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Windows 10 File transfer/copy speed INCREDIBLY SLOW

Anonymous
2018-08-24T02:38:42+00:00

Hello. I have been having this problem for a while and have noticed others having a similar issue, but for some reason on Windows 10 file transfer speeds are appalling slow. I do a lot of photography, so the ability to quickly offload a large number of photos (and therefore a lot of data) is very important. I use CF cards rated for UDMA 7 (160 MB/s read) and SD cards rated for UHS-1 (104 MB/s read) over USB 3 (640 MB/s), however, for some reason file transfer speeds are incredibly slow, being around 10MB/s or lower depending on the circumstance. Most file transfers start at a reasonable speed (say somewhere between 50 MB/s and 100 MB/s) and then drop rapidly down to 10 MB/s or lower. I have tried numerous proposed solutions, including disabling Remote Differential Compression and disabling the Windows autotuning feature. I also have Windows Defender and Firewall disabled. As a point of reference, writing this I have a 60 GB file transfer in progress with an estimate at over 7 hours, giving a transfer speed of about 5 MB/s, despite being over USB 3 from a UDMA 7 CF card, which should only take around 10 minutes for this kind of file transfer.

I have tried these same cards and reader on other computers and not had this issue, it appears to be only on my personal computer.

These issues do not occur when moving files on the same drive, only when transferring between drives or devices.

Razer Blade Stealth

i7-6500u

8GB DDR4 RAM

512GB SSD

Windows 10 Home version 10.0.17134

Help would be greatly appreciated.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-09-21T19:40:39+00:00

    There is something wrong with windows 10. My transfer rates are +-5Mbs no matter which USB or port I use USB2 and USB3. It seems that windows 10 doesn't have the right USB driver and there is no way for me to change that driver on Windows 10.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-08-24T03:40:06+00:00

    Thank you for your response. 

    I tried what you suggested however windows detected no issues and the issue still persists after restarting. 

    I greatly appreciate your attempt to help, though.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-08-24T07:18:10+00:00

    Hi,

    I have a similar problem that keeps popping up everytime I do a Windows Insider upgrade to the latest test version..

    In my case, what is happening is that Windows 10 is not installing the latest and\or correct "Chipset Driver" previously called INF, for my Intel USB 3.0 connections... I'm getting 20mb\s when I should be getting 175mb\s...

    Installing the driver when the external drive is not hooked up doe not solve the problem... It needs to be done with the drive attached, then the computer restarted with the drive still plugged in...

    My guess would be that your card reader uses a internal USB 3.0 connection, but it may use it's own controller.. If it uses it's own controller, it may not be Intel, and their Chipset Driver will not solve the problem...

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