File project took forever to save

I downloaded one of those practice multi tracks from After extracting zip it had 25 wav files each averaging 35 megs.3-4 where 75 mb's. Total of around 900 something megs. Saved project with copy files on USB 2.0 thumb drive. It took over 30 minutes to copy those wav files when I saved project.It took along ass time. Long enough for me to go take a shit and get something to drink and when I came back it was still copying files for another 5 minutes or so. Same sample rate. No converting.Files were 44.1/24 and project is 44.1/24. USB 2.0. Ive used same USB to transfer files that were gb's 1080p size files and files that were GB's of mp3's. They were no where as slow as this..

That is probably because you are saving the media files (e.g. WAVs) together with the project folder. Save as => unclick the three boxes at the bottom.

next saves won't take as long since the media files are already there. Using a USB 3 drive would improve speed a lot.

Sudden unexpected slow drive response can be an early sign of drive failure. Like what one of my WD Black 2TB drives is doing right now. Stupid thing... Wonder if Tiger Direct is having a sale... Make sure your backups are up to date! :)