A technician needs to connect a portable external hard-drive enclosure to a laptop. The laptop's port has a blue plastic insert that identifies it as a USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed, 5 Gbps) Type-A host port. The enclosure uses the standard USB 3.0 device receptacle for storage peripherals. Which cable should the technician recommend to achieve the best possible transfer speed?
USB Mini-USB (USB 2.0) cable
USB 3.0 Type-A to USB 3.0 Micro-B SuperSpeed cable
Blue indicates a USB 3.0/3.1 Gen 1 Type-A host port. External hard-drive enclosures normally expose a USB 3.0 Micro-B device connector. A USB 3.0 Type-A-to-Micro-B SuperSpeed cable carries the full 5 Gbps data rate; mini-USB, SD adapters, or Ethernet patch cables either will not fit or operate at much lower speeds.
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