dilip Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 I find that copying to external HDD is very very slow in windows 7.It copies for 10 min then waits for5 min and it goes on like this.Even in pendrives after 4gb copying looks laborious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosh Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 The first thing to verify is that read ahead caching is disabled. By default windows disables cashing on your internal hard drive, but enables it on external hard drives. Just go into device manager, double click on your external HD, and under one of the tabs uncheck the read ahead caching. Reboot, then youll see a big improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyntaxError Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Try using TeraCopy. It makes a huge difference as it uses it's own engine to get the job done, plus it's freeware. I can move 30gigs between 2 sata drives in about 5 minutes with it.http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I've also seen remote differential compression cause this exact behavior with external drives - it's a feature you can disable from the "Turn Windows features on or off" option under Programs in the Control Panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyntaxError Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Nice find. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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