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Formatting a 2TB hard drive: 12 hours later it is only 23% completed.
Hello,
I am using a BlacX USB 3.0 hard drive docking station with a WD Caviar Black 2 TB internal hard drive.
Do not have USB 3.0 on my machine yet, so I have the docking station connected via USB 2.0.
After 12 hours, my drive is only 23% formatted. Is the Slowwwwww formatting of the 2 TB drive normal or is it because I am using USB 2.0 instead of USB 3.0?
It I let this continue, is there a way to find out how many hours the process took?
I have another 2 TB drive, which I will not format until I have purchased and installed a USB 3.0 PCIe card. Once installed, I want to compare the completion time using USB 2.0 ans USB 3.0.
Thanks
Stu