Pen drives or USB are quite popular in the digital world for instant transfer of data. Using USB flash drives, one can easily transfer large files from one PC to another, from PC to laptop, from laptop to TV, and vice versa.
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Factors responsible for data transfer rate:
Pen drive ageing:
For any device that when it becomes old, the rates gets slower.
Type of files:
Songs, videos and documents take very less time in transfer while application files need more time.
USB port:
The most popular version of USB is 2.0, and it will give you 35mbps speed.
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Few tricks to Speedup your pendrive Data Transfer Rate:
File system should be NTFS:
You can do so by Right clicking on your pendrive and selecting Format,Select NTFS File system, Uncheck Quick Format And Click On Start.
Disk errors:
To check disk errors go to the properties tab of your pen drive, then select ‘tools’ tab. You will find a ‘check now’ button, click it and then hit ‘start’ to fix the errors. The time taken for scan depends on the size of the pen drive.
Device policy:
Under properties of your pen drive, select ‘hardware’ tab. Then select USB device from there that will lead you to a pop up window where you need to change settings. You can even have better performance of pen drive by clicking the option under ‘hardware’ tab.
Format:
This is one of the effective options that many users have tried. When you have used your pen drive for quite a long time, you can speed it up by formatting the device.
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