Will this cable work with 2.0 usb? My old is usb 2.0 and new is 2.0 and 3.0. If this will not work I will get 2.0 to 2.0.
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USB 3.0 device cables are faster than USB 2.0 products, and fully backwards compatible. Keep in mind that the physical USB type B and micro B connectors on USB 3.0 device cables are different than on USB 2.0 products.
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Sorry it took so long to answer and yes it will work with 2.0. I actually use it for to charge one of my tablets. Hope this helps. Thanks Tim B.
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USB 3.0, so it works for 2.0, too. The cable that comes packaged is a little different than a micro-USB on the end that connects to the hard drive. Not as easily replaceable.
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Yes it will work in a USB 2.0 port, however you will only get USB 2.0 speed out of the drive when it is used in this way. To get 3.0 speed, the drive must be plugged into a 3.0 port.
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Yep. Works fine on mine at least. To my knowledge, USB is always backwards compatible, you may just run into speed limitations on some devices. This thing doesn't come anywhere close to needing all the speed of even 2.0, so there's really no difference.
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I haven't used it because the size as I mentioned before, but it should work perfectly with 2.0 ports I'm sure of that.http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1853652/usb-devices-usb-port.html
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USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with 2.0 so in theory it should still work. I can't speak from experience though so I'm not 100% sure it will work.
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if it's a 3.0 usb port than it should. I just want to say though, I don't like this USB cable. I think it's faulty and sometimes stops working or disconnects... buy a different brand.
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USB 3.0 is backwards compatible, so any USB 2.0 will work in it. I don't see any reason why this setup shouldn't work. Hope this helps.
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This is USB 2.It will work with USB 3.0. I do not see any improvement in performance.
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USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with 2.0. However, you will not see the performance increase as the hardware inside this device only supports 2.0. To reiterate, yes, you may plug this into a 3.0 USB port and it will work 100% as specified at the performance of a USB 2.0.
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Mine came with what was described as a USB 3.0 cable. I don't have a USB 3.0 port, so I plugged it into one of my USB 2 ports, and it works just fine. I hope this is helpful to you.
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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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It should as it is advertised to work with USB 3.0. The machine i am using it on only has USB 2. I would not worry and purchase it. The company has stellar product support and if you have any problems I'm confident they will help you out.
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Yes it will work with USB 2.0 plugs. I used this on my pc desktop 2.0 USB plugs and it works fine.
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Yes, it is backward-compatible with USB 2.0 and works on USB 3.0 ports. Your read and write speeds will be lower on a USB 2.0 port, but this will work fine with either USB version.
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The one i have does not work in the setup i was hoping for. Didn't try it to see if it was 2.0 compatible, everything i have is 3.0.
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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.