same channel/ribbon cable
that can slow the operation to a crawl UDMA enabled in the BIOS ?
14.4 Gb
an hour or so tops for that amount
yeah they are on the same ribbon cable, ill try swapping to another and see and look at the UDMA in the bios,
thanks for all the help and suggestions everyone, ill give em all a blast n report back
Answer #7
Best thing is to put them in big rar archives, windows xp checks every file individualy before transfering, reading the name, file size, etc… This will take longer on let’s say 8000 small mp3 files then it would do an a few large rar files