"First Of Three" wrote:

> This is driving me crazy: according to Nero, my harddrives are too
> slow for +16 speed cd/+2.4 speed dvd burning. This is a problem that
> manifested itself about a week ago.
> I've ran a Passmark Performance test: sequential read and write is at
> +45 mb/s, BUT random read/write is at 4.2!!! mb/s. This is consistent
> with Neros claim: 16/2.4 speed is about 4 mb/s.
> According to the Primary IDE Channel properties of Device Manager the
> drives are using UDMA5/4. The drives are defragmented on a regular
> basis.
> I already tried several things: updating bios/device drivers, changing
> cables,...nothing seems to be working.
> I installed a second copy of windows, but the problem persisted in the
> fresh copy. So I'm not convinced a clean install will do the job..
> Setup: master maxtor 120 gb ata133 & slave wd 200gb ata100 connected
> to primary IDE on Asus p4c800-e deluxe, bios 1023, using winxp pro
>
> Anybody got any ideas?
>
>
> TIA
>Someone Please Help!!
I'm having exactly the same problem.
same Maxstor 120 gb 6YL120L0 drive same problem the Nero reporting too slow
to burn DVDs. SiSoft Sandra reports writes at 4-5Mb/s!!!!
I contacted Maxstor and they suggested running their PowerMax utility in
the Burn in test mode. I tried that and the drive passed ok! The only other
suggestion the had was to use PowerMax to do a 'Full Option of Low Level
Format' I hav'nt tried that as I don't want to lose my system.
Can anyone suggest a solution Please.