Hi Howard,

52X is pretty good, but transfer rates depend a great deal on bus speed and hard drive speed. An older PII system for example, with a bus speed of 66 Mhz and a 5400 rpm HD can be very slow. Newer PC's running 133 Mhz, 266 Mhz, 400 Mhz, 533 Mhz, 80... Login to read more.