i got a new external hard drive (WD myBook 320gb), and decided to test it using Spinrite. so i ran it and it went so SLOW, after 11 hours it has passed only 2%, and it showed there are about 562 hours remaining. So basically, my main question is..... What The ****?!?! what the hell is going on? why does it take so much time?
i have run spinrite several times on my internal HD and it has taken much less time.
What do i do?


thanks.

Send Steve Gibson an E-mail? Is it USB 1.0 or 2.0. USB 1.0 is very slow. Is it meant to be used on an external drive?

The thing is i have allready sent an email about another issue, and still havent got an answer, so i dont want to flood them with my problems... I just thought you guys may be familiar with the problem.
The drive is USB2. and yes, i think it is supposed to work with external drives.

http://www.grc.com/sr/faq.htm
SpinRite provides complete interaction with IDE-interface PATA (parallel ATA) and SATA (Serial ATA) drives, and it can also be used with any other type of drive — SCSI, USB, 1394/Firewire — that can be made visible to DOS through the addition of controller BIOS or add-on DOS drivers. To obtain the best performance, IDE drives can be temporarily removed from their external USB or Firewire cases and attached directly to the PC motherboard.