USB 2.0 to SATA or IDE 2.5-in, 3.5-in Converter Adapter

Product Details

New, Retail Box.
30 Days Warranty.

Buy the ultimate USB to SATA, IDE 2.5-in, IDE 3.5-in adapter. You don't need multiple adapters, when this is all that you need. This hi-speed USB 2.0 to Serial ATA (SATA) Drive and IDE Adapter prepares any Serial ATA (SATA) device (e.g. Hard Disk) or IDE device to be plugged into a USB 2.0 port on any Windows or Macintosh workstation. This is perfect for techies recovering data, moving large files to a different computer, or a quick way to add another hard drive to a system. The adapter supports all existing Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives or IDE drives. Save valuable time using this adapter instead of fiddling with messy enclosures. Order your USB to SATA/IDE adapter today!

Features:

• Access any 2.5-in, 3.5-in, or 5.25 Serial ATA or 2.5-in or 3.5-in IDE drive through the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port - Unlike IDE, a Serial ATA connector is the same design regardless of drive size
• Compatible with any IDE or SATA drive of any brand or size
• 2A AC power supply ensures power for the most power-hungry devices
• Plug N Play - easy hot swapping
• Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, or XP. Driver is only necessary for Windows 98SE.
• Mac OS Classic 8.6+, 9.x - StuffIt Driver File on CD - (requires StuffIt Expander to open)
• Mac OS 10.x (Jaguar, Panther, Tiger compatibility OK) - No drivers necessary.

• USB 2.0 to Serial ATA (SATA) or IDE Adapter Cable
• Connect any device with SATA to IDE interface to a PC with USB
• Real-world maximum sustained transfer rate is about 45 MB/s
• Backwards compatible with USB 1.1 standard, but not recommended due to slow transfer rate. Use USB 1.1 if it is your only option.

• SATA or IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter Converter Cable
• 2A Power Supply (100V to 240V Auto-Switching) and companion AC Cord
• We individually test each power supply to ensure the power supply is working before we make this product available for sale.
• Driver CD included for use with Windows 98SE only or Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x.
• 1 x Serial ATA data cable (1 feet long)
• 1 x 4-pin white molex to black Serial ATA (SATA) power cable (6 inches long)
• User's Guide - Download PDF here

• The power adapter does not light up with a green light. Make sure your AC cord is plugged in a working wall jack and power supply brick. If the green light still does not light, the power supply brick or AC cord is bad. Your wall jack may also be defective. Continue testing as best you can to isolate where the point of failure is (1. Wall jack, 2. AC Cord, or 3. Power supply brick).
  
• The power supply brick has a green light, but my 3.5-in hard drive is not powering up. Lay the hard drive on a flat surface. Press ON/OFF switch on the power supply brick once. Touch the hard drive on its side, if you feel the vibration of the hard drive spinning up, that means the switch is now turned ON.
  
• My SATA/IDE connector does not light up red. Make sure you connect the adapter to a USB 1.1/2.0 port while the computer is on. Unplug and re-plug the USB cable if the red light does not appear. You can also try a different USB port, if the first port does not work.
  
• My hard drive is not being recognized or not showing up in Explorer (Windows) or Desktop (Mac OS). Please allow a few seconds, even up to 30 seconds for the computer to mount the USB drive. After 30 seconds, go to My Computer (on Windows) or Finder (on Mac) to see if your drive mounted.
  
• I waited 30 seconds, but I still do not see the USB drive . If the drive is new (e.g. unformatted and unpartitioned), you will need to first use a Disk Manager (Windows - Start, Settings, Control Panel, Admin Tools, Disk Manager) or Disk Utility (Mac OS - Mac HD, Applications, Utilities, Disk Utility) to prepare the drive before it will appear on your computer.
  
• Where do I put the power plug for my 2.5-in IDE hard disk drive? A 2.5-in IDE drive will draw the required power from the USB port. You only need to connect the USB to SATA/IDE adapter to the 2.5-in IDE HDD.

