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For such a simple inexpensive device, it works. A bit clunky, lacking clear instructions, some hardware knowledge required to get working. It seems the power up sequence is a bit tricky, sometimes requiring more than one try. Jumper settings on drive may require changing. Cable select setting does not work. Both MASTER and Slave drive settings appear to work. After some tinkering I was able to access several old hard-drives and recovered much data i thought lost. So far I've only used it successfully on IDE. In summation, for under ten dollars, you might be able to recover data from a dead computer without expensive data recovery or computer repair on an old unit you've already replaced. Recommended for users with moderate technical knowledge.
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I have several of these cables. I find that I can use the IDE cable one time. But if you are trying to recover pictures or other important information off of and old drive these are worth the money. I was able to recover pictures from a Win Me ( fat 32 ) drive and others. Of course they will work with any IDE drive and I did use it one time with a satat drive also. Like I said these cables are good for a ONE time use. You must have everything read to go before plugging in the USB cable. This includes having the Power cable plugged into the hard drive and your PC running. This is the only way I can get this to work. After I power down the IDE cable will not work again. The power supply keeps on going no problem there.
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After reading numerous reviews of this item that say it's fragile or it only works one time before the pins break, etc..,I was excepting to be disappointed. But maybe I got a good one from the batch I don't know, but I've used it without issue on multiple 2.5s and 3.5. both SATA and IDE. I love this thing. It arrived missing one of the four female pin jackets in the molex to SATA cable, and I thought, oh no, here we go. But it hasn't made any noticeable difference in usability. I've been using this adapter daily for almost a week, and I love it. If course, I am gently with it and make sure I an lining the pins up in the correct way, but I'd expect to do the same. I highly recommend this product because at that price, even if it turned out to be a rock, I wouldn't cry a river...probabltnjustva tiny puddle because I was to get these hard drives processed asap. With this adapter, that is exactly what I'm doing.Read full review
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It works fine so far. I have had a problem but it may be my glued up hard drive. It's not the greatest quality, but is in line with the price and for temporary and occasional use its acceptable. The "yes" to "is it good quality" is qualified with "for the price".The power connector is a little too cheap and I had to wiggle the metal connectors inside to get it to go over the pins. For my current use I would buy it again.
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I got two these and used them to update the storage space on my TiVo. Installed fast and easy to setup. Price was right as well. Should be able to use this for doing backups with older IDE drive I have laying around.
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This device works great! My old desktop PC recently failed and wouldn't even boot. I bought a new PC but needed to recover all my files from the hard drive of my old dead PC. I removed the hard drive from the old computer (pretty simple to do) and connected it up to my new PC using the USB cable that comes with this device. It was simple, easy (just plug in the USB cable), and works like a charm. The new PC immediately recognized my old hard drive and showed me all of my files, allowing me to recover virtually everything on the hard drive. I highly recommend this product, especially if your computer dies and you want an easy way to recover files from its hard drive.
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Finally a very reasonable harness to use to test an internal disk drive or a CD or DVD player. Just the "basics". You don't need to spend twice or three-times the price for an external case just to get to the basic pieces. I haven't used it enough to see if the pins in the Molex connector are tight enough and don't get loose, so keep an eye on that.
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If you're a tech nerd like me than this product is for you. It has all you need to hookup an IDE/SATA drive to your USB port and it's all very easy. Why take your computer apart just to connect your drive to your motherboard? What if that drive has issues of some sort, you may just mess up your bios settings or worse. If you need to test your drive, format it, etc., and your OS can detect and use USB devices then just plug it in and save yourself from what could be a major headache. Like I said, it's quick and easy. I've already tried it, I use it often and I love it.
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This is definitely the way to go with these convenient connections; simple and does the EXACT same thing a more "complex" (looking), or fancy name-brand :-) Get this instead and save your money.
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The cable adapters work perfectly well and adapt my old IDE hard drive to a new laptop or desk top computer via the USB3 port. The box says USB2 but USB3 will also handle older USB connectivity. Everything on the hard drive is now reachable but I need Windows XP to be able to read the data on the hard drive. I need to download Windows 7 to a laptop that was originally Windows 7 but is now Windows 10. Once I have Windows 7 on that laptop I can download Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 so that I can actually read the files and run the apps from the old hard drive. I'll see how that works. I had the old xp computer out in the garage for nearly three years and haven't used it for two years, so of course the mother board went bad and my Flight Simulator yoke froze up totally and pedals are loose enough but not properly responsive. The weather here is extremely damp and being very close to the ocean the air is totally corrosive. PatrickRead full review
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