WD Passport 1TB USB 3 - Very slow for USB 3... even after Format!

Well it’s a good thing you didn’t lose any data. ok… Since other disks are working fine on the system, then it’s not going to be the system, of course… You can try it on a different computer for fun and games.

If multiple formats and zero-outs haven’t done anything I’m not sure what else to suggest. Are the file systems (ntfs, fat32) the same as on the other disks? Cluster size 4,096? Even then…

If anyone has other suggestions let’s hear them! If not RMA the drive. It’s part of WD’s responsibility to provide the necessary information to make these things work, if they can’t then the product is considered defective! Eh?