Is there a "FAST" was to transfer files from an external Hard drive or to an external hard drive?

Hi,
I am trying to send 2.5TB of data/movie files from one 3TB external hard drive to another. It says it will take over 24hours.
Is there a quicker way or program or app I can use to do this?
Thank you

Yeah, well, I went to the WD site to try and find it and couldn't; it should be in your documentation that came with the drive (the tech specs). For instance, I purchased mine here and it shows (you can actually choose which speed you want):
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/EliteALmini/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB
As I said, a lot of external drives are 5400 rpm; so are Macbook Pros, the new 21" iMacs, Mac Minis, etc. They are about 30+% slower to read/write than the 7200 rpm drives.

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