Sandisk Ultra Flair 3.0 transfer speed slow

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Hello, I bought a Sandisk Ultra Flash 32GB USB 3.0 thumbdrive. The computer I am using does not have USB 3.0. 

I needed to format the thumbdrive to NTFS as I sometimes needed to transfer files bigger than 5GB. However, after I did that, when I transfer files, the download speed is quite fast at first (70-80MB/s) but after a few seconds it will lower to about 10-20MB/s. Could this be becuase I formatted it to NTFS? 

The attachment is an example. 

Sorry if I did not provide enough details, it’s my first time on a forum :stuck_out_tongue:

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NTFS is a journaling file system designed for hard drives.  exFAT supports files larger than 4GB and is the better option.

Was the original format FAT32 or exFAT?

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The original was Fat32, which was why I could not transfer files larger than 5GB.

So if I format my USB to ExFat I will be able to transfer files without that problem?

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That would be the plan. :smiley: