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USB 2.0 and USB 1.0

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by salmanali_khn

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My USB 2.0 external hard drive model ST380817AS is not detected by Windows Xp home edition. It is detected by XP service pack-2. Also how to check whether the port is USB 1.0 or it is USB 2.0

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by shady108

your usb 2 drive should still work on usb 1, it will just work slower. Is your XP home on a different pc? if so have you tried any other usb devices in there?

if you go into start - settings - control panel - system - device manager, and look under Universal Serial Bus controllers, you should see something liek USB2 enhanced host controller........ if you dont have that then you only have usb 1

your computer maybe capable of USB 2 you just may not hav ethe drivers installed.

going back to my previous comment, if other devices arent detected make sure the usb ports are enable in bios :)

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