On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:05 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I just bought myself another USB external hard drive and this one like the > last one I bought has at the end that plugs into the PC a double USB end. > Now I was wondering if plugging in both of these plugs affects the speed > that data is transferred? I am assuming not as it is still going through > the same cable and would just bottleneck at the other end of the cable > which just has the one plug. Has anyone much wiser than me have any idea > about this?
Nope, the second connector is only there to provide power (it should be marked differently), and if the HDD itself is frugal enough, you can get away with not having it connected. However you will usually get a more stable experience when you have them both plugged in; but you won't get faster data transfer. -jim
