I have a WD My Book 10 TB USB 3 external drive which I have been using for many years with no issues. I use the drive for monthly backups.
Today when I did the backup I’ve done for years, I took forever and looking at the transfer rate, it was about 35 MB/sec. I’m not sure what the transfer rate usually is but given how the backup which today took almost the full day, that usually finishes in a couple of hours tops.
Any ideas?
The only thing I can think of myself is some Windows updates caused this which has been automatically installed since I used the disk last time. I have also tried to see if there’s any new drivers by going into Advanced in Windows update and search for other drivers but nothing. I have also tried searching for new drivers by right-clicking the drive in Device Manager but I’m told no drivers could be found.
Many thanks in advance for any tips how to get the drive running normally again.
