File Transfer Suddenly Stops in Windows 10

Windows 10 has proved to be one of the most popular and stable operating systems to have seen the light of the day.

Despite its extreme popularity, it also gets bogged down by its fair share of errors. One of the most persistent errors is the file transfer to a drive, a USB, or over the network either totally stops or suffers from extreme lags while being processed.

Many users have reported this problem on Windows’ official website but to no avail. However, some tech geeks have been able to find workable methods to solve the problem. Let’s check them out right away.

Note: The following solutions will only help if the HDD and RAM aren’t faulty.

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Solutions

Solution 1: Disable Remote Differential Compression

The Remote Differential Compression task compresses data before it is sent over the network. This takes a considerable amount of time and can lead to congestion. Speed up the file copying, moving or deleting process by disabling this process.

1. Open Control Panel and select Programs and Features.
2. Now select Turn Windows features on or off from the pane on the left-hand side.
3. Search for Remote Differential Compression API Support and uncheck the box next to it.
4. Click OK to save the changes.

 

Solution 2: Disable Indexing of your Drives

Indexing of files on a drive can also result in a slowdown in the copying of data. Indexing basically allows the computer to work more efficiently by creating a table of all drives in the cache. However, this has an adverse effect on the file transfer speed. So here is how you can disable the indexing of drives.

1. Search for Type in services.msc in the Run command box and press Enter to open up Services.
2. Disable Windows Search by right-clicking it and selecting Stop.

 

Solution 3: Update all Drivers

Windows prefers to install its own drivers for computer peripherals, whereas using other drivers can result in decreased performance sometimes. Therefore, it is possible that updating the driver can fix the problem under discussion.

1. Download latest drivers for BIOS, Chipset, HDD and IDE Controllers.
2. Open Device Manager.
3. Right-click on the device you want to update the driver for and click Update driver.

A complete process to do the same is provided here.

 

Solution 4: Run Disk Defragmenter on both drives

This process is not always helpful but there is a probability nevertheless that the congestion in between file transfers is caused due to fragmentation. Reduce it by defragmenting the disk concerned or both the disks that you are trying to use during the copy-paste process.

1. Click the Windows button and search for Disk Defragmenter.
2. Select the concerned drive and then click Optimize.

 

Solution 5: Format the drive (to which you are copying data) in NTFS

Sometimes the only reason a drive isn’t copying data is that it isn’t formatted properly. This happens when the drive is new and comes factory formatted. There is a rare chance that the drive wasn’t formatted properly at the factory and must be formatted afresh before it can perform properly.

1. Right-click on the drive you are trying to copy data to and select Format.
2. Choose NTFS in the File System drop-down menu.
3. Uncheck the Quick format checkbox.
4. Finally, click Start.

 

Solution 6: Disabling Antivirus and Windows Defender

Many users have reported that their slow speed file transfer problem was solved when they disabled real-time protection of their antivirus software and then turned off the Windows Defender.

The name of the exact option to disable the antivirus software’s real-time protection varies, however they are disabled by right-clicking the antivirus icon in the taskbar and selecting the appropriate option. Windows Defender can be disabled in the following manner:

1. Press Windows key and type in Windows Defender.
2. Open it from the Search Results and click the shield icon on the left to open up Virus & threat protection.
3. Now click Virus & threat protection settings.
4. Move the slider for Real-time protection to the left to turn it off.
5. Click Yes in the prompt to confirm your selection.