Thanx for taking the time to reply as always Richard - no the lead I have has a plug to fit into the hard drive and on the other end of the cable are two USB "A" plugs ie the cable goes into one plug and then a jumper comes out of the back of that plug and on to another plug of the same format. Thus both would be able to fit into two USB sockets in the PC. Provided the cable were able to take the higher data speed which it obviously can as USB2 then to the blithering idiot (me) in the context of simple plumbing terms, it would seem possible that by allowing flow into this "pipe" through double the number of orifii - double the capacity might result???
Oh how complex life for the village simpleton hehe!
