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Kingwin USI-2535 USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Adapter for 2.5 Inch, 3.5 Inch, 5.25 Inch Hard Drives with One Touch Back-Up, Power Supply Included
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| Compatible Devices | PC |
| Specific Uses For Product | personal |
| Connector Type | USB 2.0 |
| Color | Black/silver |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 7.95 x 5.67 x 1.73 inches |
About this item
- Package includes: EZ-Connect Adapter with one touch back-up feature, USB Connector, SATA Connector, Power Plug/AC Adapter
- Connect to three different sizes of drive mechanism to USB (2.5, 3.5 and 5.25 Inches)
- Supports both SATA and IDE types of drives
- Dual output power supply with standard 4 pin power output and new SATA power output
- AC power cable
- Hi-Speed USB 2.0 to SATA or IDE Interface (up to 480Mbps)
- Supports 2.5" and 3.5" SATA Drive (SSD or HDD)
- SATA Drive Hot-Swap Capability
- Includes One Touch Backup (OTB) Button
- Screw-less and Easy-to-Connect Design
- Dual output power supply with standard 4 pin power output and new SATA power output
- Compatible with Windows and Mac OS (No drivers needed)
- LED indicator for HDD Access and Power status
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| Easy to use | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
| Value for money | 4.4 | 4.2 | — | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Quality of material | — | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Tech Support | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | — | — |
| Easy to recognize | — | — | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Sold By | KWI-Kingwin | FEMORO US | FIDECO | YINNCEEN | Amazon.com | Warmstor |
| connector type | USB 2.0 | — | — | ide to usb, sata to usb | Drive: IDE/SATA | USB 2.0 |
| number of ports | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| current rating | 0.5 amps | — | 2 amps | 2 amps | 2 amps | — |
| input voltage | — | — | 12 volts | 12 volts | 120 volts | 110 volts |
| power plug type | — | — | no plug | — | type a 2pin na | no plug |
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Technical Details
| Brand | Kingwin |
|---|---|
| Item model number | USI-2535 |
| Hardware Platform | Mac |
| Item Weight | 4 ounces |
| Product Dimensions | 7.95 x 5.67 x 1.73 inches |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 7.95 x 5.67 x 1.73 inches |
| Color | Black/silver |
| Hard Drive Interface | USB |
| Manufacturer | KingWin |
| ASIN | B0019HLE7Q |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Date First Available | April 2, 2004 |
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4.5 out of 5 stars |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #1,212 in Enclosures |
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Product Description
Kingwin USI-2535 is your portable, compact, and light weight Hi-Speed USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Adapter that lets you easily attach an external SSD/SATA or IDE drive and instantly access the drive from your PC thru the USB port. The EZ-Connect adapter can support either SATA (hard drive or SSD) or IDE hard drive in 2.5”, 3.5” or 5.25” form factors. The Hi-Speed USB interface offers plug-and-play capabilities with bandwidth of up to 480Mbps.
External AC/DC power adapter and SATA power connector are included to supply power to the hard drive. Just simply plug the USB cable into your computer and the drive is automatically recognized. No driver installation needed. For easy data back up, transfer and access, Kingwin USI-2535 is the perfect solution.
Features
- Model : USI-2535
- Hi-Speed USB 2.0 to SATA or IDE Interface (up to 480Mbps)
- Supports 2.5” and 3.5” SATA Drive (SSD or HDD)
- SATA Drive Hot-Swap Capability
- Supports 2.5”, 3.5”, 5.25” IDE Hard Drive
- Supports Hard Drive up to 6TB disk size
- Includes One Touch Backup (OTB) Button
- Dual output power supply with standard 4 pin power output and new SATA power output
- LED indicator for HDD Access and Power status
- Screw-less and Easy-to-Connect Design
- Compatible with Windows and Mac OS (No drivers needed)
- Includes EZ-Connect adapter, USB 2.0 cable, power adapter, SATA data cable, SATA power connector, and User Manual (HDD not included)
Specifications
Product Type: Hi-Speed USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Drive Adapter
Interface: USB 2.0 (can also plug to USB 3.0 port running at USB 2.0 speed)
HDD Interface: 2.5”/3.5” SATA I/II Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or Solid-State Drive (SSD) 2.5”/3.5” IDE Hard Drive (HDD)
Max. Transfer Rate: USB 2.0 (up to 480Mbps)/SATA II (3Gbps)
HDD Supported OS: Compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10 (Both 32-bit and 64 bit version), Mac & Linux (no drivers needed)
LED Indicators: 1 x Power and 1 x Drive R/W Access
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Customers like the performance, ease of use, value, and fit of the adapter. For example, they mention it works well, it's easy to install and use, and it'll fit SATA drives well. That said, some complain about the connectivity and power requirement. Opinions are mixed on quality.
