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USB 2.0 to IDE / SATA Converter Cable

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Connects USB 2.0 port to SATA-based or IDE storage-device port
Access any 2.5 inch /3.5 inch/5.25 SATA or IDE drive through Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port
Compatible with any SATA or IDE drives of any brand or any size
Plug and Play. Hot swapping
Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista/Mac OS X (Driver ONLY necessary for Windows 98SE)

USB 2.0 to IDE / SATA Converter Cable

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The Hi-Speed USB 2.0 to Serial ATA (SATA) or IDE 2.5 and 3.5 Drive Adapter creates a bridge between one USB 1.1/2.0 port and one Serial ATA or SATA-based mass storage device port. The USB 2.0 to SATA and IDE 2.5 /3.5 Drive Adapter turns any SATA or IDE hard drive into a convenient external drive. Easily transfer files from computer or notebook, back up files, or store large file archives on hard drives. The Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface provides for easy installation with its Plug and Play design. The adapter supports all existing Serial ATA SATA and IDE drives 2.5 or 3.5 Features: * Access any 2.5 /3.5 '/5.25 SATA or IDE drive through Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port * Compatible with any SATA or IDE drives of any brand or any size * 2A AC power supply to ensure enough power for the most power-consuming drives * Plug and Play. Hot swapping * Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista/Mac OS X (Driver ONLY necessary for Windows 98SE). Specs: * USB 2.0 to Serial ATA (SATA) or IDE Cable * Connect any device with an SATA and IDE Interface to a PC with USB interface * Transfer rate supports 480Mb/sec * Complies with USB 2.0 standards * Backwards compatible to USB 1.1 standards * Complies with SERIAL ATA (ATA) and IDE * Supports SATA and enhanced SATA hard drives * Supports SATA CD-ROM/R/RW DVD-ROM etc. * External power adapter for SATA devices Product Requirements * Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP/Vista. Mac OS X * Available PCI slot/ * CD-ROM drive Package Contents: * SATA+IDE 2.5/3.5 to USB 2.0 Adapter with Auto Backup Button * 2A Power Supply with Power Cord * SATA Cable * SATA Power Cable for SATA HDD * One CD software Warranty: 1 year

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Item Weight

0.3 ounces

Shipping Weight

0.3 ounces

Manufacturer

Gateway

ASIN

B001Q4Z5KY

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27 customer reviews

3.8 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#23,554 in Industrial & Scientific > Industrial Electrical > Wiring & Connecting > Cables & Interconnects > USB Cables
#108,491 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Cables

Date first available at Amazon.com

January 19, 2009

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Did not work for me,but

ByOnlySon72on June 30, 2010

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Very fast shipping from the supplier. I received it in 2 and a half days. The connector did not have the back up button on it as described in the picture, but that was OK. I just wanted to see if I could get a desktop hard drive hooked up to my laptop so I could see if the hard drive was functioning. It did not work, but the hard drive I hooked up did suffer a catastrophic fall a couple of weeks ago, so I'm not going to be to quick to say the adapter did not work. The platters on the hard drive did not start spinning. There was only one power cable and I know I had it hooked up right, or maybe I didn't. Anyway, this is still a good tech tool to have in case I can use it for something else. I'll try it out again. I still think it was a good purchase.

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Does not work on older laptop hard drives - otherwise great.

ByC. Thomason August 11, 2010

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If you have a modern laptop or any kind of desktop, ignore this review - the product will work great for your use.

I tested this adapter on an IDE 2.5 hard drive and it did not work. The problem is a lack of power. IDE 2.5 drives get their power only from the IDE interface, no external power supply can be used. More expensive adapters use two USB ports, one for data and one just for extra power. This adapter only has one, and from the way the red "active" light flickered dimly it wasn't getting enough to power the laptop hard drive I extracted for the test.

Aside from that, this is a great little, cheap little product. Works fine for the IDE CD drives I tested, and will probably work well for IDE 3.5 hard drives and all manner of SATA drives... they all have a separate port for power, and this adapter comes with an external power supply to provide that power. Just don't get this for older (IDE) laptop hard drives. To tell which you have, pull the hard drive out of the laptop and look at the back. If it has a long double row of little pins with one pin missing close to the center of one of the rows, it is IDE. If it has what looks like a wider version of a USB port with a notch on one side, it is SATA and this adapter you are looking at will work.

If you do have an IDE 2.5 hard drive, what you need is to go back to Amazon search bar and look for "IDE 2.5 enclosure." For all other listed hard drives (IDE 3.5, SATA 2.5, SATA 3.5,) get this adapter you are looking at now, it is great for the price.

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Good for backing up data,formatting hard drives, and recovering data from old hard drives

ByDemetrios Vekrison March 24, 2010

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I bought this to format my hard drive on my computer because the display driver went bad and nothing showed on my screen. I ordered late on a Saturday so it took 24 hours for them to actually ship it and it took 1 day to get here(I payed for expedited 1-3day shipping) anyway everything is nice and neat in the box. You don't need to install the drivers from the cd if you have windows xp and up. I connected the sata cable to the hard drive and the adapter. Then I tried plugging the power adapter to the white side of the molex connector and it took about a minute to get it in because if you move the wires on the molex the pins also move but all u do is make the pins even and it will fit. The power adapter will have a green light and the hard drive will turn on if plugged in. For me took about a minute for it to work because it would show green for less than a second and then stop and repeated about 5 times. Then the hard drive turned on so I plugged in the USB to my working laptop and it shows a red led light on it to show it's on. Automatically installed adapter driver and Hard drive driver on vista 64 bit. I saved the files I wanted to my laptop and formatted the hard drive. Plugged the hard drive back into my computer and I freshly installed it with windows 7 ultimate. It was vista home premium before. To wrap this up it's a great product and it will be put to more use when I recover a dead hard drive and get pictures off my hard drive from my 1998 compaq computer!

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Did exactly what I needed it to do

Bybnicoleon February 10, 2011

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So, my computer crashed and I thought for sure I lost everything on the hard drive. I brought it to best buy and they said the data on the hard drive was still recoverable and tried to talk me into paying $100 for 9gb of my information to be copied. When I said no, they tried to sell me an expensive external hard drive enclosure. I then went online and found this device. I was able to take my hard drive out of my dead computer, plug it into this device and then plug it into my new laptop and all my information was copied over to the new computer with ease. It's just like copying pictures from a camera to the computer. The new computer shows you theres a device attached, you open the folder and BOOM .theres all your old files you thought you lost. It's great and WAY cheaper than having best buy (or any other computer store) copy your information. PLUS you are assured security in knowing noone stole info from your hard drive.

If you need data from a hard drive, BUY THIS THING! it's great. And super easy.

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Not For Everyone

ByJ. Batsonon November 20, 2010

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First and foremost, the adapter piece itself only _looks_ like the one shown on this page. There is no Backup Button, the IDE/SATA indicator arrows are on the underside instead of on top where everything else is. Looking past that, the first thing noticeable is that there's no instructions either on paper or a disc. Unless you know what you're doing or have someone who can help you, this isn't for you. I've limited computer knowledge that I've built up over the 10+ years so I managed to guesswork my way through it all, but I'm sure that there are other people who'll look at this literal bag of individually packaged items (yes that's how it arrived) and be scratching their heads. The one wire which isn't labeled so I've no clue what it's called (probably for SATA drives) actually looked as though it was cobbled together, as wires could easily be removed and put back in, so I can't even be sure it would've worked if I'd used that.

I actually haven't quite gotten it to work the way I want it to yet, but that's a technical issue I've already asked a friend to help with. Though that could have been alleviated by them including directions and proper usage material.