Slow USB2.0 stick ?

chrissss · 13 Sep 2009 at 11:50

I have a philips USB 2.0 stick, I have had it for ages, but its seriously way slower than any other USB2.0 sticks.

copy pasting files is about 4 times slower compared to other USB sticks, which is very annoying. I tried formatting it, etc that didnt change anything.

I recently installed "portable apps" on it, and on my mates USB stick all the apps take a few seconds to load, with me it takes 1 minute to load if not more.

Is it broken/faulty so that its so slow? or just a bad brand? :S

any info would be helpfull thanks

edit:

Any good brands you recommend? or are all brands the same whne it comes to USB sticks?

chrissss · 13 Sep 2009 at 12:24

this is the one

http://www.satkay.nl/b_731.jpg

chrissss · 13 Sep 2009 at 13:10

how long does it take to copy paste 1 700mb file from pc to your USB sticks?

takes me 10 minutes.

chrissss · 13 Sep 2009 at 15:18

I tried that

on different PCs its just the same.

chrissss · 17 Sep 2009 at 15:53

Well all the shops near me only have really crappy brands, so I might look around more (

the only "known" brand I could find was a 8gig Verbatim USB stick.

is that a good brand for USB sticks?