It may turn out that all I need to know here is how to install original Predator USB or chipset drivers rather than the ones that Windows 11 uses or learn about something I'm missing when formatting my HDD but any advice is welcome.
To explain my problem...
My new external Hard Drive is significantly slower in Windows than it is in Ubuntu (A Linux based OS). In Windows, it's also slower when copying files TO the my external HDD VS. copying OFF of the HDD for some reason. When I say slower, it's over a 150mbs difference. Ubuntu OS does fine but Windows OS wont transfer fast if I'm copying between two external HDDs or if I'm copying TO the HDD from the internal SDD. Also, only my Fantom 7200rpm external HDD is experiencing this problem and only in Windows 11. My Western Digital hard drive is consistent when used in either Ubuntu or Windows 11.
To give further details and help narrow this down...
I'm not testing my transfer speeds with a different set of files each time. I understand that small files transfer at a different rate than large ones so I use the same files to test each time.
It's not a physical hardware problem with my USB ports. The same exact USB ports work fine in Ubuntu when using the same external HDDs.
It's not a hardware problem with my new external HDD either because its new and works fine in Ubuntu.
I'd prefer not to go to the hard drive policy tab and turn on the fast transfer feature in Windows (or whatever it's called). I could risk data loss if there's a power outage because I'd have to safely disconnect each time. Besides, the HDD is capable of running faster in Windows without it given its fast in Win11 when copying TO the local SDD. Not sure why it's slow when transferring the other way. 250mbs VS 80mbs for some reason.
What the problem could be IMO...
Most likely this is a driver issue in Windows. My Predator Helios may have come with its own set of USB related drivers at some point. Perhaps in one of the Windows updates, they were replaced but I'm not sure. I cant say if the original Predator drivers would have done better because I just bought this 7200rpm drive last week. The drivers for the 2020 model of my Predator Helios also haven't been updated on the website in a long time so I'm not sure how they'd work at this point or if they'd screw something up. Any advice on good USB drivers or maybe chipset drivers that I could use are welcome. Tips on how to best install them are also welcome. Can I use drivers from newer 2022 predator laptops perhaps?
It could also be a formatting issue because sometimes different partitioning software gives different results. All my hard drives are formatted to NTFS with a 4kb cluster size but for some reason Gparted in Ubuntu made the problematic HDD run faster. The problematic HDD was running even slower before I used Gparted to create a GPT partition table. Not every partitioning software gives that option though but maybe if I could find partitioning software for Windows that can create a partitioning table the way Gparted does, I could get the external HDD to run fast in both operating systems.
Sorry for the long winded post but if anyone needs more details to help diagnose this problem, just let me know.
