Information storage devices in the modern world are constantly improving: the size is getting smaller, and the speed is getting higher. We have already given up on floppy disks, the era of CDs and DVDs is gradually passing away, only the well-known "flash drive" remains relevant in terms of a storage medium. Each new model is smaller, more capacious and faster, but at the same time it is "like a novelty" is always more expensive than its more "older brothers". Does it make sense to overpay? Not always, for example, you can try to increase the speed yourself.
It is necessary
computer, flash drive, minimal knowledge of the computer and the WINDOWS operating system
Instructions
Step 1
First of all, make sure that your computer and the operating system on it are in normal working order, since up to 90% of all problems with the speed of the flash drive can be associated with this. If necessary, reinstall the system, pay special attention to installing the drivers for USB 2.0, as they also depend on the correct operation of external storage devices. After that, enter the BIOS, into the "USB Configuration" item, and activate the "USB 2.0 Controller" item by selecting the "enabled" command, in the "USB 2.0 Controller Mode" item that appears, select the "FullSpeed" (or "HiSpeed") item. The flash drive will work as fast as possible.
Step 2
Make sure that the computer resources are not fully loaded, as this also affects the speed of working with the flash drive, to do this, press the key combination: ctrl + alt + del and look at the readings of the processor and RAM load. It is quite possible that the computer's resources are "consumed" by the work of the antivirus, which also checks any operations carried out with a flash drive, be it recording or playback, respectively, slowing down the speed of its work, or some other program or virus.
Step 3
If everything is in order with the computer hardware and software, exclude variants of possible defects in the file system of the flash drive, to do this, check it for errors: enter the "properties of the flash drive", the tab "service", and click on the button "check", check the boxes available for this, the items in the window that opens. Also try to format the USB flash drive in standard mode by right-clicking on it and selecting the appropriate menu item.
Step 4
Change the file system of the flash drive to NTFS, the most reliable and fault-tolerant file system today, sometimes it increases the speed, especially with large-capacity flash drives and when working with large files. When formatting, increase the size of the flash memory cluster, since the larger the cluster size, the higher the write / read speed when working with flash memory. To do this, find the “Run” tab in the “Start” menu, enter the command “cmd”, in the command prompt window that opens, enter the commands separated by a space: Format X: / FS: Y / A: Z (where “X” is the volume of the disk, “Y "- file system: FAT, FAT32, NTFS," Z "- cluster size). Instead of X, enter the disk volume label (G, F, etc.), instead of “F”, write the name of the file system (FAT, FAT32, NTFS), and in place of Z, put the cluster size (the default is 4K, the maximum possible is 64K.
