Header banner
Revain logoHome Page
Charles Osguthorpe photo
Georgia
1 Level
688 Review
45 Karma

Review on πŸ”Œ SATA/IDE to USB 3.0 Adapter: FIDECO Universal Hard Drive Adapter Cable for 2.5/3.5 inch SATA HDD/SSD & IDE HDD with 12V/2A Power Adapter by Charles Osguthorpe

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Very Useful Hard Drive Enclosure

I put some old hard drives in this little tool and it did a great job. I had a stack of old laptop hard drives (both SATA and IDE) that I didn't want to throw away without checking the contents. With this little device I was able to easily connect them all one by one to my desktop and they mounted straight away. I would then use Minitool to remove and clean up the partitions. Then discard. I wish it came with a small carrying case, but I'll just use a shipping box that's a little bigger than I wanted. It was so easy and so quick to wash. This is a very useful tool that should be in every PC professional's tool kit simply because of the wide range of hard drives supported (SATA, IDE for desktops and IDE for laptops). I didn't need an additional power supply for the laptop IDE, but for the desktop IDE there is a small 4-pin Molex power cable that fits. It's really a versatile tool for disk access. Highly recommended.

Pros
  • Pulg & Play: Plug and Play and hot-swap support, on/off switch to protect hard drives. Tips: Some IDE hard drives are obsolete, you need to put a jumper to enable the drive (set master drive and slave drive).
Cons
  • Fits