eraser 6.0.10 extremely slow

[richardth]

I am trying to erase about 122 gb on a 1.5tb external hard drive and after running about 28 hours it is only showing about 10% done on the status bar. Is this normal?

 

[Joel]

Sorry for the late reply, but I'm sure by now it would have completed.

External drives are limited by the connection between it and the computer. If it's USB 2, I'd expect it to take approximately 6-10 times longer than if the drive were connected to your computer.

If it were USB 3, however, then...