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  1. M

    My external hard drive needs a usb 2.0 port but I only have usb 3.0 ports on my computer. How can I fix this?

    To all of you saying "it must work", "backwards compatible", etc, here's a direct quote of the message in Troubleshooting: "USB composite device is an older USB device and might not work with USB 3.0." And here's the final message: "USB Composite Device can't work properly with USB 3.0"...
  2. M

    My external hard drive needs a usb 2.0 port but I only have usb 3.0 ports on my computer. How can I fix this?

    No, they don't work. My printer/scanner has a USB 2 cable, my laptop has USB 3. So it won't scan. Troubleshooting gives the message: "USB Composite Device is an older USB device and can't work properly with USB 3.