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Customers like the performance of the adapter. They mention that it works well, does everything that is expected, and is a great device. They also say the cable works fine and the connector works fine.
"...It worked flawlessly and there were no problems with any of the other installations...." Read more
"...it to grab files off a super old (only 60GB) IDE hard drive, and it worked great...." Read more
"...It worked like a charm, and I have used it for data retrieval on several of my computer clients' machines since I purchased it...." Read more
"...The adapter would then become inoperative as the USB Mass Storage Device driver on my Windows 10 PC crashed at the same time...." Read more
Customers like the ease of use of the adapter. They say it's easy to install and use, set up and connection is child's play, and it makes the job of hard-drive replacement very easy. Customers also mention that the USB 3.0 is super fast and it is very efficient.
"...Tech support was great as was Amazon's return and replacement policy." Read more
"...Worked with every single one of them! Set up and connection is child's play for a lobotomized sea slug...." Read more
"...damaged or from bad sectore, but if the data is intact, it is very efficient...." Read more
"...It requires a lot more patience, but it will work...." Read more
Customers appreciate the value of the adapter. They say it's a great product for the price, well worth it, and a cheap way to access the data on the drives. Customers also mention that it'll make a good cheap ext backup drive.
"...Simply put, this inexpensive little tool is a big, powerful piece of hardware...." Read more
"Great adapter for the price. Used it to grab files off a super old (only 60GB) IDE hard drive, and it worked great...." Read more
"...from Amazon, Ebay(never again) and other places, but this one is cost effective and productive, with none of the limitations that the slotted drive..." Read more
"...to hook up any type of HD and use as a USB device, and all for a bargain price tag.I use it for cloning HD's...." Read more
Customers like the fit of the adapter. They mention it's a perfect fit for their Seagate hard drive, SATA drives, and Go-flex. It's compact and easily transportable, and it fits many HDD and SSD formats. Some say it'll upsize drives.
"..." hard drives, both IDE and SATA, to any computer and it great for mac drives as there is no sled and thus nothing blocking the imbedded metal pins..." Read more
"...Although the KingWin is great at upsizing drives, a very common need, it refuses to go the other direction...." Read more
"...Fits many HDD and SSD formats as described. Happy!" Read more
"...The only issue I had was that some of the connectors did not fit correctly, which I thought was weird, but all I had to do was take a small knife..." Read more
Customers like the cloning feature of the adapter. They mention it's excellent for clones, and perfect for external clonies or attached data transfers. Some say it'll clonch a dead machine without tying up their laptop or workstation.
"...This allows me to clone a dead machine without tying up my laptop or a workstation...." Read more
"...using any sort of product like this and the hard drive cloned without any issue problem. It took about 30 minutes...." Read more
"This is the best possible HDD cloner/adapter to have if you are on a space budget...." Read more
"...was a bit difficult to try the first time as it took several attempts to get the clone started. took several blue button tries to get it started...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the adapter. Some mention it's reasonably well-made, and an amazing little device. They appreciate the aluminum construction and fast speed. However, others say it'll be flimsy and made of cheap plastic. Some customers also report issues with unreliability and the cable being thick and rigid.
"...The unit comes with a variety of power connectors for the various power connections on different types of drives...." Read more
"...There were driver problems and unrecognized hardware problems...." Read more
"...Also, it's nice that they included power adapters for both SATA and IDE (Molex) so you don't have to worry about hooking it up to your computer..." Read more
"...The box does come with a USB cable, but it is needed for the initial step...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the connectivity of the adapter. They mention that it has a loose connection and disconnects sometimes. Some say that the adaptor wears out after use and does not make a tight connection.
"...so that I could copy for a few days at a time before the adapter would randomly lock up. Then at one point, I accidentally bumped the USB..." Read more
"...Oddly, Gnome dropped the connection in some cases, because it wouldn't read the contents properly--and with no pause function, the copy was lost...." Read more
"...I noticed not long after I bought the HD that the USB connection at the unit was a bit loose...." Read more
"...Overall it does what it says it will do but is difficult to keep everything connected." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the power requirement of the adapter. They mention that the USB port is not providing enough power to transfer the data as well as power, and that it easily breaks off from the circuit board. Some say that the adaptor cannot be used without the power.
"...a netbook; what I found is that the default cable provided does not provide enough power to transfer files without dropping the connection...." Read more
"...The only problem I ran into, was the USB cable included in the package was defective...." Read more
"...This unit was not recognized as a USB device even though the drives would turn and the status lights lit up. I tried 2.5 and 3.5 drives...." Read more
"...The main reason why i can't give this 5 stars is that not having USB 3.0 support was brutally slow...." Read more
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One reason I used this adapter versus others is that this one is not only USB 3.0, but it has 2 SATA ports and 1 IDE port instead of 2 IDE ports and 1 SATA port like some other adapters I looked at.
