[Ham-Computers] External USB Hard Drive - Work on an OlderComputer?

[Dan Violette]

There are kits to make any hard drive external.  Comes with the case, power
supply, etc, needed.  Dan 

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[mailto:ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Hill
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 9:43 AM
To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Ham-Computers] External USB Hard Drive - Work on an OlderComputer?


Will an external USB hard drive work on Win 98/ME and older XP computers?
I've heard the original USB ports didn't work very well and gradually
improved over the years, but don't know when they were "adequate". Will
there be problems with the version? I'm using optical mice which use v1.0 (I
think), and assume USB 2.x is used for external hard drives.

I see plenty of ad's for complete external hard drives, but is a unit
available where you provide the actual drive? I have some extra drives
available. They work fine; I kept them when I purchased larger drives.

Thanks, Jim

  


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