Usb2 is backwards compatible. Install the software. On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:50:53 -0500, you wrote: >Hello, > >I have gotten a new computer with a bunch of usb ports but they are all >usb2 ports. Without installing the bookport transfer program to the new >computer, can I use the windows explorer to copy text files to the notes >folder and will I then be able to read them . I know that I won't have >the two secondary files copied to the notes folder and that the file >will still be shown as a text file. Will the search command still work >so that I can find my place in the book using it? > >Or is there any other way I can use the bookport with this computer. > >many thanks, > >Ed, >