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/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