For context:

I’m copying the same files to the same USB drive for comparison from Windows and from my Fedora 41 Workstation.

Around 10k photos.

Windows PC: Dual Core AMD Athlon from 2009, 4GB RAM, old HDD, takes around 40min to copy the files to USB

Linux PC: 5800X3D, 64GB RAM, NVMe SSD, takes around 3h to copy the same files to the same USB stick

I’ve tried chagning from NTFS to exFAT but the same result. What can I do to improve this? It’s really annoying.

  • bastion@feddit.nl
    3·
    2 days ago

    This is a really good point. I generally have the opposite experience re: Linux vs windows file handling speed. But I have been throttled before by heat.

    OP, start again tomorrow and try the reverse, and tell us the results.

    • WereCat@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      14 minutes ago

      single 4.4GB video file

      • Zen1 based Windows PC - 2min 10s (could unmount right after progress finished)
      • Zen4 based Fedora41 laptop - 3min 1s (progress finished within 1min but then took 2min to unmount)
      • Zen3 based Fedora41 PC - 5min 16s (progress finished within 20s but took almost 5min to unmount)