And here you will get the method to increase the data transfer speed in both the versions. It should look something like this: Device Manager Till the date, USB 2.0 was used in most of the devices before the USB 3.0 with a high-speed transfer rate was found and started to be installed in devices. If you’re looking to update your device drivers, search for “device manager”. Mind you, my SD Card is rated U1 and Class 10 with speeds up to 80 MB/s.
Apparently Windows updates don’t catch all your devices.Įnjoy this screenshot of my current transfer speeds.
And drum-roll… Now I’m getting speeds up to 90 MB/s on the external card reader! WOW!! So was I really copying at 8 MB/s for the past year? I guess! So remember to keep your drivers updated. The card reader was delivered after a few days. I decided to update the USB drivers and purchase a USB 3.0 SD Card Reader. I searched online to see USB 2.0 speeds and saw that the MAX is 60 MB/s. Had I been transferring data from SD Cards at that speed for the past year? Why hadn’t I noticed it sooner? Perhaps I wasn’t transferring often or transferring such large files as I do today. Recently while transferring several Gigabytes of data, I noticed the SD Card was transferring around 8 MB/s (that’s “B” as in Bytes). If optimized for quick removal, data transfer can. My desktop has both USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports, along with an SD Card Reader. Best answer: Howto: Fix Slow USB 2.0 file transfer on Windows USB storage devices can be optimized for either quick removal or performance.