USB 3.0 micro to 2+ USB 3.0 or 2.0 hub?

slipper

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• Nov 8, 2010

• #1

Is there such thing as a USB 3.0 mini to 2x USB 3.0 or 2.0 hub? I recently purchased a WD My Book 3.0 which only has one USB 3.0 connector in the back but I need to have two connections for it.

This is what it looks like:

 

Last edited: Nov 9, 2010

blueroom

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• Nov 18, 2010

• #2

You want to share a drive between two computers? You should have bought a NAS like QNAP or Synology.

 

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skorpien

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• Nov 19, 2010

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Or you'll need a USB switch or server. You cannot connect a single USB device to two separate computers.

 

reebzor

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• Nov 19, 2010

• #4

Didn't you post this same thread a couple days ago?

Just unplug the harddrive from one machine when you need to connect it to the other. Or share out the drive. AFAIK you can't have a harddrive simultaniously connected to two computers using 1 port