Today they are USB or sticks are everywhere. It is a very convenient way to transfer data, thanks to its portability. Almost every device has a (at least) USB or microUSB-on-the-go port: tablets, laptops, TVs and more.
If your USB drive is now too slow, you can increase the read and write speed by following these steps.
First you should know that USB drives they use flash memory, which by its nature tends to slow down quite a bit over time as you use them. So if the USB drive you have is very old and heavily used, the best choice your choice is to get a new high-speed USB. Second, you know that USB 3.0 is much faster than USB 2.0. To get a comparison, you should buy at least one USB 3.0 drive to see the difference in speed.
But let's see how you can make your old USB 2.0 run faster.
We start with Formatting the USB drive on NTFS
This will make copy operations a bit faster. Right-click on the USB as you see it from the “My Computer” or “This o computer” (This PC) and select “Configuration” from the menu. Select NTFS as system αρχείων και καταργήστε την επιλογή “Quick Format” από το κουτάκι:
Immediately afterwards, you can press Start and wait for the configuration to finish.
Set the USB drive for better performance
Right-click your USB drive again from the original PC / My Computer folder and select "Properties" from the menu.
In the Properties dialog box, go to the “Hardware” tab: Click on button “Properties” you will see at the bottom of the window:
In the window that opens on the "General" tab, click on "Change Settings" or Change Settings
Below the Policies or Policies tab, you'll find the option for better performance. Highlight the option and click OK.
Note: After changing the device policy to improve performance, you should always remove your USB drive with the "Safe Remove" option. Otherwise, you may lose files that you have copied to your disk. It is necessary because the cache is enabled in the option for better performance. With the safe removal procedure you will be sure that no work is running on the unit before removing it.
You can try the data transfer rate on your USB drive that should normally be improved.
I did the test no… but no, difference!