WHAT IS USB 3.0 AND 2.0 IN FLASH DRIVES
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It Is the speed of the USB on when you copy files from a computer to the USB flash drive or from the flash drive to the computer. Some time you are coping big files and it takes for ever. it is because the USB is 2.0, 3.0 if super fast and nice to copy 50 GB of information. in time can be depending on the file type, 20GB in 2.0 USB 30 minutes to 1 hr. now 20GB in 3.0 USB around 6 to 12 minutes.
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USB3 is available on new computers and is much faster than USB2. USB3 drives will work with older computers, but you won't achieve the speed advantage. For most applications (saving photos and documents) USB2 is sufficient. If you want to save video or game files that are much larger and if you plan on upgrading your computer in the near future I would recommend the USB3 drive.
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USB 3.0 is a much faster connection to a computing device. USB 3.0 is about 10 times faster than USB 2.0. USB 3.0 is downward comparable with 2.0. One can plug a 2.0 device into a 3.0 connection, but will get only he lower speed of the 2.0. Conversely you can plug a 3.0 into to 2.0 receptacle, but you still get the lower speed of 2.0
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All USB3 devices are backwards compatible to USB 1, or USB 2. On USB 1 or USB 2 you will see reduced performance due to them being slower standards than USB 3.0
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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.
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There are two USB 3.0 ports. Each port has an identifying USB symbol preceded by the initials SS (for super speed) to indicate USB 3.0.
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I didn't see anything on the box stating that. It does work well, I use it almost daily and I haven't had any problems yet. I transfer files that are 8 -12GB's with this drive. Also it does seem work faster with the USB 2.0 computers then the 2.0 flash drives.
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You don't need a USB 3.0 flash drive, you should be able to use a USB 2.0 flash drive and the speed should be fast enough to watch all movies directly off the flash drive. USB 2.0 is capable of 280 Mbit/sec (35 Mbyte/sec). Most HD movies don't exceed that bitrate, and standard definition video is significantly lower than that. Remember: USB 3.0 media will only work with other USB 3.0 devices, but USB 2.0 media will work with both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices.
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Yes, all USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with USB 2.0. I thought my comp had 3.0 when I bought this, turns out I only have 2.0. Works great.
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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.
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Of course. USB 3.0 is backward compatible with USB 2.0, however, it will run at USB 2.0 speeds...
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The definitive answer is yes. The type A adaptive works with USB2 or 3, and is backwards compatible for USB 2.0. Here is a link to this particular drive if you would like to learn more. http://www.buffalotech.com/products/desktop-hard-drives/drivestation/drivestation-ddr
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Yes, it is. And in general USB3 flash drivers work on PCs with USB 2.0 ports, just that it will be at a lower speed, which we wont probably notice from small to medium size files.
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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.
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This drive is fully compatible with USB 2.0, and if your computer hardware supports it, the drive will run at USB 3.0
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Usb 3 is backwardly compatible with usb 2. You can use the usb 2 cable to connect to the drive but your data transfer rate will only be that of usb 2. This is variable depending on the hardware software, cable, file size but for example usb 2 of 30 mbps and 3 of 100 mbps (note the actual specifications of both standards are much higher)
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I assume you mean USB 2.0, in which case yes, it would work. 3.0 is backwards-compatible.
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Yes it will work in a USB 2.0 port, however you will only get USB 2.0 speed out of the drive when it is used in this way. To get 3.0 speed, the drive must be plugged into a 3.0 port.
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it is 3.0 but it comes with a separate USB cable to provide power if your using USB 2.0, so in that case you will need 2 USB ports. BTW USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 are the exact same connector, USB 3.0 just provides more power.