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Wills1

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Topic # 112991 31-Dec-2012 20:56
Wondering if someone can help me with painfully slow transfer speeds on my windows 7 laptop. I've noticed the speeds have been very slow for a while. Currently I'm trying to transfer 4.37gb to a flash disk, tried all three usb ports on the laptop and transfer times range from 1 hour to 14 hours! (after leaving the two files to transfer for 5mins on each port) I've checked the task manager and cpu usage is really low, ram usage is also really low, so its not like the computer is working hard to complete the task. Any help would be appreciated.

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Reply # 738998 31-Dec-2012 21:32
Tried a different flash drive? Perhaps this one has reached the end of its useful life (~100,000 cycles) or a faulty controller in the flash drive.

Wills1

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Reply # 739002 31-Dec-2012 21:46
sbaird: Tried a different flash drive? Perhaps this one has reached the end of its useful life (~100,000 cycles) or a faulty controller in the flash drive. I've tried two 16gb flash drives. One is only a couple of months old. Both Kingston brand.

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Reply # 739009 31-Dec-2012 22:03
Have you changed the settings to caching write (right-click any drive, select properties, click hardware, select the disk and change settings). Also make sure you have up to date drivers for the USB card/adapter. Mauricio Freitas (Geekzone Admin, Devil's Advocate, my blog, technology disclosure, my tweets, Web Performance Optimization) Geekzone Price comparison \| Amazon Kindle order page \| How to get the best out of Geekzone \| New Zealand IT Jobs \| Geekzone News \| Jinglebugs

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Reply # 739011 31-Dec-2012 22:16
freitasm: Have you changed the settings to caching write (right-click any drive, select properties, click hardware, select the disk and change settings). Also make sure you have up to date drivers for the USB card/adapter. "enable writing cache on this device" is currently enabled, should I disable it?

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Reply # 739021 1-Jan-2013 00:02
Transfer one file at a time Apologies for poor typing standards when on Samsung Galaxy S4

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Reply # 739029 1-Jan-2013 01:39
I had the same problem to, couldn't work out to fix it either. I found installing TeraCopy helped. http://codesector.com/teracopy It transfers the files differently from the the way window's does & can speed up the transfer rate. (it worked for me)

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Reply # 739038 1-Jan-2013 08:14
I liked TeraCopy too until it started breaking my things! Try it on something not so important first would be my advice. Sometimes what you don't get it a blessing in disguise!

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Reply # 739042 1-Jan-2013 08:39
I use Teracopy in all my Windows machines including servers and never had a problem. Mauricio Freitas (Geekzone Admin, Devil's Advocate, my blog, technology disclosure, my tweets, Web Performance Optimization) Geekzone Price comparison \| Amazon Kindle order page \| How to get the best out of Geekzone \| New Zealand IT Jobs \| Geekzone News \| Jinglebugs

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Reply # 739044 1-Jan-2013 08:53
if it is so hghly variable it mus be your system maybe hdd full and it is busy doing its paging juggling maybe it is defragging at a higher priority maybe the virus scanner is scanning at a higher priority maybe the hdd is busy for some other reason? Apologies for poor typing standards when on Samsung Galaxy S4

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Reply # 739113 1-Jan-2013 14:02
If you are confident in the source disable your virus scanner and try again. If faster result you can later look at tweaking your AV settings to avoid this problem.

Wills1

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Reply # 739134 1-Jan-2013 15:49
FPR: I had the same problem to, couldn't work out to fix it either. I found installing TeraCopy helped. http://codesector.com/teracopy It transfers the files differently from the the way window's does & can speed up the transfer rate. (it worked for me) Just tried this. I max out at 2MB/s 6.54gb to transfer in 54 minutes. This can't be right can it?

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Reply # 739137 1-Jan-2013 16:06
Yes it can ... Whats is exact model of your usb drive every one has a different read and write speed spec Also if your usb is very full it will slow right down Apologies for poor typing standards when on Samsung Galaxy S4

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Reply # 739138 1-Jan-2013 16:11
joker97: Yes it can ... Whats is exact model of your usb drive every one has a different read and write speed spec Also if your usb is very full it will slow right down Thanks for your reply. The model is a Kingston DT101 G2. Its empty

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Reply # 739180 1-Jan-2013 17:28
They both the same model and perform the same? It's rated at between 4 to 6 MBps write but not sure files of what size Id say it's about right ... If you want a fast one buy according to speed see price spy for specs and cross check with google Get USB 3 ones can write up to around 120MBps Apologies for poor typing standards when on Samsung Galaxy S4

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Reply # 739185 1-Jan-2013 17:39
I might not be right in saying this, but I think a lot depends on the file being transferee. A 6GB movie will transfer faster than 6GB worth of separate files like what you would find in the install folder of a video game. Sometimes what you don't get it a blessing in disguise!

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