slow flash disk?

sanjay_ankur · #1 22nd January 2009, 11:36 AM

hi,

I just bought myself a Sony USB 2.0 & 1.1 Flash Drive.
Its running pretty slow though. Giving me speeds of 3MBps or less only. Is this normal? Bug?

regards,

Ankur

Deb · #2 22nd January 2009, 02:17 PM

sony scores worst

sanjay_ankur · #3 23rd January 2009, 05:32 PM

hi,

thats okay.. but on my frnds laptop it gave a minimum 25mbps.. I just tried a transcend.. ALSO giving me 1.9mbps!!! Is my USB port broken??How do i check/repair it?? Help someone..

regards,

Ankur

sanjay_ankur · #4 24th January 2009, 08:47 AM

hi,

im getting bad speeds with all flash disks. Looks like my laptops' screwd. Help someone?

regards,

Ankur

EDIT :: It starts with a speed of 7 and goes down to 1.5!!!

bd54338rre · #5 24th January 2009, 09:21 AM

you got usb 1.1 or 2.0 ports on the laptop?

transferring software from my HD to my USB HD gives me a speed of 25mb/sec
both HD and usb ports are assumed as 2.0 USB

sanjay_ankur · #6 27th January 2009, 01:57 AM

hi,

i have USB 2.0 ports. Im using an HP dv6226tx laptop.

regards,

Ankur

sanjay_ankur · #7 28th January 2009, 09:03 AM

hi,

I took my system to the HP service centre. They say "we need to reformat your system to be sure". All they actually know is reformat or change the entire thing.

I told them that the problems exist on both Vista and Fedora (and so should not depend on OS), and that my drivers are correctly installed. They still want to reformat, so I refused (I have too much data to loose).

Is there a hardware expert on the forum who can shed some light on what's going on??

regards,

Ankur

sanjay_ankur · #8 28th January 2009, 03:38 PM

sorry for this but..

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