How to check if my usv drvive is usb2

[jekylhyde]

Hi
how could i check if my usb disk on key is usb2 compatible?
thanks

edit: sorry about the typos in the title

 

[xx_pemdas_xx]

GOOGLE the model and find its specs, you didn't list the USB drives model so i can't really help with that. If you are running a ubuntu it lets you see in the device properties. In windows 7 if your device is not 2.0 and you use it, it will tell you that it is not 2.0. but if you get no notifications in windows 7 then it is almost 99% sure a 2.0 USB drive.

 

[curryj02]

See how fast it transfers on a USB 2 port. If it writes data at about 25-30MB/s, and reads data at about 40-42MB/s then it is USB 2, if it is much lower, then it is USB 1.

 

[xx_pemdas_xx]

how does he measure how fast it transfers ? lol

 

[jekylhyde]

if i had the model i would have google it myself
but it's a usb disc on key that i got as a gift from a company. there is nothing on it but the company logo... it's some kind of advertising. a free disc on key with their logo.
anyway i need to know if it's usb2

 

[xx_pemdas_xx]

If you put it in 2.0 port and it said nothing ( no notifications) then it is 2.0 ...

 

[curryj02]

how does he measure how fast it transfers ? lol

urmm.. plug it in and then transfer stuff to and from it... then read the numbers which appear in the windows file transfer box... pretty simple

 

[xx_pemdas_xx]

urmm.. plug it in and then transfer stuff to and from it... then read the numbers which appear in the windows file transfer box... pretty simple

Not to accurate of a test, what if the hard drive is limiting the transfer?? then you will get the wrong speed.