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Bad Tweak – Optimize USB Storage

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April 9, 2019, 12:35(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

I don’t know why but a setting introduced in Win10 1809 is just recently making the rounds as a performance tweak.

The default setting for external USB storage devices changed so that you don’t have to eject a device before unplugging it.

You can open up disk management and change the setting.
Press the Windows + R keys and type diskmgmt.msc and press Enter >
right-click to the drive box on the left of the screen (in the example it is Disk 4) > choose Properties

Switch to Better Performance

Better Performance?
Not so much. I benchmarked 2 drives:
– An older USB 3 Patriot XT flash drive
– A brand spanking new WD 10TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive USB 3.0
Results below. It’s a whole lotta “Meh”.

 
So, maybe not a “bad tweak” but IMHO a waste of time and effort.

Tagged With: Computer Hardware, This Site, Windows 10

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Comments

  1. Kelly says

    April 10, 2019, 14:00(EDT) at 14:00

    Blah….

    • Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) says

      April 10, 2019, 14:08(EDT) at 14:08

      The tweak, the article, or both?

  2. Jorge says

    April 10, 2019, 19:28(EDT) at 19:28

    Performance? Not so much. Serenity now? Possibly. If it ends the calls from friends and family when ejecting a flash drive does nothing I’m on board!

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