Windows 10: Missing files and folders while transferring between O/S

I recently set up a new computer myself and had it running on window 11. I was trying to transfer my documents from my old hard disk to the new computer so I connected the old hard disk to the new computer. The old hard disk had window 10 installed in it. If I start the computer with window 11, i couldn't see the documents in my old hard disk, however, I could see them in the old hard disk if I start with window 10. So with running with window 10, I created folders in my new hard disk and transferred all my old documents there. After which, I formatted my old hard disk. But now with window 11

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Transferring files to another folder. Speed issue.

I run a 500GB WD Velociraptor as my C drive and I have a standard 7200rpm 500GB HDD as my storage (D drive). I'm only getting about 15mb/s right now transferring files/folders to another folder or transferring from C drive to D. Why is the WD HDD so slow? Am I missing something? *Confused

 

Cable to transfer files

OMG. I have never met anyone who actually bought one of those file transfer things.



Firewire will do the same as USB, but faster, so will a cheap crossover cable. I can wlak you through the steps of moving data so you will not miss a beat.




Anything more than $10 to buy a cable is too much.

 

Transferring files to another folder. Speed issue.

There's various reasons, the more files, the slower the transfer as each has to be initiated and completed, so if you had a few large ISO's or ZIP files, that would go faster. Many files and folders will slow down.

There's chipset limitations, hard drive limitations, OS limitations, other hardware limitations that can slow you down. Though 15MB/s seems kinda slow depending on the file(s) being transferred. Mine usually jumps around but averages in the 80MB/s-range between drives on the same system or on my home network. Though I prefer to do large single-file transfers as they are much faster in my experience.