usb hdd exponetial decline


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    win7 Ultimate x64
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    usb hdd exponetial decline


    so i have this usb hdd and it works fine on every computer except my win7 machine. with a 20gb file its starts off normal at 40+mB/s for the first 30s and then declines to about 6mB/s.

    can anyone tell me what is happening here? this is a fresh install of win7 unltimate. only firefox is installed.
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    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
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    hocuspocus said:
    so i have this usb hdd and it works fine on every computer except my win7 machine. with a 20gb file its starts off normal at 40+mB/s for the first 30s and then declines to about 6mB/s.

    can anyone tell me what is happening here? this is a fresh install of win7 unltimate. only firefox is installed.
    Are you by chance running "HOMEGROUP". On some systems homegroup can have exactly that kind of transfer slow down.


    Ken
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