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How do I hook up an external hard drive usb to my old laptop computer ethernet connection?

I have an old IBM notebook with only an ethernet connection available. I have a My Book external hard drive full of music that connects via USB. How do I hook up the laptop ethernet to the external drive USB? I want to play the music on the external hard drive while hooked up to the old laptop. My computer experience is limited. Thanks.

You can’t.

USB and Ethernet are two completely different technologies.

You can use a USB port to connect to the ethernet using an adapter because USB was designed to be versatile.

But you cannot do it the other way around.

Your only option would be to go and buy a PCMCIA USB card and install it into your laptop.

But even then, it is not a guaranteed fix.

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