Very slow USB ports!

Hello, yesterday I had to transfer files from my MacBook Pro to an old laptop in the office, a model that ascend to the type 2006/2007 with Windows XP Professional.
Transfer time from the MacBook to the USB stick: 35 minutes
Transfer time from the USB stick to Windows PC: about 7 minutes
There is a bit 'much difference, right?
What can I do?
Thank you.

All USB thumb drives write much slower than they read. So the time difference isn't surprising. A true test is with a external hard drive that has its own AC power supply. Do a Write and Read of the same files on both systems and report back.

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    PCI: Device 0000:02:04.2 not found by BIOS
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    MEM window: 58000000-59ffffff
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