sedative Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 I've got a Western Digital 100GB 7200RPM drive. Recently, the drive has slowed down considerably. For example: when unraring a 700mb game, it'll now take about 7 or 8 minutes to unrar. Normally it would take about a minute. Copying from that drive to my main 20 gig drive is also painfully slow. I've defragged multiple times with no improvement.What could be causing this slowdown? Is it dying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 how many defragged filea re on it? and are the defragged files large ones, such as ISO files etc?is this your main windows drive? and is it partitioned?what chipset drivers are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedative Posted October 28, 2002 Author Share Posted October 28, 2002 It's hardly fragged at all now since I've defragged it a few times.The fragmented files were large ISOs.It's my secondary drive just for downloads. Windows is running on my 20 gig.Not partitioned.Dunno about the chipset drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 O+O defrag rules, i rest my case. diskeeper sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 what defrag tool are you using?Is both your drives set DMA enabled?Both 7200 RPMS?When unraring whats your Proc% at?and do this, run this test..http://www.voodoofiles.com/home.asp?Item=1813Ill get you on MSN to talk further Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 ok as stated on the website:A 7200 rpm drive has a rotational latency of 4.15 ms on average. A 4500 rpm drive has a rotational latency of 6.67 ms on average. So a 7200 rpm drive with a seek of 12.5ms has an access time that is just as fast as a 4500 rpm drive with a seek of 10.0 msalso your CPU Ultilization should be low. See my screenshot for comparesent as I aslo have a WD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedative Posted October 28, 2002 Author Share Posted October 28, 2002 looks like i'm screwed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 dude your max read, average and CPU is way wacked...something is really wrong and I would have to say its the drive. Your CPU shouldnt be over 20% and compared to my reading your EXTREMELY to low. Get the drive to WD for a warrenty check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedative Posted October 28, 2002 Author Share Posted October 28, 2002 my 20 gig just for comparison. this proves that it must be the drive and nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 yep....lets do the RMA return, got you on messanger to get this b***h fixed bro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 http://websupport.wdc.com/diag/dlg_login.aspgo there and register then run the online Diagnostics test...you should get something like this:Drive Information:Manufacturer: Western Digital Corporation Serial Number: WMA6S1259973 Model Number: WD800BB-00BSA0 Firmware Rev: 12.08C12 Test Results:TEST PASSED!Congratulations! The Data Lifeguard Diagnositc utility has determined that your hard drive is functioning properly. If you still encounter problems on your hard drive that you feel were not identified in the Data Lifeguard utility, please contact us for technical support.after the test is done. Post what your results are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedative Posted October 28, 2002 Author Share Posted October 28, 2002 Thanks. I took your advice Xperties and a new 100 gig is on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 From your screenshot, it looks like your WD drive is using the CPU resources (97%!!!) to transfer files. This means your HD is not in UDMA mode, and instead, it's using PIO.Check your device manager, into the properties of your primary IDE channel (or secondary, wherever you installed it to) and see what mode its running in.You also need to make sure its jumpered correctly, and the cable (black end is master, and grey end is slave). Another tip is never put a 7200rpm alongside a slower hard drive on the same cable otherwise it operates at the slower hard drive's speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedative Posted October 28, 2002 Author Share Posted October 28, 2002 It's running in UDMA mode, jumpers are fine, cables are fine, and they're both 7200 RPM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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