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Western Digital My Book Pro Edition 500GB External HDD Review (page 9)

Category: Storage

by Andrey Kuznetcov

[ 01/06/2007 | 11:24 AM ]

Now let’s see what we have in the newer NTFS file system.

Using USB 2.0, the WDG1T5000N is only slower than the Maxtor OneTouch at writing (creating) files. With FireWire 400 it is the fastest in two small-files patterns and second with the other three file-sets. FireWire 800 puts the Western Digital drive high above its opponents.

When it comes to reading the file-sets, the WDG1T5000N is somewhat slower than its opponents with USB 2.0 and becomes second with FireWire 400. And then it again beats its competitors when connected via FireWire 800.

Copying files within the same partition puts the Western Digital drive second with FireWire 400 and last with USB 2.0. As usual, FireWire 800 comes to rescue – using it, the WDG1T5000N meets no competition.

The last diagram shows the speed of copying files from one partition to another. There’s nothing particularly new here: the WD drive is the slowest when working via USB 2.0 and second with FireWire 400. FireWire 800 gives it a great boost and it leaves its competitors behind with ease.