Need help! Incredibly frustrating!

Tee.Kay.

Tee.Kay.

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Hey guys, so I've had this issue for a while now and it really pisses me off.
This video shows what happens when I try to transfer something onto a flash drive.


This has been tested with multiple flash drives on two different Windows 7 64-bit PCs. Shitty transferring occurs when copying files from PC TO the flash drive, but oddly, when copying files FROM the flash drive to the PC, the transfer goes smoothly. Has been tested on multiple ports, always the same. Have tried enabling and disabling 'write caching' on the drives, but neither setting fixes anything. This has been an ongoing problem for years and is incredibly frustrating. Though the data eventually does transfer to the drive, albeit incredibly slowly, any video files that are transferred usually end up corrupted and result in freezes and crashes in the video.

Solution?

Also of note:
1. When transferring files from my iPhone through the USB port to my laptop, the transfer goes smoothly. No issues.
2. The eSATA port also transfers perfectly.
3. Tested on a windows 8 PC, no issues whatsoever, perfect transfers.

Any advice to fix this bs would be much appreciated.
 
I'd love to take a look; however, you listed the Video as private. We can't see it.
 
Though I would look at any USB Drivers and the USB controller itself. I had a similar issue, i got pissed and replaced my mobo. Problem solved.
 
Oops, should be able to see it now
What would I be looking for in the USB drivers and controller?
 
No updates available. Problem has been going on for years, probably 4 at least. Don't know if there was actually ever a time when it wasn't happening. I've reformatted both computers multiple times over the years and the problem persists

Think the video I posted is boring? Imagine having to actually sit through these file transfers
 
USB drives are slow on writes and fast on reads. It's the nature of the flash memory they use. For a 1.4GB file, 1:40 is actually not bad. Quick math it's about 14MB/s. I have a flash drive which writes at 5MB/s. This is acceptable IMO, and if you want faster you should look for a faster(more expensive) flash drive. Maybe even check out the new USB3.0 ones (read below if that's not "normal" though, not sure if you're upset by the slow speed or corruption)...

If you're getting corruption though, that's a different story. Corruption is usually a hardware problem IMO. The flash drive, the mobo (the port?), the PC memory (if you also get corruption on the HDD and bluescreens sometimes) might be going bad.

If the same flash drive is faster on another PC (which you'd consider "normal") unfortunately it's probably some weird mobo or USB port issue. If all firmware/bios/driver updates don't fix it, I guess the only solution is a different laptop :-S ...
 
I had issues with usb ports. While I had 2.0 drivers I used, I did not have 3.0 drivers for the other usb ports. Because my ports had 2.0/ 3.0 capability, I did not realize I needed different drivers. I was getting errors and corruption issues.

While I needed the intel drivers for the 2.0 ports, I also needed what were called rennaisance drivers for the 3.0 ports. I didnt figure this out till I discovered the difference in device manager. It appeared as a "Code 28" in the driver properties of the usb, under "other devices.

You could look for something similar as an issue. This was how I resolved my issues with usb ports.
 
So you don't come around and hang out? Say "Hi"? Shoot the shit? Just when your crap is busted and your Ivy League buddy's can't fix the shit? j/k Hi T.K.
 
Do you have this typed into the connection screen? (with your username and password, obviously)
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haha touche Bureau, touche. You been around lately? You keep popping up every once in a while for like a day and then disappearing for a year. I'm around, check the forums every once in a while just don't post very often.
And I've got the login info, thanks sixer :)

Howling, no USB 3.0 ports on either my laptop or desktop so that specific problem shouldn't be affecting me.
Teracopy seems pretty solid. Sort of a cumbersome workaround but definitely better than nothing
 
It's also way faster and you can actually manage your file transfers

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I've been around for a few months more often than the last few years. More just to be a bother than anything else.
 
Well, using teracopy files transfer smoothly without any of that bullshit freezing, and the file integrity seems in tact, though to know for sure I'd need to watch a few movies all the way through and make sure there's no glitches. But yea, seems to work, but it's kind of a pain in the ass, shouldn't have to use it
 
Tee.Kay. said:
Well, using teracopy files transfer smoothly without any of that bullshit freezing, and the file integrity seems in tact, though to know for sure I'd need to watch a few movies all the way through and make sure there's no glitches. But yea, seems to work, but it's kind of a pain in the ass, shouldn't have to use it
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If you use the CRC check option, it can verify the integrity of the file for you. But while you may see it as an annoyance, it actually is faster and more accurate than normal windows transfer.
 
Yea that's a plus. Seems to be about the same exact rate as when I tested it on a different PC, so not faster in my experience but definitely reliable.
 
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