Recently, I noticed the write speed of a Kingston DT101G2 16Gb dropped considerably. One time it ran @ 5.5+Mb/s the, next time @ 1.8-2.3Mb/s.(using Win7) I checked my other "drives" and found 5 that have the same problem. This seems to be a rather common occurrence among flashdrives, and after going through many, many forums, the net and articles, I have not found a definitive explanation, nor a common "cure" to this anomaly. My limited knowledge has led me to question the "gate"(I hope that's the correct term) of the drive. But, that's just my guess. Could someone head me in the right direction of understanding what would cause the sudden slow write speed and what I may be able to do in order to restore the drives to their original write speeds. I've done an extraordinary amount of tests on the drives and all the tests have concluded the drives are operating correctly with no "defects" detected (healthy). On the Kingston I've also wiped/rebuilt partition, formatted in both NTFS & Fat 32, tried a formatting tool directly from Kingston Inc. especially for formatting their drives. Nothing has repaired this drive. Right now, I'm transferring a 9.6Gb file and the rate is fluctuating between 1.38-3.26Mb/s.(Lenovo ThinkCenter-Win10). None of the drives in question are older than 2 y/o and one (Sandisk Cuzer Glide 3.0/256Gb) is less than 9 mos. all drives have been used, in what I'd consider, moderate to little operation. I could provide much more info about what I've done concerning testing the drive, but unless requested(for it's an extensive list), I'll omit that. So, here's my objective #1. Identify and correct what caused the slow-down problem #2. Restore the drives to their original "write" operating speed. These drives, according to all tests confirm these drives are not dead!!!
THANX:
Rick
THANX:
Rick