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I have an external box that will read EIDE devices but this data EIDE, SATA, and 2.5" IDE devices. Imagine you never get any work done because you need to shut down your computer to install a drive that needs to be backed up for a friend. This happened a lot for me, now I have this and I don't have to shutdown anymore. So far I've only used it on SATA drives either 3.5 or 2.5". For the price I love this.
2.5" drives plug in directly. I bought this adapter to recover the files from my girlfriend's dying laptop hard drive. I had used similar models in the past, but the Sabrent stood out with its additional power supply input for 2.5" models.Installation was easy enough: unpack and plug things in to the right places. I plugged it in to my Linux machine and it worked out of the box; same with my Windows and Mac machines. Turns out it was a good thing I got the additional power input: the laptop drive I needed to recover required more power than was provided by just the USB adapter to run correctly.All in all, a solid product that works as advertised.
I tried using this with several hard drives and frequently had difficulty having the drive recognized by the host computer, plugging and unplugging USB and SATA connections while holding my breath was not my idea of fun. I also experienced read errors as suggested by a few other reviews. The same drives would spin up just fine without error directly connected to a SATA motherboard. I'd suggest avoiding this adapter.
DD's net book crashed due to a virus. Asked customer service for help and got responses from 2 different techs. Worked like a charm. I wasn't willing to pay for data removal. DD went through her files to choose what to keep and then reloaded to orignal factory settings. DD does not back up but she WILL now. Would not load OS Windows XP. They were quick but I was read other peoples reviews and tried plugging the power first.
Got this within a week from placing order. Was tricky at first to set it up. Yes it is slow but I could work at my own pace. Great Product.
I bought this product to recover information from the hard drive of a broken computer, and it worked flawlessly. There is nothing fancy about it, but it gets the job done. An alternative solution is using an external hard drive case, which, for SATA drives would probably be cheaper.Note: If recovering your data is time sensitive, DO NOT use super-saver shipping.
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