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So I was attempting to move 50GB of data from an older laptop to a flash drive.  Estimated 108 hours.  Removed HDD and placed it into my reader and moved it in about 15 minutes...

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 Until you copy large files and it overheats.

 

#rekt

 

For serious I was just looking at the reviews, I know nothing.

 

 

50GB is a lot of stuff to move. I'd break it up a bit, at least that's what I would do.

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So I was attempting to move 50GB of data from an older laptop to a flash drive.  Estimated 108 hours.  Removed HDD and placed it into my reader and moved it in about 15 minutes...

 

 

Hey Snaeb_aka_Beans,
 
What laptop (and drive inside) and flash drive are you using? It may be the slow USB connection or the thumb drive itself that is bottlenecking the process. Moving large amount of smaller files can easily clog the buffer and this reducing the transfer speed. 
 
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 Until you copy large files and it overheats.

 

#rekt

 

For serious I was just looking at the reviews, I know nothing.

 

 

50GB is a lot of stuff to move. I'd break it up a bit, at least that's what I would do.

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Hey Snaeb_aka_Beans,
 
What laptop (and drive inside) and flash drive are you using? It may be the slow USB connection or the thumb drive itself that is bottlenecking the process. Moving large amount of smaller files can easily clog the buffer and this reducing the transfer speed. 
 
Captain_WD.

 

I figure that might be the issue.  It's a vista machine so it's probably USB 2.0 at best.  But using my external reader I moved it to my SSD in minutes

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I figure that might be the issue.  It's a vista machine so it's probably USB 2.0 at best.  But using my external reader I moved it to my SSD in minutes

 

So, you got your SSD connected via a docking station to the laptop, or you got the laptop's drive in an enclosure/docking station and connected it to your other computer? 
 
Either way, the cache on the two drives contributes a lot when it comes to transferring many small files compared to a thumb drive.
 
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