Have you applied the Performance and Reliability update for Windows Vista?
Also, you might want update your chipset drivers to see if it is available.
Does this problem occurr with other USB based devices?
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>I got Vista Home Premiun on a brand new machine, the computer runs
> fine 'cept that I can't move large files from and to external
> harddrives that use a USB port. All it does is calculate the time
> remaining. At a speed of 0 bytes per second. It does that for hours.
> Sometimes windows explorer freezes up and then I have to use taks
> manager to get out of it. Most of the time I can just cancel out of
> it. I need to get those files off my hard drive and need to back them
> up. Any ideas?
>
> Gaby
>