Speeding up USB drive access?
30 April 2007, 12:12 PM
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Speeding up USB drive access?
I'm using a 2gb lexar USB drive (USB 2) on my new Dell laptop but copying and deleting files from the drive takes ages (deleting a mass of files on the USB drive takes about a second per file and copying lots of small files, >30k each, takes an age too).
Any suggestions on speeding things up?
Cheers
Richard.
Any suggestions on speeding things up?
Cheers
Richard.
30 April 2007, 12:57 PM
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Have you tried different USB ports? I've heard that on some machines , the ports are at different speeds.
But it could also be a larger capacity drive running at a slower speed.....
Hope this helps
Dan
But it could also be a larger capacity drive running at a slower speed.....
Hope this helps
Dan
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30 April 2007, 03:48 PM
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You need to know if the drive is usb 1 or 2. You need to know if the laptop port is usb 1 or 2. And instead of taking *ages* you need to time a known size file/files copy and compare it to the max. possible speed from your flavour of usb device.
Deletion will be faster than copying.
Dave
Deletion will be faster than copying.
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30 April 2007, 04:28 PM
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Both are USB 2 (drive and laptop). I'll time some transfers to see what speed large file transfers are giving me.
Thanks for all the above advice.
Thanks for all the above advice.
30 April 2007, 06:14 PM
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If you're happy you have it in a USB2 port, and its a USB2 drive, then its down to the read/write speeds of the drive itself. some are quick, some aren't
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