k l u r t wrote: > I didn't buy a larger capacity drive because I don't have a need for > a lot of storage on my desktop and the price was right A larger drive is going to have more heads/surfaces, so I believe the transfer rates are going to be higher (especially if the drive is only partially filled and the data is on the outer tracks). I have some Sandra data that makes me think this is the case, but I haven't done rigorous benchmarking. David