will this connect an external hard drive with only a usb 3.0 connector to backup an older usb 2.0 computer?
1783943
You should be able to use a USB 2.0 cable to connect your hard drive to your computer. USB 3.0 is compatible with 2.0. You'll just get 2.0 speeds.
1783944
NO, it will not. It is meant only to connect to the internal USB headers on the motherboard and case. The USB 3 connector on your external hard drive will still connect to the USB 2 port on your older computer. Also the USB 2 port will limit how fast the external hard drive will work.Hope that helps.
1783945
No...No...NO, this is only for the front panel of your desktop PC's USB 3.0 wire to make it compatible with usb 2.0 on a motherboard without USB 3.0. This will not function ANY OTHER WAY....PERIOD.
1026491
It works with USB 2.0. I didn't notice a difference between using USB 3.0 and 2.0.
1934003
This drive comes with a cable that is USB3.0 on the end that connects to the drive and a standard USB connector on the other side that is compatible with the standard USB 2.0 connector on most computers. In other words, it works just fine with USB 2.0 ports on your computer. Of course, the speed won't be as fast as a USB3.0 but is just as fast as a USB2.0 standard drive.
418922
Yes. My computer does not have any USB 3.0 slots, I just purchased this because I plan on getting a newer computer soon. It works fine with 2.0, and even has some better speeds than my older USB 2.0 drives.
1337341
The connections are the same, I plug USB 2.0 into the 3.0 ports all the time. I assume they are compatible the other "direction."
1656630
Sure - but it hampers the speed of the drive, since it's only transferring data at USB 2.0 speeds, not 3.0. But it will function
1229056
I plugged mine into a 2.0 computer. The drive allows for a 3.0 connection, but works with a 2.0.
1804134
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.
79424
It should work it but not as fast as it should.USB 3.0 is backwards compatible.
1534644
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.
1318756
Yes USB 3.0 cables will work with USB 2.0 ports on your computer. You can even plug a USB 2.0 micro cable into the port on the drive. By design all USB 3.0 micro ports can accept USB 2.0 micro plugs also. You of course won't get the extra speed of USB 3.0 Toshiba Canvio Plus 1 TB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive E05A100PBU3XS (Black)
2016603
Short answer: yes. Longer answer: While the external drive is USB 3.0, the USB 3.0 specification is backward compatible. This means while the drive will work with any system with a USB 2.0 port it will not have the same transfer speeds as USB 3.0 (noticeably slower). If you are transferring things like music or images back and forth, USB 2.0 speeds are not significantly longer than USB 3.0. For larger media such as home video backups or if you work with very large uncompressed data (raw images, audio, video) then the transfer times will become grueling by comparison. An important thing to note with this drive is that the cable you use plays just as much as factor in your transfer speeds as the port it's connecting to. It's best to use the cable that ships with the drive (USB 3.0), but if you happen to lose it you can always use a micro USB to USB 2.0 cable - the same kind of cable most smart phones (newer iPhones aside) use for charging and data transfer. Thank goodness USB is a standard that ensures legacy compatibility.
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Indeed it will. In addition, it will work slightly faster on a USB 2.0 port than will a regular USB 2.0 flash drive (not a big difference, but noticeable nonetheless). If you're in the market for ANY type of flash or external drive, I recommend that you buy only USB 3.0 devices. Every one that I have tried is fully backwards-compatible with USB 2.0 and, when you do finally get a computer with USB 3.0 ports, your peripherals will be ready for it.
92190
I believe the drive is powered by legacy usb 2.0 standard interface. The other end of the connector is usb 3.0 peripheral interface.
1138778
Unless your hard drive has some kind of USB 3.0 to the native connection interface this will cable not work. Most newer hard drives have a SATA interface or the case of an external drive, an eSATA interface. You would, at minimum, need an eSATA cable.
2076569
If your question is whether it will plug into an older, USB 2.0 port and work, the answer is yes. They say the connection will be slower than it would be with updated hardware, but I still noticed about a 2-3x transfer speed increase when using this new HDD/cable versus my old one with the same laptop. And yes, it comes with a USB 3.0 cable as well, although it's stupidly short...barely long enough to hang off the side of my 32" flat screen and have the HDD sit flat. You'd have to buy a longer USB 3.0 cable if you wanted one, as this HDD is incompatible with the old, 2.0 cables.
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This one has USB 1.1 and 2.0 style connectors. IF your USB 3.0 drive can connect to that, then it probably will. Although I must caution you this product is woefully inaccurate as to current measurements and only works over a narrow voltage range. You would do better with a DVM measuring current.