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Herbert Graf <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 11 May 1999 12:07:04 -0700
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> I have a client who recently purchased a P2-400 Dell
> (running NT 4 w/SP 4
> workstation) with 128 ECC RAM, an 8G harddrive,  and
> an internal (IDE) Zip
> 250 MB drive for use as a file server for a Foxpro
> application.
>
> When writing to a 100MB Zip disk, 100 MB of data
> takes around 9 minutes.
> When writing to a 250 MB disk, the same amount of
> data takes about 90
> seconds. Has anyone one on the list seen or heard of
> a similar situation ?
> Or would anyone have an idea why ?

     Yes, 250MB disks will work faster than a 100MB disk in a 250MB
drive. In fact, 250MB drives read and write 100MB disks slower than the
fastest 100MB drives. I am not sure as to why this is, probably best to
ask Iomega. TTYL
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