Hello Dave

You've always been helpful.

Let me understand this, (I think we're on the same page). If the issue of 'hanging' during a copy process is NOT repeated upon a second attempt to 'Smart Copy' the entire contents of a drive, yes I agree it sounds like an intermitent communication problem with regard to the eSATA card which is suppose to be transmitting data back n forth.

Theoretically, SATA is supposed to be FASTER than FW800. It actually is, I can see the difference in the Super Duper monitoring data. BUT, the 'hanging' could be more a hardware fault; bad enclosure, bad drive, faulty eSATA card.

I guess the incomplete loading of the Super Duper software was just a fluke?

Thank you
Mike