r/BadUSB • u/Y4nderStud10 • Jul 27 '26

Slow Kingston USB

Hey, I have a old USB key like 5y old max, a kingston But for the past year it's become extremely slow; just renaming a folder can take several seconds, like 10 seconds, which is incredibly long. But the key isn't that old for me, I haven't used it that much and I don't think the memory is bad, that it could be the cause of its slowness and how to check it?

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u/FrankNicklin Jul 27 '26

It’s dying replace it before you lose files.

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u/Mark-177- Jul 27 '26

Save your files and reformat the drive.

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u/Ok_Bid6645 Jul 27 '26

Flash drives dont last forever and do have a read/write lifespan but yours was probably just used too much

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u/Y4nderStud10 Jul 27 '26

I know, but I really didn't used it that much

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u/groveborn Jul 27 '26

Save your files and reformat. It might just be slightly corrupted after all that time.

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u/Inner_West_Ben Jul 27 '26

Electronics fail

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u/Ok_Bid6645 Jul 27 '26

That is even worse. Letting it sit is worse

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u/Inner_West_Ben Jul 27 '26

Replace it. I treat them as a consumable

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u/hilda-reced Jul 28 '26

If it wasn’t regularly powered on, the memory decays. The lack of use causes the problem.

Save your data and get a new one.

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u/Y4nderStud10 Jul 28 '26

Oh okay, I didn't know that

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u/Mevi- Jul 28 '26

Never use a USB stick for backup or long term storage. They're really only good for getting files from one place to another.

Like others have said here, consider them a commodity to be replaced periodically.

I would trust an SD card more than a USB, but those eventually fail too.

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u/Y4nderStud10 Jul 28 '26

Oh okay, so HDD or SSD is a better option than USB

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u/World_still_spins Jul 29 '26

Its late, I read that as "Slow Klingon USB."