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USB 2 plugged into USB 3?

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juju0612juju Posted messages 218 Status Member -  
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Hello,
I have an external hard drive (Verbatim 320 GB) that connects via USB 2.
How can I connect it to a USB 3 port and have my hard drive recognized?

P.S.: I already tried connecting my USB 2 external hard drive to a USB 3 port; the external hard drive starts up, but the PC doesn't recognize it and displays no messages—neither that it is improperly connected, nor incompatible, nothing at all, and no sound when I plug it in, just the drive's light turns on.
My external hard drive works fine on USB 2.

Thank you in advance.

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  1. Anonymous user
     
    Hi

    We've been asking the question for 3 years now, USB standards are backward compatible.

    USB 2.0 works with 1.0 and 3.0, 3.0 devices are also compatible with 2.0 sometimes requiring a connection via 2 USB 2.0 ports (3.0 device on 2.0 ports)

    So no problem using a 2.0 device on a 3.0 port.

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    1. juju0612juju Posted messages 218 Status Member 6
       
      So why is my external hard drive not recognized by my PC?
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    2. Anonymous user
       
      Have you checked the "Disk Management" to see if it appears or not?
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    3. juju0612juju Posted messages 218 Status Member 6
       
      Yes, it does not appear there.
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    4. Anonymous user
       
      And you don't have any USB 2.0 ports on the PC? I would find that surprising ^^
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    5. juju0612juju Posted messages 218 Status Member 6
       
      If it works on USB 2 but since I'm going to change PCs, there will be a lot of USB 3, so I would like to know how to do it.
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