Subj : USB 3.0 Flash Drive go
To   : Ed Vance
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Oct 16 2021 08:09 am

Hello Ed Vance!

** On Friday 15.10.21 - 20:02, Ed Vance wrote to August Abolins:

 EV> A couple of years ago I bought a 4TB WD My Passport USB
 EV> 3.0 HDD [...]

 EV> I started thinking maybe there might be something like a
 EV> Powered USB Hub that had USB 3.0 connectors so that I
 EV> could plug the 3.0 HDD in one of the front connectors and
 EV> put the output cable to one of the USB 2.0 jacks on the XP
 EV> box.

I don't think XP's built-in USB 2.0 ports will service a USB 3  
extender and somehow miraculously produce USB 3 compatibility.

You probably need to install a USB 3 board on your XP pc first.

I explored such a thing for my T60 laptop, via PCMCIA, several  
years ago and gave up.

But.. maybe I should revisit the situation:

https://www.amazon.ca/MagiDeal-USB3-0-Express-ExpressCard- 
Adapter/dp/B0787ZZ58P


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