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also arent the reported speeds for the standard measured in megabits? where as the readings you guys are measuring in megabytes?

I believe that the max speed is burst speed as well, not maintained speed
 
also arent the reported speeds for the standard measured in megabits? where as the readings you guys are measuring in megabytes?

I believe that the max speed is burst speed as well, not maintained speed

USB2.0 is capable of 480Mbps (60MB/s). Firewire 400 = 400Mbps (50MB/s). Firewire 400 generally performs better than USB2.0, even though its max theoretical speed is lower.

Most regular hard disks can do around 40-60MB/s average read. So I am wondering why we are getting these slow speeds.

My speeds, 33.7MB/s and 25.0MB/s are the average read speed reported after testing with HDTune.
 
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