Ubuntu – Copying to USB pen drive slows everything

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Every time when I copy large files from my laptop to any pen drive (USB) on my Ubuntu 14.04, all processes slow down. Even the mouse pointer slows and is stuck. If I open multiple tasks, many of them stop responding.
The copying also stops for a long time at 100%, 0 sec remaining.

I am using Windows 8.1 alongside Ubuntu in which there is no problem in copying files.

Useful Hardware Specification of my laptop : HP Compaq 15-s103TX Notebook

Processor
Processor : Intel Core i3 4005U
Clock Speed : 1.7GHz
Chipset : HM87
Cache : 3MB
RAM: 4 GB DDR3, 1600 MHz
Graphic processor: NVIDIA GeForce 820M
Dedicated graphics memory capacity: 2GB
System architecture : 64-bit
HDD: 1TB SATA 5400 RPM
Number of USB 3.0 ports = 1 (same problem here)

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Your system configuration looks good it doesn't matter, but check the number of process running and stop the process which occupies more memory.

I propose the best way to copying large files into Pen drive, is to use rsync.

rsync -r source/* destination

it is the efficient way use it.

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It sounds like you may have a broken pendrive; go to a terminal and try these commands; ensure the pendrive is in fact /dev/sdc 1st though (use mount):

sudo -i
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p # Lists the partitions
d # This deletes the partition. Again, be careful you have the right one!
p # check...
n # Create a new partition
b # This one isn't a command, it's a type selection - vfat
w # Save changes

This should give you a list of partitions; delete the only one there (if more, repeat 'd' until there aren't - whilst being careful that this is definitely the right drive! It should then create a new one, set it to FAT32, and write it.

If that works, type fdisk -t vfat /dev/sdc1 ; exit & you're done.

If not, try cat /dev/zero >/dev/sdc & let it run for a while (-c when bored..) - if it generates no errors, try step 1 again. If you still get I/O errors, it's damaged.

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The USB flash drive shows in GParted (as some other users suggested I check in the comments).

To fix the issue, I loaded the drive using the selector on the upper-right (of GParted), right-clicked the partition (which was FAT32), selected "Format to", "FAT32" and then followed the prompts, which appears to have fixed the issue (it now appears in Nautilus and on the Launcher, just like any other USB flash drive)...

I'm not sure what the problem was, but it appears to have been fixed.

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