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    Talk about slow transfer times...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by markheus, Sep 28, 2007.

  1. markheus

    markheus Notebook Consultant

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    Yikes!!! Am I going to be alive this long?
     
    markheus, Sep 28, 2007
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    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yikes. :eek: What exactly is the "Z" drive?
     
    R4000, Sep 28, 2007
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  3. markheus

    markheus Notebook Consultant

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    I have a USB drive attached to the main computer in our house for storage and backup. I have my backup folder mapped to that letter.
     
    markheus, Sep 28, 2007
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  4. John Ratsey

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    Look at that drive in Device Manager. Is the Policy set to Best Performance or Fast Removal?

    The former setting will boost the speed but remember to use safe removal when you have finished.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Sep 28, 2007
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    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    And have you applied the Performance and Reliabiltiy pack from Microsoft? It is available from Windows Update and it seems to solve the problem of slow transfer.
     
    System64, Sep 28, 2007
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  6. R4000

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    Is that poor transfer speed steady, or does it slowly cycle up to acceptable levels?

    I just transferred a 32+GB folder to my USB backup this morning and the transfer started slow but then steadily rose to 25.2MB/sec (which is my best speed to date). I have the drive set for Performance and check it regularly (as it sometimes slips back into Quick Removal mode).

    :)
     
    R4000, Sep 28, 2007
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  7. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Turn any music you're playing off, see if that speeds things up. That's a known bug. Also consider disabling McAffee firewalls, if you have them.
     
    Pitabred, Sep 28, 2007
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  8. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Thats not too bad ;) ...
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    Ofcourse in my case the est. time was screwed up but the transfer did complete pretty quickly.
     
    miner, Sep 28, 2007
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    :eek: That's seriously slow, your grandkids may be the only ones able to look at those pictures when their dying at 150 years old...
     
    Gintoki, Sep 28, 2007
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    The transfer actually only took about 20 minutes. I just thought it was pretty funny that Windows even measures transfer times in days........
     
    markheus, Sep 28, 2007
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  11. R4000

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    Strange how Vista is reporting the transfer incorrectly. I have not seen that happen yet..........

    :)
     
    R4000, Sep 29, 2007
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    It appears Windows thinks that particular file transfer will take a total of 38 years.
     
    darksaber, Oct 1, 2007
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  13. kanehi

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    That number only appears when it starts but once it does start you'll see the actual minutes go down.
     
    kanehi, Oct 1, 2007
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