I don’t know why it comes so slow, and how can I fix the slow speed on my external hard drive?' It takes a very long time to load on Windows 11/10 and even becomes extremely slow to respond when I try to copy or transfer a new file or image to the external hard drive. But recently, when I tried to transfer or save a new file to the external hard drive, it became very slow to respond. It has worked for more than two years, and almost all my data like videos, images, worksheets, etc. Do you know how to fix a USB 3.0 external hard drive slow speed on Windows 10? I have a Seagate USB 3.0 external hard drive with 1TB space. My External Hard Drive Is Slow to Respond Open your antivirus scanning tool (e.g., AVG). If you connect your disk to the front panel USB port, try connecting it to USB ports.

Then locate the disk, right-click the partition. Open EaseUS Partition Master on your computer. Full stepsĭownload and install EaseUS CleanGenius. Connect your external hard drive to your Windows 10 computer.