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Advice Thunderbolt to USB storage

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jeanie99 Fri 27-Dec-24 23:12:50

My son bought me a Del laptop last year for Christmas.
My problem is I have collected many USB memory sticks over the years. and
Although they are mostly copied onto an external hard drive I hate deleting the information and photos just in case.
The new laptop has 2 (I think they are called thunderbolt connections) 1 - I use for the mouse (hate using the touch pad).
So here I am with just one TB.
What is the best way to deal with this.

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FlitterMouse Sat 28-Dec-24 02:14:41

Most new and newish laptops would have more than two ports so I am wondering if what you have is something from the Dell XPS 13 series which have only two Thunderbolt 4 ports.

This may help you.

www.xda-developers.com/dell-xps-13-2-in-1-2022-ports/

To get around this you can buy a Thunderbolt Docking Station for between £20 and £40 depending on the number of additional ports you want and what data transfer speeds you are happy to accept.

www.amazon.co.uk/s?ref=nb_sb_noss_2&crid=3L1AW2TIMTH5N&sprefix=anker+341+7-in-1+usb-c+hub%2Caps%2C87&k=Anker+341+7-in-1+USB-C+Hub&tag=gransnetforum-21

To explain the differences between the types of port you might like to read his:

www.pcworld.com/article/706969/laptop-ports-symbols-explained.html

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walterwhitw Sat 28-Dec-24 10:58:04

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jeanie99 Sun 29-Dec-24 00:34:52

Thank you so much for the information I'll check this out.

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