Another picture this time a 250GB hard drive.

The same hard drive with a full 250GB partition. The iMac itself can not handle the 250GB drive, but using the adapter it recognized it perfectly.

Copy of some iTunes folder in progress. 1.25GB takes about 27 minutes using USB 1.1. Again, use USB 2.0 if you want better performance, and use USB 1.1 if it is the only USB port you have available.

Review by sunkim50 - 2006 Mar 26

Content: (1) SATA/ IDE to USB Adapter (1) 4-pin molex to SATA Power Adapter (1) Power Cable (1) Serial ATA Cable (1) Driver CD (1) Instruction Manual First Impressions: I have been using this adapter for a couple of days now testing out multiple hard drives to see if they are good or defective. This adapter really saves you the hassle of connecting up the IDE cable that is in your system onto the hard drive. If you need to quickly hook up a hard drive to copy files for a friend or offload files from another hard drive, then this adapter is really cool. The adapter itself can hook up an 80 pin IDE hard drive, a SATA hard drive, and also I think maybe a 2.5 notebook hard drive. I am not 100% sure but the connector is a little smaller than the 80-pin IDE connector. The one other thing I like aboutt this adapter is the fact that it has a POWER ON/OFF button on the power cable which lets you power off the hard drive. Some other adapter don't have a power switch and just power up when you plug in the power adapter into the wall. There were a couple of things I didn't like about the adapter. First thing is that if you have multiple hard drives and keep swapping out hard drives while Windows is running it may not detect the hard drive and a windows restart might need to take place. Another thing is that the hard drive itself is exposed and really has no protection from anything, so make sure it is in a safe and static free place while testing. Likes: - Saves some time if you have multiple hard drives that you need to test - Power ON/OFF switch on the power adapter - Multiple interfaces including IDE and SATA Dislikes: - When using the cable the hard drive is exposed

Other Reviews of this Product:

• http://www.bonafidereviews.com/article.php?id=149
  
• http://www.barrys-rigs-n-reviews.com/reviews/2006/hardware/sata-ide/sata-ide.htm
  
• http://usb.brando.com.hk/file/man01apr06021.pdf - Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader
  
• http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/brando_usb_2_0_to_sata_ide_cable
  
• http://www.overclockers.com.au/article.php?id=457812

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Comments

TekGems :

Posted 913 days ago

It is possible you are trying to fit the 3.5-in adapter portion on to the laptop drive. If you look at a laptop drive (label side up, pins facing you), you will see 43 pins starting the from the left side. You want to use the adapter part that has the 43-pins. Please use the missing pin to orient the adapter to the drive. Make sure you insert the adapter straight in so the pins do not bend. Never force the adapter in to the drive as you could bent pins or potentially damage the contents of the laptop drive.

TekGems :

Posted 794 days ago

Yes, this product is designed to work in Windows XP - no problem.

Ricardo :

Posted 790 days ago

Can this cable be used with Linux?

Jakob :

Posted 752 days ago

Really nice. Even reads some defective drives and is twice as fast as my other external drive. (both usb2.0)
But what is the "HX-IDE-K" adapter / thing that was in the package?

Randy Bell :

Posted 749 days ago

Just installed a 60-gig hitachi travelstar (sata) drive onto my wife's PC using this, works fine ..

shamsul nazriq bin supaat :

Posted 660 days ago

i bought this product yesterday. my problem is cannot use this cable because my labtop operating system is windows vista. can you give me the driver suitable for windows vista.

TekGems :

Posted 659 days ago

A little over 1 lbs.

