You can't change the ports on your laptop, you could buy an external USB PC card to go into the PCMCIA slot. You can buy one that will support USB 2.0.
I was wondering if it is possible to change the usb ports on my laptop to 2.0. I have Windows Xp running on it. I'm not sure what is involved. Is this an easy process or not? Thanks

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