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    USB transfer speed & Vista

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by zeinoonm, Mar 7, 2007.

  1. zeinoonm

    zeinoonm Notebook Consultant

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    I noticed that transfering a 550Mb file from my HGL30, Vista Ultimate laptop to a USB took very long. I repeated the operation many times using a USB and SD card with same results. The transfer rates were around 600 - 800 Kb/Sec. Transfering the same file to my external hard disk took around 2 min at a rate of 5MB/sec. Anyone with the same problem?? Is this normal with Vista?
     
    zeinoonm, Mar 7, 2007
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    zeinoonm Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys, please help me with my above post. Can somebody try and transfer a file that is around 550 MB to his USB drive and measure approximate transfer rate and the time it takes to transfer it. Thanx
     
    zeinoonm, Mar 9, 2007
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    rriehle Notebook Enthusiast

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    What did you find?

    I just created a post about this myself: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=2497527#post2497527
     
    rriehle, Sep 23, 2007
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    core_zero Notebook Enthusiast

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    It can be your USB drive's fault.
    Some drives are faster some are slower
     
    core_zero, Sep 24, 2007
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  5. Hayena

    Hayena Newbie

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    There's a Vista Patch available to fix problems with moving/copy-paste files,
    Can't find the link atm but I guess if you update Vista it will come along
     
    Hayena, Sep 24, 2007
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    massiveH Notebook Enthusiast

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    Every USB drive's speed is different. Some copy at 2MB/s, others at 25MB/s. So this is a very broad question. I use a 2GB Sandisk, and it copies at 12MB/s.
     
    massiveH, Sep 25, 2007
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    Hayena Newbie

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    I bet you use USB 1.0?

    The speed of most USB 2.0 devices is a transfer rate of 480 MB/s and will be 10x as fast with the 3.0 standard, thou 1.0 max is 12 MB/s so would fit your transfer rate.

    (Sorry if this sound like an assault or something)
     
    Hayena, Sep 25, 2007
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    massiveH Notebook Enthusiast

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    B is Bytes. b is bits. You are thinking bits. 480m b/s (which usb2.0 cannot hold that sustained, only burst) is 60 MB/s. 8 bits in a Byte.
     
    massiveH, Sep 27, 2007
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