USB 3.0 to SATA IDE Adapter, Hard Drive Reader External Ultra Recovery Converter Compatible with 2.5" 3.5" HDD, SSD,5.25-inch DVD/CD-ROM Optical Drive Data Transfer with Power Supply

Didn't know exaclty how I'd like this adapter when I ordered it. But I decided to try using an old PATA DVD Rom drive I had laying around on my Windows 11 laptop. Worked instantly after I plugged everything in and turned the toggle switch on the adapter. Tried a DVD with VLC and played no problems. I have a SATA Doc. But this adapter will allow me to check and verify what if any data I have on a bunch of IDE hard drives I have laying around. I was a little surprised I didn't need to bother to find an old IDE cable I had laying around. It will only attach to one device at a time. But it works. And for that I'm happy.

This adapter saved me during a tech emergency. It connected old hard drives quickly and transferred files without a hitch. Setup was simple, and the speed was impressive. I used it to recover party photos and costume designs from an old laptop. A must-have for tech-savvy organizers or anyone with legacy drives.

First and most important I was able to fire up and move the data off a very old IBM Travelstar (July 2002) 40GB ATA/IDE drive. So, from that point of view, worth every penny. On my Win 11 HP tower, the OS reports the USB device is not supported or the USB device is not recognized. Moving it to another USB port would work. Did not spend too much time on this, but in three sessions, was the same each time regardless of the port I started with. Makes me worry that it may not work in the future.

Great item. Did not think it would work, but it worked like a charm.

Excellent! My desktop stopped working. I believed all my pictures were gone. I removed my Hargrove from the desktop and used this to recovered all my pictures using a laptop. It didn’t ask for any keys, codes, or security info. Easy to plug in and retrieve info. I flashed hard drive and now use it to backup my pictures

Works as intended. Helped me recover all the data off the hard drive of a dead computer that would no longer power on

I purchased this because I wanted a 16x external optical drive that was stable and reliable and needed an interface. I tried this product with two different known-good SATA drives and it failed miserably. It would make the original USB connection and start running normally, then it would periodically disconnect/reconnect USB. I switched to the Unitek equivalent for SATA drives and it's working just fine. I don't know if this is just with optical drives or other devices have the same issue. Their documentation said it should work, but even with the power supply connected it is very unstable.

Transfer speeds a little slow, but it does the job.

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Even the product is 3.0 but speed is not upto the mark Working as 2.0 and few 3.5" HDD CONNECTIVITY Issues

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Have an orphaned hard drive and wonder what's on it? Get this adapter and plug any hard drive into your USB port on any other computer so that you can read and write to that old hard drive or even erase everything before you send it to the dump. I used it to recover old photos I had long forgotten. Then I erased the old hard drive contents and dropped it off at my local Electronics recycling station.

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