Is this drive USB 2 compatible? I do not have USB3 yet...
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Yes, the Rosewill Blu-Ray drive is compatible with USB2. It comes with a Y cable with one "leg" of the Y for USB3 and the other for USB2.
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Yes, this drive is completely backward compatible with USB 2.0. I use it on my older, HP Pavilion desktop PC which "only" has USB 2.0 and it works flawlessly. Purchase with confidence.
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I only have usb 2.0 on the computer I upgraded and it worked fine. most (maybe all) devices that work with usb 3.0 will also work with 2.0.
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yes, but check at the seagate website. beware, it is a 5400 rpm drive, not 7200, does defeat the purpose of usb 3.0 somewhat.
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Yes, it is USB 2.0 compatible. However, data transfer rate will be much slower than with Thunderbolt or USB 3. If you are using it strictly with USB 2.0, there are cheaper alternatives.
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No, It needs to use USB3.0 for the speed, it will not work in a USB 2.0 port.
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I've plugged it into USB2.0 port to save a drive on an older box, and it works fine. Somewhat slower than USB3.0, as you would expect.
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Yes. It says in the description USB 2.0 compatible. Data transfer will be slower than USB 3.0 though
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While this drive is USB 3, you can be sure that USB 3 devices will work even when connected to a USB 2 computer. You won't get the faster speeds of USB 3, but it will work fine.
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Hi. You could change USB2 to USB3 by adding a USB3 card to your Windows Machine if there is a slot for it. However, you can not just "change USB2 to USB3. Hello, USB3 is back compatible with USB2. But, you can use an external USB3 drive like this one, using your existing USB2 port. Keep in mind that it will run with USB2 speed and you might also get a message about connecting to a faster port, but it will work.
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Yes, all USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with USB 2.0. I thought my comp had 3.0 when I bought this, turns out I only have 2.0. Works great.
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USB 3.0 and let me add I love this drive. Very durable, fast speeds, etc. I am on my second one, and customer service was very nice, but still.. Stinks to have a drive fail
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Yes it will work with USB2. Obviously, the read and write speeds will be greatly reduced as USB2 is MUCH slower then USB3.
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I actually haven't had a need for it yet, so I certainly haven't timed it. The specs are that it is USB 3, no matter what that is better than a USB 2.
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USB 3 is backward compatible with USB 2. You just won't see the speed benefit of USB 3
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Yes it is. For small files, you won't even notice the reduced speed of USB 2 compared to USB 3.
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Yes, it will also work with USB 2, but there are probably cheaper options for that. By default it is set to JBOD mode, there is a jumper that you switch one way or the other for RAID 0 or RAID 1. It is very easy to do and there are clear instructions in the included set up manual.
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Yes, all USB3.0 flash drives are backwards compatible with 2,0 USB slots. Just with the slower speed.