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Pen drive slow - Not a USB2.0 driver problem

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/pen-drive-slow-not-a-usb2-0-driver-problem.62565/

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dabster Original post #1
Jul 10, 2007 at 7:51 PM
Hello ppl,
I recently bought a kingston DataTraveller Pen drive 1GB, its preformatted to FAT format. I have Win XP SP2 so the device works in USB 2.0 mode....
But still to transfer files 600MB in size it takes time around 13-14 minutes.... Is this time okay ...?

Should I change the format to FAT32 also will this have any effect...? can NTFS(if that speed ups the data transfer) be used for Pen drives...?

what happened geeks I expected fast replies...
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Jul 10, 2007 at 7:53 PM
dont think NTFS can be used for pen drives
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dabster #3
Jul 10, 2007 at 8:08 PM
vijay_7287 said:
dont think NTFS can be used for pen drives

ok, will fat32 better work for pen drives. what format to use FAT or FAT32