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[ubuntu] 50k/sec = Incredibly Slow Transfer Between 2 Hard Drives

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hi All, Broken something here that I can't find. Hard drives are working at an internal transfer rate of 50k/sec - not a typo - 50000 bytes/sec Copying files from the Nautilus file panel between 2 hard drives (was 1GB, gave up and used Window$) Format shifting more music today from CD to hard drive, took 14:50 sec to copy 41MB = 46kB/sec. Used eac under WINE to do this Re-checked by burning the CD under Rubyripper with 3x sampling, took 8 minutes Appreciate help please if anyone can do so. output from fstab etc below ------------------------------------ History I had a power outage (Hardware)

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Submitted by colm on 09/26/2012

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