# Usb flash drive giving error while recording
**URL:** https://community.enginedj.com/t/usb-flash-drive-giving-error-while-recording/19248
**Category:** Standalone Controllers
**Tags:** engine-os, prime4
**Created:** [January 27, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/usb-flash-drive-giving-error-while-recording/19248 "2020-01-27T13:42:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Bamee](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Bamee)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/usb-flash-drive-giving-error-while-recording/19248/1 "2020-01-27T13:42:41Z")
Hi
while recording i get the error that recording has stopped cause of slow transferring or something
i use the same flash drive where i play my music from? could that be the issue? do i have to buy another one?
@Chloe_DENONDJ or co workers?
thx
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### Author:  [@DJColdfield](https://community.enginedj.com/u/DJColdfield)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/usb-flash-drive-giving-error-while-recording/19248/2 "2020-01-27T14:28:16Z")
If it says so, it is so. Don’t be cheap, buy quality USB 3.0 sticks with Speed read/write that is above 200MB/s. USB2.0 sticks are too slow.
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### Author:  [@DJ\_Sontag](https://community.enginedj.com/u/DJ_Sontag)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/usb-flash-drive-giving-error-while-recording/19248/3 "2020-01-27T14:51:27Z")
Good call. Don’t run your Ferrari on moonshine
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### Author:  [@Bamee](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Bamee)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/usb-flash-drive-giving-error-while-recording/19248/4 "2020-01-27T15:34:01Z")
the stick i was talking about is 3.0 thats why i ask this question
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### Author:  [@Reese](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Reese)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/usb-flash-drive-giving-error-while-recording/19248/5 "2020-01-27T16:12:43Z")
I’ve seen “USB3” that do sub-USB2 speeds.
SanDisk Extreme Pro is the one type I use.
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### Author:  [@DJ\_Sontag](https://community.enginedj.com/u/DJ_Sontag)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/usb-flash-drive-giving-error-while-recording/19248/6 "2020-01-27T18:05:09Z")
It’s got to be a really good stick from a good make.
Even a cheap I usb stick can sprint from data in or out really fast for a really short time, but only a really good make can manage fast data transfer for a //// sustained //// amount of time.
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### Author:  [@Reticuli](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Reticuli)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/usb-flash-drive-giving-error-while-recording/19248/7 "2020-01-27T21:16:16Z")
> [@DJ\_Sontag](#):
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> Good call. Don’t run your Ferrari on moonshine
Hah hah… depends on the quality of the moonshine. 🙂
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### Author:  [@NoiseRiser](https://community.enginedj.com/u/NoiseRiser)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/usb-flash-drive-giving-error-while-recording/19248/8 "2020-01-28T11:42:10Z")
Check also the usb ports, not all support usb3
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### Author:  [@Reese](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Reese)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/usb-flash-drive-giving-error-while-recording/19248/12 "2022-02-27T20:54:19Z")