re why the drive speeds differ the most likely explanation may have something to do with the fact that a greater density of information exists on the larger capacity disk drive than the smaller one if your running the drive on a mac i would recommend a shareware utility called timedrive which tests seek scsi throughput and rotational speed this utility should let you know what the differences are between the drives the views expressed in this posting those of the individual author only bbs number maccontent is victoria s first iconic bbs
