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USB 3.0 External HDD suddently very slow and random disconnects
I have an external WD 3TB 3.0 USB HDD. I used to have a lot of movies and series stored on it. Recently I tried to clean up what I had on it, and in the process I managed to transfer about 1 TB of ...
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Extremely slow write to USB 2.0, EXT4, from Linux Mint [closed]
When used first time, write to USB gave only 200Kb/sec speed o.O Like 3 hours for 300MB copy.
I formatted the USB as EXT4, and tried again, the speed went up to 1.6MB/sec, but then quickly fell down ...
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Transferring large file to/from USB drive causes system to hang until transfer is done
I have a box running Ubuntu 16.04 server. It has an internal SATA hard drive with the OS on it, and an attached USB 3 hard drive which I use for storage of large/long term files. A lot of times, this ...
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EXTREMELY slow transfer speed
I'm getting VERY slow transfer speeds with 3 different usb flash drives on different computers.
This are the aspects I consider relevant:
USB 3.0 driver is installed
USB 3.0 is enabled from BIOS
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Extremely slow speed when writing to USB FAT32 drive in Linux
I'm trying to copy around 4GB of files onto a USB 3.0 drive formatted with FAT32. The speed is ridiculously slow - 200 kBytes/sec. Writing data directly with dd is okay at about 25-30 MBytes/sec, and ...
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Speeding up USB 3.0 on my machine, Vantec USB3.1 to PCI card is slower than MOBO ports?
So I read an article on Tom's Hardware after I was tired of waiting for some backups to complete faster. Admittedly I did not understand parts of the article but what I took away from it is that I ...
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Why does certain files and collection of files take so long to copy?
I was copying the windows "users" folder for a friend of mine and I noticed that the 6.5GB file took unusually long to copy. The transfer rate never exceeded 5Mb/s. Also, I noticed there was an ...
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NAS via HDD connected to PC or HDD connected to the router
Hardware I am working with
Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 (R7000) (USB 3.0; running stock firmware, but can run Tomato if needed)
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 2 TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (MPN: ...
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Does ASRock XFast USB actually improve file transfer?
Since I bought my computer from a friend, I have been using the ASRock XFast USB software. It came with the ASRock motherboard (that is, it's not something that was found on the internet and installed ...
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After plugging in a USB device, Win7 severely slows. What causes this and how could it be fixed?
This is the second PC undergoing this condition, both running Win7. On PC1 a Logitech device was connected through USB before installing it's branded driver (allowing windows to auto-install it), and ...
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slow transfer of data from disk to disk
I'm copying about 4TB of data from one hdd to another and noticing abysmal speeds.
I have two external SATA 3 hdds plugged into USB 3.0 docks and connected to USB3.0 ports on Macbook Pro. MBP was ...
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USB Keyboard and Mouse slow to activate using docking station for Lenovo T430
I just recently upgraded to a T430. Happy with the laptop but one thing I find annoying is that when I use it through the docking station - it takes several minutes ie 3-5 for the USB keyboard and ...
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USB Flash drive too slow
I've tried like 10 USB flash drives, and they are all slow :(
External USB hard-drives are much faster. For example transfer speeds on the WD passport are like 20 MB/sec compared to like 2 MB/sec on ...
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Clean install vs disk image
Once a year I am making a clean install on windows, in order to keep my system fast. After posting a question on making a bootable windows usb with exe programs where I was adviced to make a disk ...
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USB 3.0 Flash Drive slower than USB 2.0
I have just bought a USB Stick (Flash Drive) from Philips. 32GB USB 3.0. I had some other problems with my USB 3.0 Installation but now this is resovled. My USB 3.0 hub is now a 7 Port USB 3.0 Metall ...
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