[Davenlr]

Write speed on a flash card is dependent on the class of the card. A class 2 or 4 is a lot slower than a class 10. The class should be in a circle on the label. As for USB sticks, I dont know. I do know none of mine are very fast at all.

Here are some test ratings from others...
http://usbspeed.nirsoft.net/?pdesc=...Device&vname=SanDisk+Corp.&vid=1921&pid=21808

 

[Davenlr]

How about installing Windows 7 on it instead Vista is slow as crap on my parents computer too. Drivers are usually installed from the device or microsoft database, so I doubt there are any drivers that will do much better, if you have been keeping up with Windows Updates on it.

You will get speeds much faster copying files FROM the flash drive. The logjam on flash drives is the WRITE speed, copying files to them, not reading the files from them.