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  • Grade B drive? - sounds a bit like a secondhand fire extinguisher. Some economies aren't worth making....
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    I wouldn't buy a refurb hard drive - failures involve far too much work doing a restore - always asssuming you have a backup of course.
  • I am interested in getting and external hard drive for backup. But if the HD states USB 3.0 does that mean it wont run on USB 2.0?
  • spud17
    spud17 Posts: 4,452 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I am interested in getting and external hard drive for backup. But if the HD states USB 3.0 does that mean it wont run on USB 2.0?

    It will run, but only at usb 2.0 speed.
    Move along, nothing to see.
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    They are backward-compatible.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
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