Hi I’ve just bought a recertified 3TB My Book and the transfer rates seems incredibly slow. Just tried to back up my C:\Users Folder to the drive (about 50Gb) and its taking an age to even get to 1% complete. Windows is suggesting over 5 hours to complete. I’ve never had an external drive before so I’m unsure if this is normal. I’ve got it plugged in with the supplied USB 3 cable to a USB 3 port on the laptop.
I’ve also tried it with another laptop and performance is equally slow.
How long should I expect it to transfer 50Gb?
Is this drive faulty?