[Bug 1677370] Re: very slow file copying in Ubuntu 16.04 to and from external hard drive

I am hoping that by converting this bug into a question I can get some advice on how to deal with my faulty WD hardrive, to somehow speed it up or save my materials or (*the best of all) how to make it work again without - the worst case scenario, reformatting it. Thanks again for any help or

[Bug 1677370] [NEW] very slow file copying in Ubuntu 16.04 to and from external hard drive

Public bug reported: My setup: 16.04 xenial, Kernel : Linux 4.4.0-67-generic Problem with a WD elements 10A8, a 1 TB large external hard drive 32fat. After searching for a duplicate I decided to file this bug report while realizing a lot of the people reporting on the Bug #1208993 reported by

[Bug 1208993] Re: Ubuntu slows down and hangs while copying file from/to USB

My setup: 16.04 xenial, Kernel : Linux 4.4.0-67-generic I agree it may be two different issues. Since two weeks I have having a related problem, although it is no the stuttering/freezing of the system mentioned in #45 (issue 1) while copying files. No crashing when copying files, just