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Does Thunderbolt speed provide a benefit over USB 3.0 for an external hard disk?
Numbers imply that Thunderbolt is faster than USB 3.0. But, is there any external hard drive that can really reach this speed?
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Would USB 3 make a difference for a USB 2 5400 RPM drive?
I've got a USB 2 5400 RPM external HD. I'm thinking of getting a new computer with USB 3 ports.
If I'm currently getting read/write speeds from the external HD on USB 2 of roughly 30 mb/s (both read ...
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Internal drives vs USB-3 with external SSD or eSata with External SSD
I have a need to carry VMWare Virtual Machines with me for work. These are very large files (each VM is 20GB or more) and I carry around about 40 to 50 VM's to simulate different software ...
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Why can I transfer only 35 MB/s to my USB 3.0 external hard disk?
I bought a Seagate Expansion portable disk (1 TB).
I am using a Dell Inspiron 15R (5521) laptop which has 2 usb 3.0 ports. But when I transfer files to my above mentioned portable drive I do not get ...
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Complete USB 3.0 potential not being realized
I have a ASUS K55VM laptop which has 2 USB 3.0 ports. I'm running on Windows 8 x64. When I use plug in a USB 3.0 external hard drive from any 1 of the USB ports I get write/read speeds of only ~25MBps....
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SATA hard drive partition not recognized after replacing to different external enclosure?
I have been using an ST2000DM001 hard drive with an old G3 Station SATA-USB 2.0 adapter (JMicron JMB509 controller), the HDD has one ext4 partition.
After putting the HDD into a newer, SATA-USB 3.0 ...
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Booting Linux from USB 3.0 External Hard Drive [duplicate]
When I boot my computer, in the boot manager, I have the option to click "Windows 7" (my default OS).
When my External Hard Drive is plugged in to USB 2.0, it boots Linux (when I click on "Windows 7")...
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USB 3.0 hard drive in usb 3 port only recognized as usb 2 and detected only when connected to usb2
I have a WD MY Passport ultra 4TB usb 3.0 external hard drive.
It does not function when I connect it to an usb 3.0 port, only usb 2.0 recognises the device.
How do I resolve this issue?
