Win10 copy files stalling

[brianwall]

I am using Win10 10240. I have a problem copying a large number of big files. The setup is a bit tortuous.

The source is an old WD Cloud NAS on ethernet via my ethernet connected router.
The destination is an external hard drive on USB3.0

Using file explorer, I drag a bunch of folders to the destination and copying begins but either stalls soon after or indeed never starts.

When it does work, the speed is 10Mbps which I assume is a limit of my network connect to the WD device? Someone said I should enable UnPn or something but don't understand that.

 

[BretWin10]

it could be a problem copying directly from Cloud to the USB External HD

I would test downloading a single large file from Cloud to PC ( I had an average download speed of 30Mbps)

copy from PC to USB External HD 25Mbps

I then checked out : How To Optimize Data Transfer Speed To & From External Drives :- http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/optimize-data-transfer-speed-external-drives/

on changing the windows default USB drive from 'Quick removal (default)' to 'Better performance'
[requires a reboot]

my transfer speed from PC to USB External HD was 100Mbps

 

[brianwall]

Thanks. I'll look at thepage. I'm currently trying XCopy from the command shell. It at least hasn't stalled but it isn't possible to see the transfer speed as far as I know.