[clue-tech] My questions--Installfest Recap

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Saturday 24 January 2009 09:00:38 pm Charles W Downing wrote:
> Gang,
>
> About 3:00, when I was getting ready to leave, Dave Wilcox asked me if I
> had solved all of my problems.  I told him no, but I exaggerated.
>
> When I got home I remembered that I have a USB hub on my desk, into
> which I have had my external hard drive plugged.  When I plugged into a
> USB port on my laptop and did a backup, it took about 30 minutes instead
> of 9 hours!  Had it not been for my trip to DeVry today, I may never
> have learned that lesson.
>
> Thanks for being there.

Are you saying that the 30 minutes vs. 9 hours was because of the difference 
between running it directly vs. running it through a USB hub?

Wow.

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