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Discussions tagged with drive speed on WindowsForum.com cover real-world experiences with file transfer rates and the impact of system maintenance. One user reports extremely slow file transfers on a new Acer Swift Go 16 laptop, possibly linked to a stuck Windows 11 cumulative update. Another user shares how defragmenting a single drive improved read speeds from 3 MB/s to 60 MB/s across multiple partitions, suggesting that fragmentation on one drive can affect overall system performance. These threads highlight common troubleshooting scenarios involving drive speed, including update-related slowdowns and the benefits of defragmentation for mechanical drives.
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    Slow File Transfer Rate, Linked to Update?

    Hi All, I have joined the forum in hope someone can help with the issue i'm having please. I have purchased a brand new Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-72) laptop. I am trying to set everything up, using my saved files, etc. My first issue is that one of my files i'm trying to transwer from my...
    • deyno1903
    • Thread
    • acer swift disk optimization disk usage drive speed file copy filetransferissue laptop setup optimization pause updates reset system performance transfer speed troubleshooting troubleshooting tips update management updatestuck windows 11 windows 11 updates windows update
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  2. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 7 I didn't know that it worked this way...

    Hi I posed a few days ago someplace that I found that defragmenting my C:\ drive gave me a real increase in read speed. From about 3 Mbs to 30. I defraged my B:\ drive (a partition of C:\) and today I tacked D:\ it was a long haul, mostly because it has the compressed back up of C:\ on it...
    • MikeHawthorne
    • Thread
    • b drive backup c drive d drive defrag drive speed external drive fragmentation optimization performance read speed storage
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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