Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIs there a program to speed up the process between my external harddrive and USB? If used to run super fast now it seems to slow down. Hopefully something I can use offline. Thxmessage-squaremessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down11
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareIs there a program to speed up the process between my external harddrive and USB? If used to run super fast now it seems to slow down. Hopefully something I can use offline. ThxDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squarenomad@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoSounds alot like a dying drive. If you love your data, you better have a copy somewhere. Better already have but if it’s not too late, now is the time.
minus-squarenomad@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoYou could in theory use a file system that uses compression. Increases CPU load but would reduce the effects of slow write times.
minus-squareNovis@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoIt could be this too! Don_Dickle @lemmy.world
Sounds alot like a dying drive. If you love your data, you better have a copy somewhere. Better already have but if it’s not too late, now is the time.
You could in theory use a file system that uses compression. Increases CPU load but would reduce the effects of slow write times.
It could be this too! Don_Dickle @lemmy.world