Posted on 02/27/2025 4:49:19 PM PST by Angelino97
Several months ago I bought a new laptop, 128 GB RAM, 13th Generation i9 CPU, running Win 11.
Should be faster than my nine-years old laptop, 32 GB RAM, i7 CPU, Win 7.
Two days ago I bought two external HDDs (Western Digital Passports), 6 TB each.
I then copied (drag & drop method) a folder from an old WD passport to the new, larger one. Folder contained over 2,900 MP4 files, 29 subfolders, at about 1.97 TB total.
It took over 8 hours to copy.
Then verified that all the files were copied by clicking Properties on the old and copied folders. My new laptop counted the 2,900+ files on the old WD HDD in a few minutes. But it took over 5 hours to just to COUNT the 2,900+ files in the new HDD.
I thought, maybe it's an indexing issue? Win 11 hasn't indexed the new HDD?
But then I copied the same files onto the second new HDD. It again took over 8 hours to copy. And the counting was again so slow that after a couple of files had been counted, I tried counting the files on my old Win 7 laptop.
I attached the new HDD to the old laptop, clicked Properties, and the files were counted INSTANTLY.
So the problem isn't the new WD HDDs.
Why does it take forever to Win 11 to copy, and even to count, files on a new HDD (but not on the old HDD)?
Use a better tool for copying.
Also check out file pilot to replace explorer. It’s super fast.
I turned off the AI Crap.
I saw a post on another forum, No matter how fast hardware becomes, Microsoft will find a way to slow it down.
“Use a better tool for copying.”
Yes, Linux...
Background chit chat. I disabled IPv6 everywhere I could.
I've tried turning off anything that might slow Win 11 down months ago. Turned off all telemetry. No automatic cloud backups. No encryption. Uninstalled all needless programs.
I even do my copying with the WiFi turned off.
“No matter how fast hardware becomes, Microsoft will find a way to slow it down.”
That is an absolute fact... Has been since the very beginning.
If you don’t pay the premium price, Windows allows third-party software companies to load up Windows with bloatware.
In the past, I’ve owned at least 30 computers, what you describe is a defective hard drive.
All the data has to go all the way to China and back.
I think each iteration gets slower. Windows 10 isn’t any faster than previous versions.
How are you connecting the HDDs? Not all USB ports may be USB 3.X
Plus the HDDs themsleves my be slower, which ones did you actually buy?
I used Win 11 and I do a TON of video encoding and transfer. I get the max transfer rates on my 2.5 GB ethernet from Win 11 to my NAS and NAS to Win 11.
On my local back up USB drives I also get the max data transfer rates from PC to HDD and the other way.
Did you only do a fast format?
If so, then most of the disk is not formatted and is formatted on the fly as you transfer files.
What is your interface to the external drives? If it is USB2, you are pretty stuck with relatively slow speeds. eSATA or USB3/3.1 would be better.
I used Windows for years and it always slo o o w e d down over time regardless of what I did. I switched to Linux and it’s as fast today as the day I installed it. I’m never going back.
And both new HDDs have the same issue. Slow with Win 11, fast with Win 7. Are they both defective?
“In the past, I’ve owned at least 30 computers, what you describe is a defective hard drive.”
Nope. Most likely he did a fast format as a full format over USB takes a VERY long time. The file transfers are slowed down due to the need to do formatting on the fly as a result of the very large data dump.
might be the file history junk they have now- which allows a person to recover files if anything happens to the drive-
I connect with a 3.0 USB port.
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