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What To Do When A USB Thumb Drive Is Slow

Technology has helped us make things easier and one of the inventions that we are currently utilizing is the USB thumb drive. Office workers are some of those that have taken advantage of this technology because of the ease of use that it offers. It has clearly made our work lives a lot easier. People who are at work appreciate this little piece of device because it is convenient and easy to use. The device may seem small but it helps a lot when our work involves a lot of large files. You just have to plug it into the USB 3.0 hub of the computer and you can access the files saved in it instantly.

USB Thumb Drive

This is the convenience that this small device offers that people using it are very appreciative of. They can send files electronically via email however; this can be hard to do for very large files. There are companies who put a cap or limit to the size of the attachments included in emails, for example. If you were working for a company that deals with photos, videos and music, sending large multimedia files could be impossible. Aside from your email bouncing back with an error message, it would take a lot of time before the file is attached to the email. The rate of transfer or attachment is dependent on the speed of the network as well as the traffic that goes through the office network. Thus, why would you make yourself suffer when you can just save the file to a USB device connected via the PC’s USB 3.0 hub? This is the fastest and easiest way to do it.

However, there are times that writing on a USB device via the USB 3.0 hub can be slow. The following factors can pinpoint what potentially causes this problem.

The quality of the USB device

There are devices that are already considered old and used to their limit. There is also the wear and tear factor that you have to consider with these devices. The older the device is, the probability of encountering problems while using it becomes higher.

Compatibility of the device

If your hub is USB 3.0 but your device is still utilizing the 2.0 connectors you could really encounter some slow data writing problems. Although it may be backward compatible i.e. it can accommodate devices with older connectors, you cannot expect to get to its full writing or transfer speed.

Check the installed drivers

You would have to check if the drivers of your USB hub are updated to accommodate USB 3.0 devices. If not, you can download updates from the Internet.

Disk drive is full

It can also be that the drive is already almost reaching its capacity. This could be why you are encountering problems with transferring files. Check the capacity of the drive and see how much free space is left.

Defragment or Reformat the drive

Sometimes, there are problems encountered with the drive because of the file format installed in the drive. However, you can have it reformatted to make it compatible with your existing system.

Finally, when all else fails you can have your computer technician check the device out.

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Heather Brigs is a freelance writer who loves Fashion and Technology. She writes technology articles for Kanexlive.com, a site where you can buy thunderbolt cable for Mac, lightning usb cable, usb 3.0 docking station and 4-port ipad charging station for affordable prices.

4 Comments

4 Comments

  1. Pramod

    September 3, 2013 at 8:58 pm

    Cleaning the drive by removing unnecessary files and defragmenting it is what should be done in such situations . I have tried these two steps a lot of time and it works for me .Thanks for sharing the information .

    -Pramod

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  3. dortha

    June 23, 2014 at 1:31 am

    Nice tips.thnx for sharing

  4. Roy

    November 19, 2015 at 10:09 am

    Amazing article , I will try to fast my usb.

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