Not sure, I just realized that the thumb drive may be 2;0. Would that also affect the OS installation time?
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It's been going for over 3 hours. It was stuck on 58% for at least an hour, and now at 59% for the past 1/2 hour.
Is this normal?
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Anonymous
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Igor Leyko 110.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor2025-03-30T22:52:58+00:00 Hi,
My name is Igor, it's a pleasure for me to help others and I'll try to help you. I am merely a fellow user trying to provide insight and information that may be helpful to others. I answer during my free time, so some delays are possible.
This is not normal. Can you try another USB drive?
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Igor Leyko 110.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2025-03-30T23:15:50+00:00 Semiconductor (USB flash) drive may be very slow if the written cells are not stable enough. I have an SSD that at some operations shows 40-50 KB/sec writing speed. During other operations the same drive easily shows 100 MB/sec.
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Anonymous
2025-03-30T23:03:03+00:00 Hi,
My name is Igor, it's a pleasure for me to help others and I'll try to help you. I am merely a fellow user trying to provide insight and information that may be helpful to others. I answer during my free time, so some delays are possible.This is not normal. Can you try another USB drive?
It just went to 60%. 5 hours now. It a USB 3.0. I could understand the suggestion if it wasn't working at all, but that would mean starting over.