Can this be used with the new ClickFree USB3 models, to transfer data from my Laptop, which is only USB2?
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Its only USB 2, I recommend checking their website-Clickfree.com they have newer items with USB 3 & Windows 8 on down. Hope this helps.
2181006
No you will receive a standard 2.0 USB Connector but will work perfectly as 3.0 USB Connector.
467341
it should work with a USB 2.0. to figure out if it is a 2 or 3 you have to go to the control panel and look for the ports. right click on the port you are using and click properties. if your computer is more than a year old chances are it is a USB 2.0. the difference between the two is speed of transfer with 3.0 being faster.
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The newer model is actually cheaper for some unknown reason. As far as I can tell that is the only difference since USB 3.0 is backwards compatable with USB 2.0 ports.
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There shouldn't be any reason it wouldn't work. USB 1 and 2 are compatable, it will just be limited to the speed your USB port can transfer the data.
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it must be USB 2 on both to work. It is not software based. I could never get it to work period.
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Yes. I use a USB 2.0 model on my desktop. I ordered this one for a friend in Africa who has not yet received it. I researched it to make sure that a 3.0 USB would work if the computer only had 2.0 USB and was told it would; it just wouldn't have the speed of 3.0. I haven't noticed any speed issues with my 2.0 so I doubt speed would be an issue.
36842
USB 3 is backward compatible with USB 2. You just won't see the speed benefit of USB 3
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Unless they upgraded the kit, the adapter is USB2 not USB3. The adapter is mainly just used to clone the drive, so shouldn't be a major issue. Once you install the SSD as your primary drive, you can always use the adapter to reconnect your old drive, which normally will have a hard time saturating the USB 2 speed.
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It works fine with USB 2.0... I've got three of these enclosures and all of them have been used successfully while plugged into a USB 2.0 interface.
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It will work with USB 2.0, just considerably slower. In my very informal testing it was about 1/3 as fast when plugged into a USB 2.0 port than when using a USB 3.0 port.
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you certainly can use both USB 3.0 and USB 2.0; the only difference is transfer speed.
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I had no luck getting it to work in Windows 8.0 and most USB 3.0 devices will still work - in a technical sense - with Windows XP because they're backward-compatible. However, they will fall back to USB 2.0 compatibility and transfer data at about one-tenth of the potential speed of USB 3.0.
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Yes, it will work since USB 3 standard is backward compatible with USB 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0.
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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.
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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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USB devices are generally backward compatible. The transfer will be slower, though.