Very handy item | Sabrent USB-DSC5 Serial ATA or IDE 2.5-/3.5-Inch to USB 2.0 Cable Converter Adapter with...

A useful little thing | Sabrent USB-DSC5 Serial ATA or IDE 2.5-/3.5-Inch to USB 2.0 Cable Converter Adapter with Power Supply

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	• Sabrent USB-DSC5 Serial ATA or IDE 2.5-/3.5-Inch to USB 2.0 Cable Converter Adapter with Power Supply SABRENT SABRENT average customer review:based on 42 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Works like a charm.

This required no installation, finagling, or bloodshed to use. I plugged it in and it worked beautifully.

For reference, I use Windows XP on a 2.8gHz dual-core pentium desktop. Nothing fancy.

Very handy item

I have a lot of hard drives from old computers and this makes it very easy to see what's on them. Also, these drives are perfect for storing backups. This interface is very easy to use and has adapters for SATA drives. I would recommend this device.

A useful little thing

Does it look good? No. Is it a mess of wire on your otherwise pristine desk? Yes. But it works, well at that, and is incredibly easy to set up.

A (very) low-cost alternative to a pre-built external hard drive (especially if you happen to have a hard drive from a junked computer lying around like I did) or to be used to run defrag/rescue operations on a suspect hard drive from a known-to-be-good computer, you can't beat its usefulness for the price. Good luck trying to fit it in with your decor, though :)

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worked as described

This adapter worked well and as described. What more could you want? It is not pretty but it is functional. The power supply is necessary unless you are using lap top drives. The directions need to be more inclusive. Western Digital HDs must have jumpers set at cs but that information is available on line at these reviews. It is adaptable for all the hard drives I tried including IDE,ADA & sata and I am not particularly skilled. If you have an old drive you want to wipe and or use as an external drive It works perfectly. With the availability of cheap thumb drives up to 8 gig for backup and transfer of information, this is much more useful as a way to check and repair drive problems than carrying it back and forth to your office. If you need more drive space and have the ability, installing a permenant drive is better. It does what it was supposed to do effectively and inexpensively. If you want beauth, pay $80.

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Works really good

The device works amazing, i used it to recover the information form my laptop SATA hard drive, i just plug it with the usb and it worked, i took a while (iguess because of the size of my HD), but worked great.
I carefully took the time to read a lot of reviews from similar devices, and even when this was a few bucks more expensive, it is worth it. So i agree with most of the people that have reviewed, Its a good buy.

USB 2.0 to IDE/SATA Cable Adapter 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"

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