How long does it take for a 320 GB hard drive to be mirrored by the laptop?
It depends on what data rate.
And the RPM of the record.
It depends on the data rate, for me it took 4 hours with a NAS with about 350 GB…
That is helpful. Sorry pressed wrong! Data rate is 2.4 Mb per second.
4 hours or 4 days… Depends on the files! Many small files take longer than a few large files!
Have a coffee during this "waiting time", go back to the computer and you can watch the remaining minutes on the progress bar.
Depending on the data transfer rate more or less.
That can't be said on the basis of the given key data. Among other things, It depends on what kind of disk it is (P-ATA, S-ATA or SSD), in what condition it is and how it is connected to the target medium (copy from running system itself via LAN, via USB adapter or through direct connection to the appropriate connection of the target system.
Copying a 320GB SSD via USB 2.0 takes about a few hours. With USB 3.0 much faster, etc.
With a full 320GB, you can go there during the weekend (if possible). That would be 37h. And that only if the data rate remains in this range and does not drop sharply.
