Product reviews44-pin Male IDE to SD Card Adapter B1f1 V5k6

Good for running small Linux distros.

Good for running lightweight Linux distro on 9-year old Acer laptop. I was able try to try out Tiny Core Linux on a 512MB SD card by substituting this adapter for the hard drive, whose contents I did not wish to disturb. Don't try to run Windows from SD card as it will run very slowly. You may see articles on the web that suggest that you can use very cheap IDE to CF card adapters for this, but I think the laptops that were used were very old, they probably ran Windows 95 or 98. I tried one of these, but my laptop's BIOS wouldn't recognise the CF adapter.Read full review...

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Looks like it's made well, but I can't get it to work.

Looks like it's made well, but I can't get it to work.
I Installed a Linux distro on an SD card, which I inserted into the IDE to SD adaptor and then put it in an older Packard Bell laptop instead of its IDE harddrive. The BIOS recognizes the IDE to SD adaptor, but flashes a warning because of the software version of the chip on the IDE to SD card adaptor (version 1.2), and doesn't do anything more. So I can't get it to work.
If anyone has any suggestions as to how I can get this IDE to SD card adaptor to work, please let me know...Read full review...

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Retro gaming on both laptop and desktop

Brilliant, Not only can I used it on a laptop, but bought a 2.5" IDE *Laptop* to 3.5" IDE *Desktop* adapter for it to use on my desktop retro build also. Ruining Dos and win 98 gaming from a sd is a joy.Read full review...

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Great way to rescue old but important PCs now that IDE hard drives are no longer readily available

Works perfectly, and with a half decent SD card it actually gives far better performance than the old IDE hard drive it replaced.

Even better, it works perfectly with a 64GB MicroSD card, despite saying it's limited to 32 GB cards.Read full review...

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Fantastic!

Bought a Korg D16 with a noisy 2Gb hard disk. This little miracle was the perfect replacement and has been trouble free with a 32Gb SD card. Very impressed!

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Wow!.. An excellent adaptor!

This SD card to IDE adapter is an absolutely perfect gadget to convert an older generation PC/Laptop or a portable hard drive audio player kicking & screaming into the 21st century!

Make no mistake, this gadget is about as good as they get. Adapter is a very high quality circuit board containing a controller chip which can be configured to load or boot windows / Linux etc. Limitations is that the SD card has to be 32gb. However I haven't tested bigger cards so they may or may not work with this unit. One thing though, if you purchase a class 10 SD card you might be surprised to get comparable or (higher) boot speeds than a standard IDE hard drive.

It's all about experimentation. Get ready to be blown away with almost SSD like speeds in whatever PC you are using.

You won't be disappointed with this adapter. Small enough in size, easily fits inside certain 'retro' style portable hard drive recorder/players from years back. Like I said, a top notch product!Read full review...

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Excellent alternative to CF card reader hard disk replacement.

Excellent alternative to CF card reader as hard disk replacement in old small computers and laptops.

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Great bit of kit

Well made works properly excellent product ! Works with TF534 Amiga IDE Interface

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good product

nice little ide to sd card reader

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It works just fine.

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