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I just hooked up an external HDD to my iMac G4 800Mhz's USB port. It takes about 8hrs to have 20Gb of data copied over. Just like to know if this speed is normal. Thanks!
ed724 said:Could be since your USB is only version 1 which is 12mbps max which is not going to be achieved. It will actually be moving at a lower speed. You'd be better of transferring via ethernet at. Firewire would be better for the external drive. It's 400mbps.
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damontgo said:Yes, when using USB this is normal...as I too have the 800Mhz iMac (sigh)
As far as getting your Firewire to work have you tried connecting everything with the drive off, and then turning it on?