I have a external MB559UEB enclosure ( USB 2.0 + 1394B Firewire ports). I usually use it with firewire on my Mac, no issues, many years.
Now I want to use the Icy Dock drive on my girlfriend's computer....but she is Windows and only has USB-A ports, no firewire. And the usb port on the MB559UEB is a USB-A as well. So USB-A female on both ends.
I can get a (non-standard) male USB-A to male USB-A cable to connect the computer and the drive together....but I worry about creating a power loop and blowing up either the drive or the computer. (That's why USB-A to USB-A cables are rare, apparently.) How is it intended to use a USB connection on the IcyDock MB559UEB? Is there a special cable, or am I supposed to go through a USB hub, or....?
Thanks.