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Not quite. But possible. I have two 1TB external hard drives. The data was added over a few years. But now to copy 1TB over USB 2.0 is beyond painful. Fortuna
by dghughes 8y ago
Not quite. But possible.
I have two 1TB external hard drives. The data was added over a few years. But now to copy 1TB over USB 2.0 is beyond painful.
Fortunately I can just disassemble the drives and connect them directly. But that's if I have an old system with IDE controllers.
If I can find an IDE to USB converter I'd be back to square one (unless it is USB3). And I don't know if there is such a thing as an IDE to SATA converter.
- ihattendorf 8y agoYou're looking at 9 hours or so per TB over USB 2.0 (~30-40MB/s typically). That doesn't seem beyond painful to me, just run it overnight and you're done in 2 days.
- dghughes 8y agoThat's by doing the math real life isn't so kind.
- supertrope 8y agoSpeed is a feature. USB 2.0 storage is only ever so slightly cheaper but will cost hours of your life. I don't bother buying USB 2.0 storage anymore. I observed typical speeds of 25-35MB/sec depending on the motherboard. Some of my older thumb drives clock in at 4MB/sec. My Internet connection both download and upload is faster than that.