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by russelllj
09 Aug 2014, 15:59
Forum: Help
Topic: Syncing to Lexar flash drive is very slow
Replies: 6
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Re: Syncing to Lexar flash drive is very slow

I recently noticed that Notepad++ locks up for several seconds when I save small text files to the drive, so I was increasingly doubting that this was a FreeFileSync problem.

I contacted Lexar about it, and they said that they will replace the flash drive since it is under warranty, so hopefully ...
by russelllj
24 Jul 2014, 16:13
Forum: Help
Topic: Syncing to Lexar flash drive is very slow
Replies: 6
Views: 2118

Re: Syncing to Lexar flash drive is very slow

I didn't think to mention earlier that I'm using Windows 8.1 and the latest version of FreeFileSync (6.7).

Syncing to the Lexar flash drive in FreeFileSync is still extremely slow. I just tried it again to get some exact statistics, and it took 10 minutes and 58 seconds to sync only 38.0 KB (59 ...
by russelllj
19 Jul 2014, 16:23
Forum: Help
Topic: Syncing to Lexar flash drive is very slow
Replies: 6
Views: 2118

Re: Syncing to Lexar flash drive is very slow

Not all memory sticks are created equal. See some that show the same specs but on is faster than the other
Thanks, but it seems there's something more going on here, since file operations (such as Copy) to the Lexar flash drive are quite fast in Windows Explorer, but not in FreeFileSync.
In fact ...
by russelllj
19 Jul 2014, 15:52
Forum: Help
Topic: Syncing to Lexar flash drive is very slow
Replies: 6
Views: 2118

Syncing to Lexar flash drive is very slow

I have been using FreeFileSync for several years now to backup my documents to a USB flash drive. I had been using a Kingston flash drive, but it stopped working, so this week I got a Lexar one to replace it. FreeFileSync synced very fast to the Kingston drive, but it syncs to the new Lexar ...