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Windows 10 file write performance
I was recently following the excellent tutorials on using Macrium Reflect free. I successfully created a clean windows install (using yet another excellent tutorial), updated all drivers, installed all patches and applications.
I then used the Macrium boot USB to start my desktop and created an image of this perfect install to an external HDD. The process worked without a hitch.
However I have noticed something peculiar, under the Macrium boot OS, the write speed of the external HDD is quoted as 503Mbs (365Mbs was the slowest write speed). My entire 33Gb install was imaged in just under 11 minutes.
Once back in Windows I decided to copy the image I had made to another partition as a backup, Windows reports the write speed of the external HDD as 20Mbs max, and quite often well below 8Mbs. The copy operation took well over half an hour.
So why the difference? Is the overhead for Windows 10 really that bad? And what if anything can I do to improve the performance?