It’ll do 5Gbps and is fine for hard drives and SATA (internally) SSDs. Micro-B cables are generally Type-A on the PC end. USB 3 Type-B is the larger, squarer version of USB 3.0 Micro B.

Under ideal conditions, hard drives can work for many years. However, various factors influence their service life.

Integrated drive electronics (IDE) describes hard drive controller circuitry. These types of interfaces may also be referred to as ATA and UDMA. SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) is a parallel ...

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They carry specifications for hard drive type, technology standard, form factor, performance, and power. PCMCIA hard drive cards take their name from the Personal Computer Memory Card Association ...