vinícius mota wrote: > > He is the line of my /etc/fstab file which defines my backup disk, > with the label common > > > LABEL=common /home/vinicius/Desktop/common ntfs > auto,user,sync 0 0 I would suspect that it is more directly related to the fact that you are writing to an ntfs partition. You can read from it at normal speed, and Windows can read and write to it at full speed. This should indicate that the BIOS, controller, and disk are fine. I also have one ntfs partition on a SATA drive one of my systems, and it has caused some problems. If I could find a reliable way to convert it to ext3 without loosing data, I'd do it in a second! -- Check out the website I've been cobbling together. It will never be done, but it's a start: http://lateralforce.no-ip.org My blog, with commentary on a variety of things, including audio, mixing, equipment, etc, is at: http://audioandmore.wordpress.com Staat heißt das kälteste aller kalten Ungeheuer. Kalt lügt es auch; und diese Lüge kriecht aus seinem Munde: 'Ich, der Staat, bin das Volk.' - [Friedrich Nietzsche] _______________________________________________ laptop mailing list laptop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/laptop