USB 2.0 memorystick transfers slowed down

Simon_B_2

Its fine for my camera and ipod shuffle but the stick transfer is very slow anybody, have any tips or ideas as to why?

jamborino

If your PC/laptop is USB 1.1 only then that's the fastest it will do USB transfers, even from a USB 2 device.

Simon_B_2

jamborino wrote: »

If your PC/laptop is USB 1.1 only then that's the fastest it will do USB transfers, even from a USB 2 device.

Sorry i ment to add that my USB ports are USB2 as well just seems odd that the stick has slowed down too

GoofyGAT

What make+model is it, & how long have you had it for?

Unfortunately, this tends to happen with USB flash drives - eventually they slow down with age &/or intensive use. But as it seems to have happened relatively quickly(?) in your case, I'm guessing it's not a very good make.

For quicker transfers, one thing I've noticed that works for me is to create an encrypted partiton using TrueCrypt & transfer files to & from this partiton. E.g. a single 50Mb file transfer is done in around 2/3 of the time. Small files (bookmarks/URLs) do excellently well, taking only a 10th of the time or less!*

The only hassle is that this partiton has to be mounted each time it needs to be used, & doing this each time may defeat the wonderful convenience of these useful little devices. G

*If willing, I'd like someone who uses TrueCrypt & owns a USB flash drive to try this & let us know if this 'strange' phenomena also happens for you! Test with at least 1000 URLs if possible (I did for 7000+)

rygon

make sure the drivers for the usb slots are up to date...i noticed my usb transfers were slow and it was because the drivers were still with 1.1