usb ports

[Irwin]

I am continually confused by usb stuff.

I have a dell 8200 with 4 usb ports on the back. The top two have a
little usb symbol and a 1 in a circle. The lower two have a little usb
symbol and a 2 in a circle. I take an externally powered usb2 hard
drive and plug it into the bottom usb, because I assume the little 2
means USB2, right? It does, doesn't it?

I boot from the ghost 2003 CD, ask for the USB2 drivers, and it doesn't
work. The drive says there is no adapter. So I reboot, and try the USB1
drivers, and it still doesn't work.

So I plug the cable into the top ports with the little 1. USB 2 still
won't work, but finally USB1 works and I do the ghost backup. But it is
soooo slow. Ughhh.

Can someone explain this behavior please?

Thanks,
Irwin

 

[Rolf Blom]

I am continually confused by usb stuff.

I have a dell 8200 with 4 usb ports on the back. The top two have a
little usb symbol and a 1 in a circle. The lower two have a little usb
symbol and a 2 in a circle. I take an externally powered usb2 hard
drive and plug it into the bottom usb, because I assume the little 2
means USB2, right? It does, doesn't it?

I boot from the ghost 2003 CD, ask for the USB2 drivers, and it doesn't
work. The drive says there is no adapter. So I reboot, and try the USB1
drivers, and it still doesn't work.

So I plug the cable into the top ports with the little 1. USB 2 still
won't work, but finally USB1 works and I do the ghost backup. But it is
soooo slow. Ughhh.

Can someone explain this behavior please?

Thanks,
Irwin

It could be 1 & 2 only means different port groups, not USB1/2
functionality? Dell can tell you for sure, but what I've seen the 8200
with 2 ports is equipped with USB1 only.

If it's only USB1, then perhaps you could use a pccard adapter for usb2,
but it must have driver support from the Ghost CD too. Check with
Symantec, if they can recommend something?

/Rolf