partition transfer problems

[nomad311]

ive posted this questions in different forums n different ways and none have been answered so please try n help me out here

i have a 40gb hdd partitioned as so and in this order:
--linux swap - ~900mb
--windows (ntfs) - 10gb
--linux (reiser) - 9gb
--data (fat32) - 20gb

i parted with the part ap on the suse 9.3 pro dvd
usin windows xp sp2 and suse 9.3pro

and i fianally got allo this stuff up n runnin but when i xfer files b/t the data drive n both linux or windows part it goes slow (2-8mb/sec -goes up n doen durin the xfer)
-is this normal exfer speeds?
-any1 else have this problem?
-is there any solution to it?

thnx
-nomad311