Can't transfer images from a camera connected to a USB 2 port on a PCMCIA adapter

Can't transfer images from a camera connected to a USB 2 port on a PCMCIA adapter

I have an old laptop (HP OmniBook vt6200, Windows XP professional, SP2) that only has USB 1 ports. Transferring pictures from a digital camera is too slow, so I thought of trying one of those PC cards carrying USB 2 ports (D-Link Dub C2 in my case).