Farbod :

Posted 568 days ago

There is no problem when i use IDE but when i plug my SATA Disk the disk is recognized by PC (XP) but not listed in my Computer, I think A driver is neede? (my disk is not raw)

TekGems :

Posted 561 days ago

If the SATA hard drive is not being recognized in My Computer, please go to Admin Tool, Computer Management, Disk Management. In Disk Management, you should see your SATA hard drive "mounted" in Windows. If it has not been formatted and assigned a drive letter, it will not appear in My Computer. If you know the drive is working, is formatted for Windows, and has a drive letter assigned to it -- the drive is either defective, the SATA data cable is bad, or the SATA portion of the adapter cable is defective. You can test by replacing the various parts with a tested cable. If you purchased the product from us, you can get in touch with us for a replacement if your purchase is within the warranty period.

John :

Posted 557 days ago

Hi,
I had this product and it's working great with my 3.5" drive. But i wonder had anyone tried this with 2.5" SATA Harddrive?
I saw this power supply capable to supply 5V and 12V. I dare not to try cause 2.5" SATA only required 5V supply.
I'm greatly appreciate if someone can tell me is this product compatible with 2.5" SATA and how to used it.
Thanks TechTeam

TekGems :

Posted 557 days ago

It works perfectly with 2.5 inch SATA drives.

joly :

Posted 536 days ago

I bought this to use on a WD My Book 500 that had died. (NTFS formatted >> Using Vista). The cable worked as advertised - the drive showed up. But it showed up as blank/unformatted. Fortunately I have R-Studio NTFS installed - that was able to see and recover all the files.

kamarudin :

Posted 527 days ago

good product and serve me in almost all occasion. even work on win98

Reed :

Posted 478 days ago

Hello, a quick question before i decide to purchase the adapter. does it work with windows vista? i have had nothing but driver issues with vista's plug n play. also i'm attempting to recover data from a failed western digital external hdd without the enclosure, would i be able to use this adapter on a laptop or will i need a desktop?
thank you

Dave :

Posted 461 days ago

Hi
Can you confirm this product will work with Australian Power Supply eg is the power adaptor able to plug in and or convert the power supply interface ? Also I only need to retrive a IDE Hard disk at the moment is the power supply required for that task ?

TekGems :

Posted 459 days ago

2.5-inch can retrieve power from the USB port. 3.5-inch would require power from your power supply or if you use the included AC adapter, you would need to change the tip. The power brick is international (it'll say on the label that is can do 110-240). Thanks.

Tim :

Posted 457 days ago

Is there any size limit to this cable? Has anyone tried using a 1.5 TB hard drive?

Tom Boron :

Posted 389 days ago

Your adapter works very well on Sata and 3.5 inch drives but I'm trying to clone a 20gig 2.5 inch drive and the drive won't spin up with your adapter. I need to use a seperate 2.5 to 3.5 adapter to make it look like a 3.5 inch drive with seperate power. Then it works fine. Do I have a bad adapter? According to this website, I should get enough power from the USB, but that's happening.
Tom Boron
IT Director
St. Croix County

TekGems :

Posted 389 days ago

Some 2.5 inch drives may have issues since USB ports may not deliver enough power due to disk power requirement or the power output from the USB port. Your work around with the 2.5 to 3.5 adapter is a good one.

Raj :

Posted 385 days ago

I need to transfer files from laptop presario V6171CL (SATA) to desktop (IDE). Will this product do the job?

george :

Posted 308 days ago

can you help me? i have a win Vista? do you have drivers for this?

Florin :

Posted 294 days ago

do you have drivers for XP.pls help

Nelson González :

Posted 289 days ago

I need dirver for my laptop operating system, i have win vista. Thanks a lot.

Rong :

Posted 286 days ago

I want dirver for my laptop OS, I have win vista. Thanks so much.

Samm_73 :

Posted 275 days ago

I have vista ultimate 32Bits on my laptop and vista home premium 64 on my desktop neither one nor the other recognices the cable do you have the vista drivers??????

