Hi, I purchased this drive a couple of days ago and I cannot get it to transfer files faster than 2-3MB/s even after following all instructions on forums, etc. Here’s what I’ve done so far: I’ve set the jumpers to 7-8 before installing the drive, no change in speed. Removed the partitions, r…

I took the drive back and they performed tests and confirmed that the drive was faulty. Since then I have installed Win7 and the drive is running perfectly.

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craig_os September 30, 2010, 11:10pm 6

Hi bill,

Running XP currently.

When the drive has been swapped I’ll upgrade to Windows 7 to hopefully avoid these hassles!