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"Hi Guys, I have just bought a Toshiba UHS3 128GB Micro SD Card. At the moment, I am getting poor speeds using the SD card on my PC, with a read of 35.74MB and a write of 10.72MB. This is a card that is supposed to have read speeds up to 90MB/s. I hope that I would get a lot faster than the speeds I am getting on the PC. Am I unrealistic, or could there be an issue with my tablet? Would a factory reset help anything?"
How to Fix Slow Micro SD Card with 6 Solutions
Have you ever met this problem that the SD card, USB, or even external hard drive gets slower and slower after using it for a long time? When external storage gets full, it may also slow down the data or file transferring speed on Windows PC. If you are having such a problem or need a speed up your SD card transfer speed, follow the tips below to resolve this issue:
Workable Solutions | Step-by-step Troubleshooting |
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Fix 1. Change Card Reader | A memory card reader is a device for accessing the data on a memory card...Full steps |
Fix 2. Convert SD Card to NTFS | Install and launch EaseUS Partition Master on your computer...Full steps |
Fix 3. Format SD Card to NTFS | Right-click This PC or My Computer, and select "Manage"...Full steps |
Fix 4. Update SD card Drivers | Connect the SD card to the PC. Navigate Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager...Full steps |
More Solutions | Optimize USB/SD Performance > Clean Up SD Card Junk Files...Full steps |
Fix 1. Change Card Reader to Speed Up SD Card
A memory card reader is a device for accessing the data on a memory card such as a CompactFlash (CF), Secure Digital (SD), or MultiMediaCard (MMC). Most card readers also offer to write capability, and together with the card, this can function as a pen drive. If you have the right SD card reader, you can gain:
- Full speed read/write for high performance
- High-speed backup of high-resolution images and 4K videos
- Built-in USB-A port for cable-free PC connection
This is the simplest way that may help speed up your SD card. Click the buttons below and let more people know about it.
Fix 2. Convert SD Card/USB from FAT32 to NTFS
Another way to fix a slow SD card is by converting FAT32 to NTFS without losing data. A FAT file system is often used in removable storage devices, such as digital cameras, Smart TVs, and other portable devices. But it has many limitations:
- FAT32 only supports files of up to 4GB in size and volumes of up to 2TB in size
- FAT32 isn't a journaling file system, which means corruption can happen more easily
- FAT32 doesn't support file permissions
While NTFS supports very large files, restores consistency by using a log file and checkpoint information, supports file compression when running out of disk space. You can convert FAT 32 to NTFS with the help of EaseUS Partition Master Free. This free tool allows you to convert the drive from FAT32 to NTFS without formatting directly.
Free EaseUS Windows Partition Tool
- Transfer free disk space from one drive to another directly.
- Resize/move, merge, clone partition, and check file system error.
- Clone disk, convert to MBR/GPT, convert to dynamic/basic, and even wipe data.
Step 1. Install and launch EaseUS Partition Master on your computer.
Step 2. On Partition Manager, right-click on a FAT32 partition and click "Advanced", select "NTFS to FAT".

Step 3. Click "Proceed" on the pop-up dialog box to continue.

Step 4. Click "Apply" to start the converting process. Wait until the operation process is finished.

Fix 3. Format SD Card/USB from FAT32 to NTFS
If your SD card is still slow, you can format it to NTFS in Disk Management.
Step 1. Right-click This PC or My Computer, and select "Manage".
Step 2. Enter Device Manager and click "Disk Management"
Step 3. Open Disk Management and right-click the SD card, select "Format".
Step 4. Set "NTFS" for the selected device, tick "Quick Format" and click "OK" to confirm.
Click the link below to learn why your SD card becomes slow.

Why Is My SD Card So Slow [All Reasons Explained 2023]
In this article, EaseUS will explain to you the reasons why the SD card slows down in detail so that you know how to fix and prevent this problem.

Fix 4. Update SD Card Drivers If SD/USB Is Slow
To speed up SD card transfer or write speed, you can update SD card drivers. Here are the steps to make it.
Step 1. Connect the SD card to the PC
Step 2. Navigate Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager -> Disk drivers.
Step 3. Find and right-click the SD card. Choose "Uninstall" and then choose "Scan for hardware changes" to refresh the drivers.
You can update your SD card drivers in this way.
Fix 5. Optimize USB/SD Performance to Fix Slow Micro SD Card
After updating the SD card or USB driver, you can follow this method here to optimize USB or SD card performance by changing settings so to increase the data transferring speed with the following tips:
Step 1. Right-click on SD or USB drive and select Properties.
Step 2. Go to the Hardware tab and select your SD or USB drive, then click Properties.
Step 3. Click Change settings on Generic-Multi-Card USB Device Properties.
Step 4. Go to the Policies tab on the settings interface and select Better Performance under Removal policy.
Step 5. Then click OK to confirm the operation and click OK to keep all changes.
Step 6. Finally, restart your computer to save all changes.
Besides all the above steps, you can also try to wipe data on the SD card or USB drive for a faster data transferring speed with the help of EaseUS Partition Master Free.
Fix 6. Clean Up SD Card Junk Files to Make It Faster
If you still want to make your SD card or USB flash drive faster, you can clean up junk files with easy steps.
Step 1. DOWNLOAD and install EaseUS Partition Master for free and launch it on your Windows PC.
On the suite, hover your mouse on "PC Cleaner", click the Download icon to install and launch EaseUS CleanGenius.