SATA :

Posted 270 days ago

Hi, where can we get a vista driver? the cable wont work with this kind of system...
Thank you

pepo9_2004 :

Posted 270 days ago

thanks

pepo9_2004 :

Posted 270 days ago

thanks

raj :

Posted 264 days ago

Sir,
I don't h'v driver for winxp ,pls help. thnx in advance
More over please guide me how to connect power socket to this IDE device ?

russell nastasi :

Posted 260 days ago

hi i am wondering if this product works with vista and if so where do i get the drivers as my system isnt showing it up

Ian :

Posted 258 days ago

OK I'm not getting a power light on the adapter, but I can't see an ON switch? Am I being blind...?

jkmbaum :

Posted 240 days ago

i need drivers for my laptop vista.

TROY MICK :

Posted 237 days ago

I also need Vista drivers for my USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE converter

zack :

Posted 233 days ago

I have tried all the necessary steps in the above mentioned forum and still cannot get the device to display. Light is working on device, hard drive is powered on, but my Vista Laptop isn't picking it up. Any suggestions on this problem that alot people are having. Please.

Frank Lukowski :

Posted 232 days ago

What is the maximum GB drive this system can handle? Is there a limit?

TekGems :

Posted 221 days ago

Will the BIOS detect it? Sometimes, it depends if your BIOS supports USB hard drives. I can, for example, perform a chkdsk for a USB drive designated with a drive letter. But not all BIOS can support USB hard drives.

TK :

Posted 145 days ago

As above, with Vista 32 and 64, no read is seen in Admin Disk Mgmt ( run as Admin ) or in Win Explorer. Driver disk confusing and I have a telephone SIM card on Desktop (?). Unable to make direct registry entry with the Win Vista folder.
Please send a proper driver and any other information. Other than that, nice product (?)

roy mercer :

Posted 129 days ago

powers up just fine can hear the drive spinning says on screen that is ready to use but when i go to my computor to look at the drive it is not there? this is not a new drive i am trying to look at it is a 160 segate 7200 ide. any help would be nice!

TekGems :

Posted 129 days ago

Go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, Admin Tools, Disk Management. The drive letter may need to be re-assigned or may need to be partitioned so it is recognized in Windows.

jim byrne :

Posted 113 days ago

We just hooked this up to a mac mini and it won't show the drive. We have the power cord hooked up. The drive is set as master. The USB cord is connected. We re booted multiple times, and the mac mini doesn't show anything. The drivers wouldn't load as we are running osx 10.5.7.
Help!!!

Jim Byrne :

Posted 113 days ago

More info. The external hard drive won't spin with only the usb connected. I need to connect the power supply. When I connect the power supply - the red light on the ide cable goes out. When I turn the power supply off - the red light comes on - but the hard drive stops spinning. I have the same results on a mac and on an XP based pc.

TekGEms :

Posted 112 days ago

Whatever setting you use, make sure there is power going to the hard drive. IF your hard drive is not being detected, you may need to partition it first if that has not been done already. I believe on Macs there's a program called Disk First Aid - or there is some sort of disk manager under System Preferences.

Al :

Posted 103 days ago

have a 3.5-inch maxtor hdd (two partitions with respective drive letters) that works fine as internal hdd in win xp. when i took it out, plug into this converter with power supply etc to be used as ext hdd, it can be seen under disk management but not under 'my computer'. can you please tell me how let the desktop detect the 3.5-inch hdd as external hdd? thanx!

TekGems :

Posted 102 days ago

The drive letter may need to be changed, or the product is defective.

brendan :

Posted 101 days ago

i'm using a 80gig seagate hdd with product when i plug into my laptop (windows vista) its says device not recognised. when i go into computer management it only appears as an unknown device in the usb controllers and says that there are no drivers installed for this device. is it possible to get the vista drivers for this product and where from??

Bronc :

Posted 101 days ago

Buy this product...had it for many months now, works perfectly....never a problem always ready to go....

Jorge V. :

Posted 65 days ago

I don't have the drivers CD.
Where can I find the driver for Windows 98?
Please let me know or email it.
Thanks.

Dirk Lotter :

Posted 62 days ago

It dosent in stall any of my two 2.5 pata hard drives in vista. under disk managemend it shows disk1 unknown unreadable Please help

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