Speed up FTP?

cclloyd9785

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I tried using Windows Explorer for FTP instead of filezilla, and filezilla is so much faster. Is there any way to speed up the transfer and read speed in explorer?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satellite L505D-S9565
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64
CPU
AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 2.1 GHz
Motherboard
Toshiba Built-In with Insyde H20 BIOS 1.40
Memory
4 GB DDR2 800 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD Mobility 3100 Graphics 256MB to 1468 MB Shared
Sound Card
Realtek Mobile ALC272 HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
15.6" TFT LCD with TruBrite, Samsung 1080p HDTV
Screen Resolution
1366x768, 1920x1080
Hard Drives
❶:Main: Toshiba 250 GB SATA 5400 RPM
PSU
N/A
Case
N/A
Cooling
Built-in/Open window in winter :P
Keyboard
Built-in
Mouse
Build-in Symantics SmartTouch Pad
Internet Speed
55 MB/sec Down, 9 MB/sec Up
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❷:Backup: Seagate FreeAgent Desk USB 2.0 5400 RPM
❸:Media: Toshiba 640 GB USB 2.0 5400 RPM Portable Edition
Michael, Inherently the HTTP transfer is slower than ftp. Not much you can do to speed up the browser transfer speeds.

Rich
 

My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Laptop Qosimo X870
OS
Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
CPU
Intel Core I7
Motherboard
Toshiba Qosmio
Memory
16 Gigs
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
Monitor(s) Displays
17.7" laptop
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
256 Gig SanDisk SSD for C
256 Gig Intel SSD for D
Internet Speed
50/25 FIOS
Antivirus
Vipre (all you can eat for 10 machines)
Browser
IE and FF
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I have dos 6.22, wfwg 3.11, win98, 2000 and xp VHD's available for testing. MS's Virtual PC works great.
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