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External Hard Disk Drives Roundup: 160GB Storage Capacity (page 13)

Category: Storage

by Aleksey Meyev

[ 02/27/2008 | 09:51 AM ]

NTFS File System

Now I’ll perform the same tests in NTFS.

Results in the Windows and Programs patterns are available here.

The results of the writing test are similar to what we’ve seen in FAT32. The eSATA-interfaced model isn’t far ahead the others, though, except for the ISO pattern. The Maxtor and Seagate lose the writing test again.

Results in the Windows and Programs patterns are available here.

The Teac HD-15 PUS is still unrivalled with the eSATA interface and rather slow when connected via USB. The FireWire-connected ZIV Pro delivers high performance again. The Teac HD-15 PUK-B is the best one among the USB models. The Seagate, Maxtor and Toshiba are the slowest drives here.

Results in the Windows and Programs patterns are available here.

The leading trio doesn’t change. The Toshiba and Transcend are again the worst drives at copying. The Seagate and Maxtor have surprisingly high speeds of copying large files.

Results in the Windows and Programs patterns are available here.

It’s overall the same as in NTFS except that the Seagate and Maxtor have rather high speeds.