Thanks a lot for your reply.
Hannu Krosing:
> > 4 Core CPU 3 Ghz, WinXP, 1 TB SATA disk.
> 
> try inserting the same data using 4 parallel connections or even 8
> parallel ones.
Interesting idea -- I forgot to mention though that 2-3
cores will be occupied soon with other tasks.
 Felix