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Very slow transfer USB HDD to pc

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  • 19-02-2017 11:57am
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    mikeoneilly
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    Hi all

    I'm trying to copy some files from HDD to pc

    Everything is USB 2.0 but the copy speed is incredibly slow

    Is there anything I can do to speed it up

    Pc is a 10 year old Dell running Windows 8.1 and the HDD is a 8 year old Phillips 160gb drive


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    [Deleted User]
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    mikeoneilly wrote: »
    Hi all

    I'm trying to copy some files from HDD to pc

    Everything is USB 2.0 but the copy speed is incredibly slow

    Is there anything I can do to speed it up

    Pc is a 10 year old Dell running Windows 8.1 and the HDD is a 8 year old Phillips 160gb drive

    How big is the file you are downloading, and define ridiculously slow.


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    mikeoneilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 479 ✭✭mikeoneilly


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    How big is the file you are downloading, and define ridiculously slow.

    About 20MB in a minute

    I think the files are quite large ,will need to check


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    mordeith
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    mikeoneilly wrote: »
    About 20MB in a minute

    I think the files are quite large ,will need to check

    Is it easy to open the enclosure of the hdd? Might be possible to remove and insert into pc


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    mikeoneilly
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    Files are large about 500 MB

    Transfer speed is showing as 1MB/sec but I doubt it's even that


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    mikeoneilly
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    mordeith wrote: »
    Is it easy to open the enclosure of the hdd? Might be possible to remove and insert into pc

    http://images.philips.com/is/image/PhilipsConsumer/SPD5200CC_00-IMS-global?wid=225&hei=225&$jpglarge$
    That's the drive


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    sheepy01
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭sheepy01


    Check it first with HDsentinel, you might have bad sectors


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