ernie wrote:
Not strictly a Windows 98 issue but here it is:
I have a Quantum Fireball 541 which transfers data at a very slow rate
according to HdTach.
Is there a utility for turning the rate up to the expected rate that I
can download, I have powermax but it does not include this function and
neither does Maxblast according to the blurb.
Regards,
ern.

ernie, what does Your hdtach.log say after you run the test?

For 'Read Only' mine says:

HD Tach version 2.70
Drive: Maxtor 6B250R0 BAH4
Random Access time: 8.8ms
CPU utilization: 9.3%
Read Burst speed: 114.3MB/s
Average read speed: 59MB/s (max 87.8MB/s - min 55.8MB/s = average:
59.2MB/s


Rick