The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/OscarDeJarjayes on 2025-03-13 01:25:50.

I recently got a new 256GB Kingston USB after my old one became read-only after less than a year of use.

When I transfer files to this new one, every couple of seconds it freezes for maybe 10 or so seconds. This happened with the USB from the beginning and I never had this issue with the old one.

What I’ve mainly been using the USB for is playing video files on my TV and now it’s started to disconnect and reconnect from the TV making it impossible to actually watch anything, also never had this issue with the old one.

I’ve had the USB for less than a week and the reason I’m posting here is cause Kingston is supposed to be reliable and I don’t know if the issue somehow is on my side.

Anyone have any thoughts?