Slow read/write speed

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#1

My drive’s read and write speed is so slow and says it’s going to take 446 days to transfer 11 gigabytes of data to my computer

#2

any ideas on how to fix it?

#3

Hi @olived

Poor or slow performance is usually caused by system configuration issues. It is very rare that the performance issue is directly related to the hard drive. To ensure that the computer system is configured for optimal performance, we recommend referring to this KB article: Benchmarking programs indicate that my hard drive is performing slower than expected