Today, USB flash drives (Pen drives)
have become omnipresent thing as they're the most suitable way to quickly
transfer large amounts of data thanks to their portability. Almost every device
has got a USB or Micro USB-on-the-Go port devices like tablets, laptops,
TVs and so on, so you can easily plug USB drives into them. If your USB pen
drive has a very slow read and write speed and you would like to speed it up
slightly, here are a few methods to increase the data transfer speed of your
pen drive.
The basic thing you have to know about why this happened
First things, you should have known
that USB drives use flash memory which by its nature tends to slow down over
time as you use it more. So if your flash drive is very old and has been used
heavily, your best option is to get a new one with high speed memory. Second,
USB 3.0 drives are much faster than USB 2.0 so you should definitely get at
least one USB 3.0 drive to see the speed difference. That said, there is
something you can do with your old USB 2.0 drive to make
it perform faster.
Format
your USB pen drive to NTFS
This will make copy speed a bit faster. Right click the drive in
This PC/Computer folder and select "Format..." from the context menu
of the drive. Select NTFS as the file system and untick the "Quick Format" check box
Set
USB or Flash Drive Optimized For Better Performance
- Right click your USB drive once again in This PC/Computer folder and pick "Properties" from the menu
- In the Properties window, go to the "Hardware" tab: Click the "Properties" button.
- The Device Properties window will be opened on the screen. On the "General" tab, click the "Change settings" button
- Under the Policies tab, set the removal policy to the option Better Performance and click on the OK button
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