Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoHow come it seems the transfer rate from an hard drive to usb is noticably slower? But a usb to usb is incredibly fast?message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareHow come it seems the transfer rate from an hard drive to usb is noticably slower? But a usb to usb is incredibly fast?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoHard drives are slow. These are mechanical devices that have to physically move the header to the right place. Add data fragmentation that multiplies the movements on top of that and it’s a performance nightmare
Hard drives are slow. These are mechanical devices that have to physically move the header to the right place. Add data fragmentation that multiplies the movements on top of that and it’s a performance nightmare