“will this drive work on usb 2.0? does this drive, only work with a usb 3.0 pc input?”

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• I have this exact drive. The short answer is yes. Any USB3.0 compliant device must have fallback capabilities. Whether or not you can host this drive on a USB2.0 bus isn't up to the drive but rather what you are connecting it to. Your machine/pc and your OS are what determine if it works or not. SOME systems may throw an error such as "USB device is not recognized" others may throw an error (but still work with the drive) "the device you are using can run faster" It's just letting you know that if you had a USB3.0 drive it would be faster. It will recognize the drive. Avoid Windows XP and pre-LGA1155 motherboards if at all possible.

  Answered by KevinMitnick 10 years ago

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• Yes. As with most usb 3.0 to is backwards compatible with usb 2.0

  Answered by BenR 10 years ago

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• It actually requires two USB ports, not exactly sure why, but I have used it on two different MacBook Pros, one with USB 3.0 and one with USB 2.0. Both work flawlessly.

  Answered by yhtomitb 10 years ago

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• Yes usb2 and usb3. Only thing is your computer must be able to provide enough amps to run it. Read the box and read pc manual. This doesn't work with ms surface tablet.

  Answered by Lexusnut 10 years ago

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• It works on usb 2.0

  Answered by Itsme1 10 years ago

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• Yes, it will work on USB 2.0. But you'll need a second port for extra power.

  Answered by Andy 8 years ago

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• Yes, however it shines with usb 3.0

  Answered by Bolin49 8 years ago

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• It will work with both. USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 ports. I believe the only difference will be the drive performance. Read/Write speeds may be effected since there is a difference between USB 2.0/3.0 bus speeds..

  Answered by nkpstudios 9 years ago

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• Yes, I'm using on a Surface Book with no problem.

  Answered by mcenergy 9 years ago

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• no

  Answered by xbob 10 years ago

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