Slow transfer rate from HDD to USB

lewis5

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Hello everyone, I'm a newly registered member here and first of all I'd like to apologise if I am doing something wrong with posting this here; I would like to get some feedback as soon as possible because it's something kind of urgent, thanks:D

Ok, so I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on my Computer(...) and I have recently found a problem that's pretty annoying: The file copying is really-really slower than on Windows XP and I mean that if I want to copy a folder which is about 650MBs over to a USB Flash Drive it takes about 1 day(what??) and the transfer rate is like 300KB/s. I have tried to look for solutions on the Internet but they haven't turned out handy. Could someone please help me asap as I need to give the USB to someone in a couple of hours?

Thanks in advance.
 

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Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Mult...Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz2.00 GBNVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ASUSTeK Computer INC.
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5KPL-AM IN/ROEM/SI
Memory
2.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Sound Card
High Definition Audio Device

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PC/Desktop
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Golden Mk. I.4
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Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
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Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz O/C'ed to 4.0GHz
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Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
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EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
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Realtek Integrated
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Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
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1920*1080 and 1920*1080
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1*Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD;
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Logitech G110
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Logitech MX518
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ASUSTeK Computer INC.
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Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5KPL-AM IN/ROEM/SI
Memory
2.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Sound Card
High Definition Audio Device
 

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Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Mult...Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz2.00 GBNVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ASUSTeK Computer INC.
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5KPL-AM IN/ROEM/SI
Memory
2.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Sound Card
High Definition Audio Device
Flash drives are very variable in their write speed and are particularly slow when writing large numbers of small files. You may perhaps get better speed using XCOPY or ROBOCOPY from the command line.
 

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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Servi...Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 330 @ 2.13GHz8 GB DDR3Intel(R) HD Graphics
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Hewlett-Packard/G62-107SA Notebook
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 330 @ 2.13GHz
Motherboard
Hewlett-Packard 1425
Memory
8 GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
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Builtin
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1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
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250 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
2TB Seagate GoFlex USB 2 Drive
1TB Iomega Prestige USB 2 Drive
1.5TB Iomega Prestige USB 2 Drive (Samsung)
2TB WD MyBook Live NAS.
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Logitech Anywhere MX
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152 Mbs download 10 Mbs upload
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Norton 360
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Chrome
Did you load Windows 7 onto this machine yourself? If so, did you make sure and download all of the appropriate drivers from the Manufacturer's website for your motherboard?
 

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XP / Win7 x64 Pro
CPU
Intel Quad-Core Q9450 @ 3.2GHz
Motherboard
Asus P5-E
Memory
2x2GB GSkill DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS (EVGA)
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell 2408WFP
Screen Resolution
1920x1200
Test the speed of the stick - e.g. with Atto or HD Tune. Atto has the advantage that you see the R/W speeds for the different blocksizes. With HD Tune you get the response time too but only an average transfer rate.
 

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Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
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5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
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