You can copy and paste your files into a 3.0 USB or 3.1 USB drive because these are faster than 2.0 USB drives. You are using an old hard drive. You should paste them in a faster hard drive like
https://www.allhdd.com/samsung-mzwlj15thala-00007-ssd
because these drives usually have a good amount of read and write speed than a traditional HDD.
You use your HDD as an external drive and use it in a faster laptop or system to copy and paste it from one drive to your required external drive if you have installed your window in HDD.