- Jan 12, 2019
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So my computer came with a Seagate firecuda 1tb drive installed and I was given a Seadate slim 2tb external drive for free a while back. When upgrading to a SSD for my OS and programs, I figured I might as well shuck the external and swap the two as my photo library is about 3tb/year and it's annoying to only have 3 months on my laptop at a time. (I have a more elaborate system for actually archiving data, including geo-diverse considerations)
Before the shuck and swap, both the external enclosure (2tb) and firecuda drive (1tb) were preforming just fine - consistently copying large files around 120mb/sec.
After the shuck and whatnot, both HDDs still function and seem to retain data just fine but the average transfer rates are MUCH slower for both drives. Now they average around 50mb/sec but actually switch back and forth between 125mb/sec and 0mb/sec. Both hard drives are kept below 70% capacity, btw. The firecuda, now in the old Seagate slim enclosure, is actually empty/near empty just for moving stuff between printers/work-stations.
I'll include an image so you have a better idea.
View: https://imgur.com/9ZCbmJz
As I hinted, I frequently transfer large amounts of data, preforming backups over multiple hard drives about once a week so this transfer speed is beginning to get annoying. Anyone have an idea about how I could fix this?
System Info:
Asus GL503 Laptop
i7-7700HQ
WD 500gb Sata M.2 SSD (boot drive)
Seagate Slim 2tb external drive (currently shucked and in laptop - Label read "Seagate Laptop drive" and shows up as "ST2000LM007-1R8174" in Task Manager)
Seagate Firecuda 1tb (Currently in the enclosure that used to belong to the shucked drive)
Before the shuck and swap, both the external enclosure (2tb) and firecuda drive (1tb) were preforming just fine - consistently copying large files around 120mb/sec.
After the shuck and whatnot, both HDDs still function and seem to retain data just fine but the average transfer rates are MUCH slower for both drives. Now they average around 50mb/sec but actually switch back and forth between 125mb/sec and 0mb/sec. Both hard drives are kept below 70% capacity, btw. The firecuda, now in the old Seagate slim enclosure, is actually empty/near empty just for moving stuff between printers/work-stations.
I'll include an image so you have a better idea.
View: https://imgur.com/9ZCbmJz
As I hinted, I frequently transfer large amounts of data, preforming backups over multiple hard drives about once a week so this transfer speed is beginning to get annoying. Anyone have an idea about how I could fix this?
System Info:
Asus GL503 Laptop
i7-7700HQ
WD 500gb Sata M.2 SSD (boot drive)
Seagate Slim 2tb external drive (currently shucked and in laptop - Label read "Seagate Laptop drive" and shows up as "ST2000LM007-1R8174" in Task Manager)
Seagate Firecuda 1tb (Currently in the enclosure that used to belong to the shucked drive)
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