# WTB/Borrow: USB1.1-2.0 adapter/converter/etc OR USB1.1 storage device

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**Created:** [April 7, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-borrow-usb1-1-2-0-adapter-converter-etc-or-usb1-1-storage-device/65808 "2009-04-07T17:11:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![stmotorsports](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@stmotorsports](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stmotorsports)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-borrow-usb1-1-2-0-adapter-converter-etc-or-usb1-1-storage-device/65808/1 "2009-04-07T17:11:04Z")

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bottom line here is my OLD laptop (native USB1.0) is finally starting to crap out on me and I still have a ton of shit on it that I need to back up asap. I have an external HD that I can back up to but it’s USB2.0 and won’t communicate with the 1.1 (obviously). Soo… long & short is I need either a USB adapter or a 1.1 storage device

anyone?

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**Author:** ![duck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duck/32/7183_2.png) [@duck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duck)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-borrow-usb1-1-2-0-adapter-converter-etc-or-usb1-1-storage-device/65808/2 "2009-04-07T17:12:59Z")

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usb2.0 is backwards compatible, so the 2.0 hard drive should work on a 1.1 computer, but you will get messages that it will run at the slower USB 1.1 speed.

Otherwise you’ll need some kind of usb 2.0 card in PCMCIA form

if it was me, I’d take the laptop’s hard drive out and connect it to a PC with a cheap 3.5" to 2.5" adapter.

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**Author:** ![stmotorsports](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@stmotorsports](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stmotorsports)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-borrow-usb1-1-2-0-adapter-converter-etc-or-usb1-1-storage-device/65808/3 "2009-04-07T17:24:30Z")

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actually its the other way around, a 1.0/1.1 device will work on a 2.0 port at the slower speed. A 2.0 device simply won’t work on a 1.1 port afaik anyways

the more I think about it I might just go the reinstall route if I don’t find an adapter in the next few days, I’ve seen a few PCMCIA adapters but they’re $50-60+

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**Author:** ![duck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duck/32/7183_2.png) [@duck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duck)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-borrow-usb1-1-2-0-adapter-converter-etc-or-usb1-1-storage-device/65808/4 "2009-04-07T17:31:42Z")

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pretty sure it works both ways?  
My PC was USB 1.1 (until it fried itself and I had to upgrade recently).  
I hated the “using usb 2.0 device at slower speed” messages I would get every time I hooked up an external hard drive or iPod.

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**Author:** ![stmotorsports](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@stmotorsports](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stmotorsports)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-borrow-usb1-1-2-0-adapter-converter-etc-or-usb1-1-storage-device/65808/5 "2009-04-07T17:42:59Z")

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hmm… well if thats the case then I dunno wtf the problem is

I just wanna get these files backed up so I can launch the laptop out in the street once and for all