Try disabling USB emulation on your motherboard. I had the same problem and this helped a lot, even if it is not a complete solution. --Temlin Olivér On Dec 4, 2013 5:47 PM, "Maykel Franco" <maykeldebian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, I when I make a copy of a large file to a 2GB or 8GB usb 3.0 > external hard drive, I notice that arch remains slow, frozen ... He > struggles to open windows are minimized. I have the kernel: > > 3.12.2-1-ARCH > > Update the whole system to the last. Can you think because it can be? > > I also went from the 3.11 kernel > > However, debian, ubuntu, opensuse me not pass this ... > > It's happened to someone else? > > Thanks for everything. >