Review on 💻 SATA/IDE to USB 3.0 Adapter by Unitek - Universal 2.5"/3.5" IDE and SATA Hard Drive Adapter, Support up to 10TB by Noah Lewis

My friend has an old HP laptop with a corrupted BIOS and an old 2.5 inch IDE drive. She wanted photos from an old laptop, but with a corrupted bios, the machine wouldn't boot. and she (actually both of us) thought the pictures were long gone. Rather than wasting time flashing an old BIOS, I saw this adapter and thought I'd try using it to copy files from an old laptop. IDE hard drive. In short, it was fantastic. I was able to read the old IDE hard drive and after checking for viruses (there were a lot of them), I found their images and copied them to a big flash drive with no problem! Now I'm your digital hero! One important step: Disable indexing in the drive properties window as soon as it appears in Windows Explorer. Otherwise, Windows will spend a lot of time indexing files on this drive, and with unknown viruses, the indexing process may increase the risk of infecting your own machine. I do that immediately when I connect an external hard drive. The Maker User Guide states that three discs can be used simultaneously. SATA and two IDE pin configurations (2.5 and 3.5). I dug through a few old drives and tried it and in fact all three drives are mounted and Win10 gave them a free drive letter. I could work with them as if they were built into the car. So I spent several hours going through those old drives and finding files I thought I had lost forever. The adapter worked flawlessly, and even with three hard drives spinning, the included outlet seemed to provide ample power. I saw in another review or question that it doesn't work with USB 2.0 or 1.1. I tried it on a regular USB 2.0 port on one of my computers and it worked fine. As of this writing, I am using it to clone an old 3.5" SATA hard drive connected to this adapter to a new SSD on another. I had the SATA to USB adapter. Works perfectly. This is a very handy tool for those who play with their old hardware or work on other people's computers. I like it.