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Mike11
Mike11 asked in Computers & InternetHardwareOther - Hardware · 10 years ago

My IOMEGA StorCenter Pro 150d 2TB is running slow?

I have an IOMEGA 150d and it is running rather slow. The drive is about 6years old. I used to be able to open a file straight off the NAS but now i have to copy it to my desktop to open it otherwise it takes forever or just doesn't work. This takes up time and it never used to run this slow. The drive is under half capacity at the moment. The drive did reach full capacity and thought this was the problem but when I removed some of the files stored nothing changed and continued to be slow. It is connected to 4 desktops through a Sitecom 8port network switch - Model No. LN-119 v1 001.

The 4 desktops (all different makes) are running different operating systems Windows XP and Vista and also are running different versions of software which i am using e.g excel and access. (Don't know if this would make a difference)

I have used the software that came with the NAS and used Fix Drive option and also updated it to the latest firmware.

The options i came up with are:

1, Format and restart?

2, Update all PC's with same software (stab in the dark)

3, Defragment (but not sure if possible on NAS)

4, Scrap it and get a new 1?

Can anyone help?

Thanks

Update:

Multiple suggestions would be appreciated.

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    Possibility of the Drive operating slowly is maybe it is being used on multiple computers at once, this could cause it to open slowly.

    i would try fragmenting it first, if still no luck

    Then try updating all of the PC's with the same software.

    And if neither of them seem to help id say scrap it and get a new one with faster read/write speeds.

    2TB drives arent as expensive as they used to be.

    formatting and then restarting will loose all of your data as im sure you are aware. i dont see it helping much but it might. Id call that a stab in the dark but by all means try it.

    If you have literally done everything you have thought of and it is still slow then i can only suggest that is is the computers themself which are a problem.

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