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USB 2.0 hard drive on a USB 1.0 connection

pontovic · 2004-07-25 13:40:13

Hello I have a six year old computer with a USB 1 port and I was wondering is it possible to hook up an external USB 2.0 hard drive and have it working ?

25-07-2004 1:40pm

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pontovic

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Hello

I have a six year old computer with a USB 1 port and I was wondering is it possible to hook up an external USB 2.0 hard drive and have it working ?

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#2 25-07-2004 1:42pm

Pacifico

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Yes every USB 2.0 is compatable with USB 1.1. Its gonna be really slow though.....:)

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#3 25-07-2004 1:43pm

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probably but it will be slow. For comparison, I have a CD reader hooked up by USB 1.1 and the fastet it can read is 4 X (700MB in 20 minutes == 35 MB per minute).

You should be able to buy a USB2 PCI card for 40 euro or so if you want to speed it up.

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