Dont know if this is the right forum but here it goes. Set up a new computer and wanna be sure everythings ok. Now I have an external HD that I am trying to transfer 16gigs to new machine. New comp is a e6400 with a gigabite ds3 mobo and 2 gigs of ddr2. New HD in computer is connected to the SATA 2. Using USB2 to transfer the 16 gigs to new computer how long would u estimate it would take. It's telling me about 4 hours. Now would I be better off zipping up the folder and then transfering. Is it possible to zip a folder of this size. Mostly mp3's and video. Thanks in advance for any help.