Repair slow data transfer to a USB flash drive

Today they are USB or slips are everywhere. It is a very convenient way to transfer data, thanks to their portability. Almost every device has a door (at least) USB or microUSB-on-the-go: tablets, laptops, TVs and more.USB Flash Drive

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 from the tend 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, your best bet 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 do it your USB 2.0 to 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 ” (This PC) and select “Configuration” from the menu. Select NTFS as file system and uncheck “Quick Format” from the box:
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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.
Στο παράθυρο διαλόγου Ιδιότητες, πηγαίνετε στην καρτέλα “Υλικό” ή Hardware: Κάντε κλικ στο “Properties” you will see at the bottom of the window:

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In the window that opens on the "General" tab, click on "Change Settings" or Change Settings

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Below the Policies or Policies tab, you'll find the option for better performance. Highlight the option and click OK. 4 flash drive

Note: After changing the device policy to improve performance, you should always eject your USB drive with the “Safely Remove” option. Otherwise, you might miss out 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 process you will be sure that no work is running on the drive before you remove it.

You can try the data transfer rate on your USB drive that should normally be improved.

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