Step 2. On EaseUS CleanGenius, select "Cleanup" on the main screen, and click "Scan" to start scanning.

Step 3. When the scanning process completes, select useless large files and click "Clean" to clean large files.

Step 4. When EaseUS CleanGenius completes cleaning the files you choose, click "Done" to finish the process.

Bonus Tip - Back Up Files/Data Before Formatting
It's highly recommended that all of your extract and back up all essential data saved on your USB, SD card, or external hard drive to a safe location on your PC or another storage device to avoid unnecessary data loss.
You may use professional backup software for help or copy and save files to the target storage device step by step on your Windows PC.
Step 1. Click "Select backup contents" to initiate a backup.

Step 2. There are four data backup categories, File, Disk, OS, and Mail, click File.

Step 3. Local and network files will be displayed on the left side. You may extend the directory to choose which files to back up.

Step 4. Select the location where you want to store the backup by following the on-screen instructions.

Click "Options" to encrypt the backup with a password in "Backup Options," and to setup a backup schedule and choose to initiate a backup at a certain event in "Backup Scheme." There are a variety of other customization options available for the backup process.

Step 5. You may save the backup to a local disk, EaseUS' online service, or a NAS.

Step 6. EaseUS Todo Backup enables customers to back up data to a third-party cloud drive and its own cloud drive.
If you want to back up data to a third-party cloud drive, choose Local Drive, scroll down to add Cloud Device, add your account, and then log in.
You can also save backups to EaseUS's cloud storage service. Sign up for an EaseUS Account and log in after clicking EaseUS Cloud.

Step 7. To begin backup, click "Backup Now" Once the backup process has been finished, it will be shown as a card on the panel's left side. To further manage a backup job, right-click it.

Conclusion
Now that your SD card or USB drive will gain a faster transferring speed on Windows 10/8/7 and you can move and transfer all data back to your SD card or USB drive to continue using them again.
How to Speed Up SD Card for File Transferring FAQs
If you have related questions, you can read the questions and answers below:
What is the fastest SD card?
SanDisk Extreme PRO microSDXC is the world's fastest transfer speeds of up to 275MB/s. Clocking in at up to 275MB/s, the SanDisk Extreme PRO microSDXC UHS-II Card delivers the fastest transfer speeds that you've ever experienced.
How do I recover a corrupted micro SD card?
To fix and recover data from SD card:
Step 1. Run SD card recovery software and scan the card.
Step 2. Check found SD card data.
Step 3. Restore SD card data...
How can I tell how fast my SD card is?
An SD card's speed class is identified on the SD card itself-look for the logo. You'll also see the speed class on the online store listing or the card's packaging when purchasing it. For example, in the below photo, the middle SD card is speed class 4, while the two other cards are speed class 6.
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About the Author

Sherly joined EaseUS in 2022 and she has always loved writing articles and enjoys the fun they bring. She receives professional training here, focusing on product performance and other relative knowledge. She has written over 200 articles to help people overcome computing issues.

Written by Tracy King
Tracy became a member of the EaseUS content team in 2013. Being a technical writer for over 10 years, she is enthusiastic about sharing tips to assist readers in resolving complex issues in disk management, file transfer, PC & Mac performance optimization, etc., like an expert.
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I love that the changes you make with EaseUS Partition Master Free aren't immediately applied to the disks. It makes it way easier to play out what will happen after you've made all the changes. I also think the overall look and feel of EaseUS Partition Master Free makes whatever you're doing with your computer's partitions easy.
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Partition Master Free can Resize, Move, Merge, Migrate, and Copy disks or partitions; convert to local, change label, defragment, check and explore partition; and much more. A premium upgrade adds free tech support and the ability to resize dynamic volumes.
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It won't hot image your drives or align them, but since it's coupled with a partition manager, it allows you do perform many tasks at once, instead of just cloning drives. You can move partitions around, resize them, defragment, and more, along with the other tools you'd expect from a cloning tool.
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