Saving to external drive via USB 1.0

by gatodelsol Jul 6, 2007 4:11AM PDT

A very naive question, but I'm very behind the times technologically!

My current computer is ancient, and has only a USB 1.0 port. I'm purchasing a new laptop, and will also be getting an external drive for storage/backup (obviously the external drive will be USB 2.0).

My question is this: Can I transfer/save files from my old computer to the external drive via the USB 1.0 port? If not, how does one transfer large files (a lot of digital images) from an old computer with USB 1.0 and no disc write capabilities?

Thanks for any replies/advice/suggestions!

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Should work

by jackson dougless Jul 6, 2007 4:16AM PDT

It will just be incredibly slow going on the USB 1.0 ports, but it should work.

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Be sure to test it.

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jul 6, 2007 5:04AM PDT

I'm running into some USB hard disks that claimed USB 1.1 operation but in reality it doesn't work at all. Be sure you test it before you part with the money. OR get the money back guarantee.

Bob

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Another way?

by gatodelsol Jul 6, 2007 5:48AM PDT

Thanks for the reply. Any suggestions for other ways to save files from the old computer? It has an internal zip drive - could the files be transfered from the zip disks to CDs? I guess this would require an external zip drive if I wanted to do it myself (new computer will have (DVD

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CD/DVD burner

by anmor Jul 6, 2007 6:14AM PDT

for the old computer would be a better and cheaper option than an external zip drive, which would also be very slow to write to and read back from.

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For cheap? USB MEMORY KEY.

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jul 6, 2007 6:16AM PDT

Last weekend found 1GB memory sticks for 9.99. That's less than what I paid for 100MB Zip disks years ago. Those do work in USB 1.x and up so do that.

Bob

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