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Do computers' USB ports provide the USB version's full transfer speed?
I have a HP Omen 15-dc1056nf gaming laptop, which I game on extensively. Its USB ports are:
1 USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C with Thunderbolt 3 (40 Gb/s signaling rate, DisplayPort™ 1.4, HP Sleep and Charge)
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Will an SSD external drive be faster than an HDD external drive on USB 3.0?
I have a Retina MacBook Pro Mid-2014 with a 256GB drive, which is small for my needs so I need to use an external Hard Drive.
I'm using a WD 4TB My Passport where I store a lot of pictures and videos, ...
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Copy To USB 3 Drive Start With Highest Speed But Then Significantly Decreases
I have large files that I need to copy to my USB 3.0 external drive. It's a HDD with enclosure.
The problem is the copy speed. When the copy start it start at 110+ MBps, but after few seconds it goes ...
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Evaluating hdd speed: data transfer rate vs internal data rate
I have two Seagate disks a 2T st2000lm007 (2.5) and a 3T ST3000DM008 (3.5). I have a choice between mounting one as a USB 3.0 external and the other as an internal.
Is there an advantage either way? ...
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Slow transfer speeds between one HDD and USB3 external drive
I'm transferring a handful of files from an internal HDD to an external HDD over USB3.0, but find that I'm getting nowhere near USB3 speeds.
The drive is definitely USB3 (Seagate STEB6000403) and ...
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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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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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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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SSD Drive - external vs Internal [closed]
I have 2 computers, a faster iMac at work (i5) and an old macbook (C2DUO 2.0Ghz) at home.
The macbook at home has a SSD drive in it, I upgraded it and it's performance is really great.
Now I was ...
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Write caching causes slower performance?
USB 2.0 External WD 2TB Elements HD.
Connected to Windows XP SP3 machine, write caching disabled by default. Worked fine.
Since it is intended to be a permanent fixture (never removed), and on a UPS ...
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Best performance for small files on external drive?
Which bus has the best read/write performance for small files when used with an external drive? I'd guess eSATA, but the MacBook Pro in question lacks an ExpressCard slot. So it comes down to either ...
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Virtual machines on USB external disk
I'm thinking about installing (using Sun Virtual Box) Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 on an external disk connected to the USB port of my new MacBook.
Do you think perfomances will be terrific? Have you ...
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It takes a long time until Windows XP recognize I connected USB drive
I have a problem with my new USB disk. When I connect it to my laptop with Windows XP SP2 it takes about 4-5min until Windows recognizes it and shows it as a new disk. I can also see (disk's LED is ...
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