New drive slow

I just bought this new drive yesterday at Future Shop because my old one wasn't transferring data very fast, something that happened recently. So I bought the new one, that says it has a 12MB/sec transfer speed but when I put a 700MB movie onto it from my PC, it transfers at roughly 1MB/sec but keeps going up slowly. What's up with that? I already tried using it on a different USB slot on my computer as well as testing the transfer speed with no other USB devices plugged in to decrease the odds of splitting the speed but no luck. Any advice? I'm regretting having bought the drive now because the problem might have been my computer...

Hi,

What USB do you have?

Thanks.

I tried googling the problem but didn't see anything. Hope you find out what's wrong :/

Amped- said:

I tried googling the problem but didn't see anything. Hope you find out what's wrong :/

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I'm pretty sure he's tried this...

I just removed three USB devices from my computer (my external HD, my keyboard and my printer) and then tried again with the new drive and it improved. It was transferring data at roughly 3.97MB/sec. It's safe to say that I have too many USB devices connected to my computer which is dividing the speed but what I don't understand is the following:

• How can I have them all connected while still maintaining a good speed for all devices? (Don't recommend hubs because I heard they are worse because the split the speed just as much)
• And one more thing; the drive was topping out at about 4MB/sec like I said. The drive is supposed to transfer at 12MB/sec. That's what doesn't make sense. Even when I unplugged everything, it still wasn't able to attain it's full potential. Any ideas?

Solidify said:

I just removed three USB devices from my computer (my external HD, my keyboard and my printer) and then tried again with the new drive and it improved. It was transferring data at roughly 3.97MB/sec. It's safe to say that I have too many USB devices connected to my computer which is dividing the speed but what I don't understand is the following:

• How can I have them all connected while still maintaining a good speed for all devices? (Don't recommend hubs because I heard they are worse because the split the speed just as much)
• And one more thing; the drive was topping out at about 4MB/sec like I said. The drive is supposed to transfer at 12MB/sec. That's what doesn't make sense. Even when I unplugged everything, it still wasn't able to attain it's full potential. Any ideas?

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Do this for me please -

Right click 'My Computer.'
Click 'Properties.'
Choose 'Device Manager.'
Scroll down until you locate the Universal Serial Bus controllers and expand the list of controllers.
Could you take a screenshot of the listed devices?
Please post the screenshot here.

Thanks

Jonathan said:

Solidify said:

I just removed three USB devices from my computer (my external HD, my keyboard and my printer) and then tried again with the new drive and it improved. It was transferring data at roughly 3.97MB/sec. It's safe to say that I have too many USB devices connected to my computer which is dividing the speed but what I don't understand is the following:

• How can I have them all connected while still maintaining a good speed for all devices? (Don't recommend hubs because I heard they are worse because the split the speed just as much)
• And one more thing; the drive was topping out at about 4MB/sec like I said. The drive is supposed to transfer at 12MB/sec. That's what doesn't make sense. Even when I unplugged everything, it still wasn't able to attain it's full potential. Any ideas?

Click to expand...

Do this for me please -

Right click 'My Computer.'
Click 'Properties.'
Choose 'Device Manager.'
Scroll down until you locate the Universal Serial Bus controllers and expand the list of controllers.
Could you take a screenshot of the listed devices?
Please post the screenshot here.

Thanks

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Does my USB flash drive need to be plugged into my computer when I take the picture?

Solidify said:

Jonathan said:

Solidify said:

I just removed three USB devices from my computer (my external HD, my keyboard and my printer) and then tried again with the new drive and it improved. It was transferring data at roughly 3.97MB/sec. It's safe to say that I have too many USB devices connected to my computer which is dividing the speed but what I don't understand is the following:

• How can I have them all connected while still maintaining a good speed for all devices? (Don't recommend hubs because I heard they are worse because the split the speed just as much)
• And one more thing; the drive was topping out at about 4MB/sec like I said. The drive is supposed to transfer at 12MB/sec. That's what doesn't make sense. Even when I unplugged everything, it still wasn't able to attain it's full potential. Any ideas?

Click to expand...

Do this for me please -

Right click 'My Computer.'
Click 'Properties.'
Choose 'Device Manager.'
Scroll down until you locate the Universal Serial Bus controllers and expand the list of controllers.
Could you take a screenshot of the listed devices?
Please post the screenshot here.

Thanks

Click to expand...

Does my USB flash drive need to be plugged into my computer when I take the picture?

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If possible, yes.

Jonathan said:

Solidify said:

Jonathan said:

Do this for me please -

Right click 'My Computer.'
Click 'Properties.'
Choose 'Device Manager.'
Scroll down until you locate the Universal Serial Bus controllers and expand the list of controllers.
Could you take a screenshot of the listed devices?
Please post the screenshot here.

Thanks

Click to expand...

Does my USB flash drive need to be plugged into my computer when I take the picture?

Click to expand...

If possible, yes.

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Could you right click 27CC and click properties, and screenshot that?

Do you have TeamViewer? It would save you taking about 5+ pictures.

Connect to me if you do.

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