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HDE SATA to PATA/IDE Hard Drive Interface Adapter Bridge Converter

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Convert hard drive interfaces to work with newer/older systems
Supports ATA 100/133 : Converts Parallel ATA(PATA, ATA, IDE) to Serial ATA (SATA)
Converts SATA to PATA/ATA/IDE/EIDE
1 x SATA port, 1 x PATA port (40-pin IDE), 1 4-pin power connector (Molex)
Connects to your old motherboard so your computer PC can support the more modern and common SATA drive

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HDE SATA to PATA/IDE Hard Drive Interface Adapter Bridge Converter

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Convert IDE/PATA and SATA hard drive interfaces for use with older/newer computer systems. Adapter has female SATA power and data connectors, and male IDE/Molex data and power connectors. Note: adapters of this type CAN NOT be used with external hard drive enclosures, it WILL NOT FIT. Don't forget to adjust your BIOS settings to detect the adapted hard drive! You may need extra cables not included with this product.

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Technical Details

Brand Name	HDE
Item Weight	0.3 ounces
Product Dimensions	7.7 x 4.8 x 1.8 inches
Item model number	HDE-E14-NEW
Size	Single
Manufacturer Part Number	HDE-E14

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ASIN	B008X8NK0I
Customer Reviews	708 customer reviews 3.9 out of 5 stars
Best Sellers Rank	#103 in Computers & Accessories > Data Storage > Internal Hard Drives
Shipping Weight	0.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Date First Available	November 20, 2009

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4 star		15%
3 star		9%
2 star		7%
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SATA to PATA/IDE Hard Drive Interface Adapter Works Well

By David Wright on May 30, 2010

Size: Single Verified Purchase

This is a duel review for two products that I bought with the idea that they would be used together and they did this well. The products are the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5 Terabyte (1.5TB) SATA/300 7200RPM 32MB Hard Drive and the SATA to PATA/IDE Hard Drive Interface Adapter. I hope this will help somebody who has the same problem that I had. I have a Dell Precision WorkStation 350 computer that had a 40GB IDE hard drive. I wanted to upgrade to a larger drive and settled on the 1.5 TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11, which is SATA II. My old computer does not have a SATA connection so I bought the PATA to SATA adapter with the idea that I would plug the adapter into the hard drive and attach it to my external IDE hard drive case (cage) then plug it into the USB port. I had to leave the Seagate drive outside the case and only attach the electrical connections since the adapter is too large to fit into the cage with the hard drive, as expected. I then used the windows Computer Manager (right click My Computer to open then click disk mangement under storage) to initialize the drive and format it. After this, the computer recognized the drive when I opened My Computer. I used the Seagate Disk Wizard to clone my old IDE hard drive onto the new SATA II drive. This worked great. I then checked the Seagate drive and all my data, including the operating system (XP Service Pack 3), was on the Seagate. So far so good. I then turned off the computer and swapped hard drives. That is I removed the old IDE drive completely and replaced it with the Seagate SATA II and adapter. I then reassembled my computer, crossed my fingers and turned it on.Read more ›

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It solved my problem

By Trusted "RF" on January 12, 2010

Size: Single Verified Purchase

I have an old PC (Approximately 7 years old). I wanted to upgrade to an SATA drive, but this old PC did not have the ability to accept SATA drives. I purchased another type of adapter. It was the "Ide To Sata Drive Motherboard by StarTech". That adapter was supposed to convert the EIDE bus on the motherboard to SATA but the system could not recognize the drive.

I was pleasantly surprised when I received this "SATA to PATA/IDE Hard Drive Interface Adapter" when I attached it to the SATA drive, plugged the ribbon cable into it, and the PC recognized the drive and I was up and running.

The description is misleading and I don't want to be a "JERK" either. However, but by looking at the photograph of this item, you can plainly tell that it will not convert in reverse, as the other reviewer states.

I would recommend this adapter.

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SATA to PATA/IDE HDD Adapter

By J. Hanson on June 23, 2010

Size: Single Verified Purchase

As others have stated this is a bit on the bulky side. It is designed to go behind a 3.5" drive. I personally used this behind a 2.5" drive I pulled out of a broken laptop. Because of its size I currently can only use one 2.5" drive in the bay.

Aside from the size issue. The adapter works just fine with an inconvient quirk. It does need to be on position 0 of the IDE cable, which will make it impossible to hook up as a slave to your boot drive.

Overall I give it 3 stars. It works as stated, just bulky and needs to be on position 0.

I dont know how the people could think that this could go from IDE to SATA when it clearly states SATA to IDE.

Pros:
Simple to put in, no extra wires

Cons:
Bulky (not suitable for 2.5" drives)
Must be on position 0 (cant use on slave drive behind Master Boot Drive)

*edit/update*
It has been nearly 2 years since I installed this and it still works. In that time though it seems they have come out with a few revisions to this particular adapter. My review is based on the version without the jumper(s).

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Bulky but worked like a charm

By PK Levine on February 3, 2010

Size: Single Verified Purchase

This product worked easily and with no bugs or real problems. I used it to install a new SATA drive (as the master -- haven't tested this on a secondary drive) in an old computer. After hooking it up and powering on, the BIOS recognized the new drive right away.

My only complaint is that this is a bulky adapter that's designed to mount directly to the drive. My case has a weird arrangement for the hard drive enclosure, and this adapter made it impossible to put my drive back where it should go! I ended up jury-rigging the drive enclosure to move it to a new mounting point. (And as the product info says, don't even *think* about trying to fit this into an external drive case!)

Great product, but be aware that it plugs directly into the SATA ports on your hard drive and is a bit bulky -- if you've got a compact case where everything is crammed together, that could be an issue.

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WOW! Wonderful! The Best Penny I Ever Spent! Awesome!

By Mark Zablocki on October 22, 2011

Size: Single Verified Purchase

I have a 7 year old Compaq Presario desktop running Windows XP (fully updated). My computer is set up to work with IDE drives, not SATA. I purchased this adapter for a Western Digital(WD) one Terabyte SATA hard drive. The adapter and new hard drive work great! I couldn't be happier!

Unlike other authors in this forum, my new WD hard drive works WITH my old 80GB hard drive. I didn't have to use one or the other. I'm using both. My origial hard drive for everyday computing and my new WD drive for back up. It is my firm belief that the other people who failed to get their SATA drives to work WITH their old hard drives failed to properly complete the entire installation process.

You can't just install the new drive in your case, you must also FORMAT it. If you just install the new hard drive, the computer will recognize it, but won't allow you to access it. You must Format the new drive for it to work in harmony with your old drive.

Here's what I did after installing the new hard drive into my computer's case:

1. Go into CONTROL PANEL and then left click ADD HARDWARE. This is where you're going to tell Windows that you have a new hard drive you'd like it to recognize. Follow the on screen instructions to add the new drive. When finished, Windows should tell you that the new hard drive has been recognized (the drivers have been installed).

2. Go to CONTROL PANEL again and then left click on the SYSTEMS icon. Choose the HARDWARE tab. Select DEVICE MANAGER and then look for DISK DRIVES. Double click on DISK DRIVES. A list of all the drives currectly active on your system should be displayed. Look for your new drive and click it on. A message should be displayed saying your device is working properly.Read more ›

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Cheap Chinese garbage, avoid!

All the pins were bent and and the soldering was awful. Cannot use in my PC and isn't worth returning. Garbage.

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