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USB Bother

  • 04-11-2009 8:07pm
    #1
    gooch2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭


    Recently bought a new laptop dell inspiron windows 7. Tried to use my memory stick with it but it takes forever to transfer a file of 800MB. Says in the region of 3-4 hours. Surely this is wrong, could someone tell me what may be my problem?


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  • #2
    Kevster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭Kevster


    Are you sure that the disk can support USB 2.0? What could be happening is that only USB 1.0 is being utilised. To first check that your PC can even support USB 2.0, go to Device Manager (Control Panel -> System -> Hardware tab). In the Device Manager, go to the Universal Serial Bus controllers, and there you should see a ...USB 2.0 Enhanced...


  • #3
    gooch2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭gooch2k9


    Its got that yes.


  • #4
    cpu-dude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭cpu-dude


    gooch2k9 wrote: »
    Its got that yes.
    Try it in another computer and see if it's still really slow.


  • #5
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    Not enough power? Plug in the laptop or change the power plan to High Performance or whatever it is.


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