More than likely you have USB 2.0 unless someone intentionally installed
a separate USB 3.0 card when they refurbished it. Like Larry saie, USB
3.0 ports are usually blue colored. Most external hard drives are
backward compatible to USB 2.0. Just check the specs on the box before
you buy. The only downside is the USB 2.0 transfer speed will be
slower. Just start backing things up the last thing you do before you
go to be and let it run overnight.
-p
On 12/9/2016 3:51 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
My computer is an HP 8000 PC with 4g ram and 1tb hard drive... got it
refurbished without a lot of documentation -- I don't know if my USB
ports are 2 or 3
Does it matter? The Sea-gate 2t is $89 at my Staples and I have a $16
coupon from them... Ijust want to backup everything on to it.. I only
have200GB of hard drive free on the internal - need to prune but
though it would be nice to backup first...
ann
On 12/9/2016 2:19 PM, John wrote:
That's pretty good.
I just checked the exchange rate & $99 CAD is $75 USD, so that's about
$15 USD cheaper than Staples is selling them here in the states.
On 12/9/2016 7:17 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 8:36 PM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com>
wrote:
Dave - how much is the 2tb at Stapleswhere you are?
Local store has them for $99 on sale
ann
On 12/8/2016 10:38 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
I have decided, now that i have the time, to transfer all of my CD
and
DVD back up photo disks to an external HD, I need a new one anyway
and
Staples has a nice Seagate 2tb on sale. I also have a number of 32
gig
thumb drives i thought might also do the trick. Just curious would
the
transfer rate be better from the CD player to externals as opposed to
thumb drives.?
Dave
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