[dba-Tech] Getting used to Windows 8

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Mon Aug 5 20:07:00 CDT 2013


I don't think that my new box has one too. Can't have everything; o well.
Two of my externadrives support USB 3.0 but the new laptop stopsilitiel at
2.0/. Bummer. Is there some way to install USB 3.0 capabilities on a laptop?


On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 8:49 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>wrote:

> If your laptop has an ExpressCard slot, you can get a USB3 card  for it.
> Here's one example.
>
> http://www.targus.com/us/usb3/upgrade.aspx
>
>
> Mine doesn't :-(
>
>
> --
> Stuart
>
> On 5 Aug 2013 at 20:26, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> >
> > It appears that this new laptop supports USB 2.0 but one of my external
> > drives supports USB 3.0. What is required to upgrade the laptop to
> support
> > USB 3.0? In the case of my old late desktop it was simple: drop in a USB
> > card and that was that. But how to achieve the same in a laptop?
> >
>
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