Multibao SATA IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter, USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Converter Cable HDD for 2.5''/3.5'' Hard Drive CDRW DVDRW CD Rom, DVD Rom Cable

This is exactly what it says! Nothing fancy and does the job. It's USB 2 but to recover data and copy files, that's fine. Wouldn't say this is for permanent or long-term use, ie as a 'working drive' but perfectly suited to help with backups and data recovery, etc. Build quality is OK but could benefit from putting a 'Pin Number 1' marker on the connection to help you identify which is the right way around. Cable length is OK and suitable for the job. All round, a decent product.

Bought one of these a few years ago which has helped recover data on several occasions from hdds in broken PCs. Tried to use it again the other day but for some reason it overheated and refused to work. But as so cheap I bought another which has once again worked as expected and recovered data from a couple of old hdds. However in view of the likIihood of failure as above I would not use it as a solution for a permanent connection.

Had a few IDE disc drives to check out before disposal. Works okay but a bit flaky causing the drive to go off line. I wouldn't trust it for accessing disc drives on a daily basis or much at all really. For just over six quid worth the peace of mind.

Presume the item is good. Not sure if it works yet as it didn't come with any power for my old hard drive. Its not just plug in and work. Being a novice to external hard drive sources I wasnt aware it was just the data connection with no power

I'm on a mission to organise and back up all my data. I have terabytes of it, all over the place across various HDDs, SSDs, memory sticks and flash memory cards. I had an old Maxtor external 2.5" HDD, the controller for which wasn't supported by Windows 10. I bought this and it met my expectations brilliantly. I recovered photos from a family holiday 14 years ago which I thought had been lost forever, along with horrendous photos from my teenage years through my early twenties. It powers the 2.5" drives through USB, anything larger will require a MOLEX or SATA power supply. It is plug and play, at least on Windows, so no messing about with drivers. Yes, it's cheap and plasticky, and it probably won't last for a long time, but it has done the job and made my day.

I used the cable to clone an old IDE hard drive to a MSATA III 256GB SSD Internal Solid State Drive via a GINTOOYUN IDE Hard Drive Enclosure. The only thing I would say to remember is that if you are using a fresh SSD that it is more than likely "unallocated" so you have to use the "Disk Management" tool to view/format the drive. Worked perfectly for me.

This converter worked perfectly for me I had quite a few old hard drives hanging around with stuff from years ago still on them. All the old laptop 2.5 inch IDE hard drives worked great and were powered by the converter, obviously the 5.5 inch drives needed external power via molex connectors and also the old sata drives needed power too. But if you've got an old psu hanging around this is the ideal solution for you.

During a house clearout I found an old laptop hard drive, containing university work including my dissertation. With it being an IDE drive, it wasn't possible to plug into modern PC ports. This converter unit came to the rescue. Be aware ,the SATA port is an input, not an output. And the USB is limtied to USB 2.0 speed. But in the event, it didn't take that long to pull out the files.