I just recently upgraded an old HP laptop to a new SSD hard drive. Because it is an older model, installing Windows 10 was not working (it would not work with Windows 11 according to Microsoft). There were driver problems and unrecognized hardware problems. I used this adapter to clone the old hard drive to the new SSD hard drive and the laptop is working better than ever.
I am so impressed by what this adapter has enabled me to do with it, I bought a second one just in case I lose this one or I manage to break it!
When I first tried to use the adapter, the IDE/SATA activity LED would sometimes randomly stop blinking during a copy operation and remain stuck on, usually after about 10 minutes of use. The adapter would then become inoperative as the USB Mass Storage Device driver on my Windows 10 PC crashed at the same time. This happened three times before I started troubleshooting, and several more before I figured out the cause.
Every time the driver crashed the Windows Event Viewer would log a handful of different disk errors, the most common one being: Event ID 51 - An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk2\DR2 during a paging operation. I would then have to pull the USB cable, power cycle the adapter, and reboot the drive, Then I had to do a scan and repair operation on the drive, which would take about an hour and a half. Sometimes the scan results showed no errors found, other times it indicated repaired errors, and a few times it had to be run more than once to get the drive back to normal. I also had to find and replace the final file being copied during each crash, as it was usually corrupted.
I tried several steps to troubleshoot, including replacing the cable with a USB 2.0 version, replacing the cable with a high-quality USB 3.0 version, and replacing the AC adapter with one which included a ferrite core filter. All of these steps improved, but did not eliminate, the problem. The last two combined actually improved it enough so that I could copy for a few days at a time before the adapter would randomly lock up.
Then at one point, I accidentally bumped the USB cable slightly during a copy operation, and the adapter instantly locked up. This was a valuable clue. When I examined the USB type-B receptacle on the adapter, I could tell that the two spring tabs which make the ground shield connection to the USB cable plug were sprung outward and did not make a tight connection. Losing the ground connection during a data transfer can cause EMI to bleed into the system and produce random data errors. So I used a stiff needle to bend the two grounding tabs further toward the center of the receptacle, making them grip the USB plug tighter. After doing this I had no more problems, and could even shake the USB plug all around in the receptacle while copying without any errors or lock-ups.
Other than this one irritating problem, which now seems to be fixed, the adapter works very well.
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2023
When I first tried to use the adapter, the IDE/SATA activity LED would sometimes randomly stop blinking during a copy operation and remain stuck on, usually after about 10 minutes of use. The adapter would then become inoperative as the USB Mass Storage Device driver on my Windows 10 PC crashed at the same time. This happened three times before I started troubleshooting, and several more before I figured out the cause.
Every time the driver crashed the Windows Event Viewer would log a handful of different disk errors, the most common one being: Event ID 51 - An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk2\DR2 during a paging operation. I would then have to pull the USB cable, power cycle the adapter, and reboot the drive, Then I had to do a scan and repair operation on the drive, which would take about an hour and a half. Sometimes the scan results showed no errors found, other times it indicated repaired errors, and a few times it had to be run more than once to get the drive back to normal. I also had to find and replace the final file being copied during each crash, as it was usually corrupted.
I tried several steps to troubleshoot, including replacing the cable with a USB 2.0 version, replacing the cable with a high-quality USB 3.0 version, and replacing the AC adapter with one which included a ferrite core filter. All of these steps improved, but did not eliminate, the problem. The last two combined actually improved it enough so that I could copy for a few days at a time before the adapter would randomly lock up.
Then at one point, I accidentally bumped the USB cable slightly during a copy operation, and the adapter instantly locked up. This was a valuable clue. When I examined the USB type-B receptacle on the adapter, I could tell that the two spring tabs which make the ground shield connection to the USB cable plug were sprung outward and did not make a tight connection. Losing the ground connection during a data transfer can cause EMI to bleed into the system and produce random data errors. So I used a stiff needle to bend the two grounding tabs further toward the center of the receptacle, making them grip the USB plug tighter. After doing this I had no more problems, and could even shake the USB plug all around in the receptacle while copying without any errors or lock-ups.
Other than this one irritating problem, which now seems to be fixed, the adapter works very well.
It takes a minute or two for your PC to recognize the USB connection just like any USB device. When it does, a drive letter is assigned to the now active drive and you can read the Directories, Files and other data just as if it was a standard internal or external drive. That data can be transferred to other drives in your system just as with any drive to drive data transfers.
The unit comes with a variety of power connectors for the various power connections on different types of drives.
Simply put, this inexpensive little tool is a big, powerful piece of hardware. No techno geek, computer nerd or long time power user with boxes full of long silent hard drives should be without this little gem. As for any IT guys who never know what they will run into on the job, it could be a lifesaver. The whole unit and all cables fit in a 4"x8"x2" box and weighs less than a Quarter Pounder with cheese. No excuse not to have one in your emergency computer repair kit.

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