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How to prevent Windows 10 and/or my computer from going completely crippled while utilizing file copying over USB?

I have a monster PC running Windows 10. There are zero known hardware issues, and it's managed by me, a poweruser. There are no weird things slowing it down. It runs at expected speed normally. It is ...
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Why does transferring files to a USB stick grind my computer to a halt?

I'm currently syncing a bunch of files to a USB stick. Regardless of what USB version it uses, and regardless of my motherboard's ability to transfer USB data, why does it cause my entire computer to ...
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How do I monitor the performance of USB peripherals on Windows 10?

I'm trying to monitor the performance of a USB DVD player/writer on Windows 10. I'm mainly interested in basic metrics like bytes read and written per second and latency. So far I'm not finding any ...
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Extremely slow speeds when tethering via usb

I finished building my new gaming PC today. Since my phone's (Galaxy S9) internet is usually much faster than my house's internet, I tethered it to my new computer. However, I'm experiencing much, ...
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Windows 10 USB bottlenecking

I have a 128gb MacBook Pro and I wanted to run Windows for gaming. Because I have 128gb (and Boot Camp requires 50gb of internal hard drive space), I decided to run Windows from external USB. It boots ...
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