[PredCaliber]

Hello,

I have the following problem with my 2TB External Samsung G drive USB2.0.

I am using XBMC, and with movies/tv shows on my small internal 2,5 inch/5400 RPM HDD I can play content just fine.

When I want to play stuff from my External USB2.0 drive, the playback and acces time is just horrible!
Movies play 5 seconds, then stops for a while, plays another 5 secs, stops, etc. really slow acces times.
it also takes quite long to open files trough Windows Explorer from the external HDD.

is there anyone else who is experiencing this from External Samsung G drive?
Shouldnt a USB2.0 external HDD be faster then an internal 5400 RPM HDD?

The problem is that I only have like 320GB internal HDD, and for that bought the External 2TB drive.

Should Defrag or re-format do any good?

[Chris!]

Shouldnt a USB2.0 external HDD be faster then an internal 5400 RPM HDD?

Nope, USB 2.0 is slower than an internally connected hard drive (probably sata connection)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_S...n_practice

That said my usb drive is fine for playing stuff off. Depends what the bit-rate of your films is. If they are blu-ray rips then you may have a problem.

[PredCaliber]

Hm oke, what about E-SATA? my Zotac ZBOX has 1 E-SATA port. shouldnt that be just an internal port with an outside connection? (if you know what I mean)

[Chris!]

Yep.
It will be faster than USB 2.0

What files stutter (HD ones or any files)?