Vantec CB-ISATAU2 SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter Supports 2.5-Inch, 3.5-Inch, 5.25-Inch Hard Disk Drives (Black)

I ran two TRANSFER TESTS using my five-year-old PC Seagate Barracuda 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (I threw away the PC today finally). I "plugged in" the hard drive using this product to my Dell Inspiron 1545 running Win 7 Ultimate x64, Dual Core T4400 @ 2.2GHz, 3gb RAM. Test 1: 3gb from laptop to hard drive: 3mins. Speed: 20-22MB/s. 3gb from hard drive to laptop: 2:10mins. Speed: 22MB/s-26MB/s. Test 2: 3gb from laptop to hard drive: 2:38mins. speed: 21MB/s-24MB/s. 3gb from hard drive to laptop: 2:10mins. Speed 22Mb/s-26mb/S. Things to know about this awesome product: 1) The adapter comes with an ON/OFF switch. This is really nice because it allows you to leave the hard drive connected to your other computer but you can choose to leave it ON or OFF!! 2) Remember to always use the built-in feature of your OS to eject/unmount the hard drive before physically disconnecting it. This will prevent anything bad from happening. 3) In my case, it was "plug & play." Super easy. Took me 1-2 minutes. I didn't have to do anything whatsoever besides connecting the cables. My computer immediately detected it and I was able to immediately access my files. 4) This looks like a very SAFE device to use. I checked other products on Amazon and some people said their drives got fried. This product let me tell you it looks and feels very safe. The way everything is connected. Very happy with this! If your hard drive gets too hot then get a big fan and give it air or just stop using it for a few minutes. I highly recommend this product. UPDATE 6/21/12: I'm still extremely satisfied with this product. I use it a lot with my two super old SATA hdd and IDE hdd. Transfer speeds are great and I feel very safe with I connect my HDDs to this device. I still love the ON/OFF switch because after I eject an HDD (using windows) I can turn the hdd off and leave it plugged in, so if I want to use it again I just have to turn the switch ON and windows will recognize it again. Very neat!

Works good. Very small. Tested on an IDE, 2 SATA.

I've been looking at these USB to everything drive adapters for quite a while now, and I finally decided to get one. Wow, this thing rocks! I should have got one years ago! So easy to use, and so useful. In the past I'd just disassemble one of my external drives to use the interface, but this is so much easier. Only had it a few days, but so far I've used to to dump data from old "spare" hard drives and to install Linux on my new Acer Netbook (just grabbed an old DVD drive I had in the closet and hooked it up. The Netbook booted from the drive and installed Linux with no trouble). I've also tested it with a new Blu-ray/DVD burner combo drive using the SATA interface. The Netbook was also able to boot from that drive and burn discs perfectly. Obviously this is not a solution for permanent installations. This is for "techy" types who have the need to hook up a variety of different drives temporarily to format, recover data, secure erase, remove viruses, etc... This Vantec unit has 2 major parts. The interface itself, which has a standard desktop 3.5/5.25 EIDE/PATA interface, the smaller interface used by EIDE/PATA notebook drives, and a standard SATA data connector (SATA data cable included). The 2nd piece is the power "brick" which (conveniently) uses a regular computer type AC cord and has the standard 4-pin Molex power plug with a SATA power adapter. The interface has an attached USB cable that is just under 3 feet long (34 inches), which seems just about right. Long enough to reach the back of a computer if needed, but not so long that you're tripping over it when you don't need the length. All in all I'm very happy with my purchase. The device works great, and Amazon's price and shipping were awesome, as always!

Good alternative to Enclosures. The cable quality is a bit cheaper and simpler (either with that price). It is easy to assemble and use (but not result contains instructions as necessary). Cons: - Very sectioned, many parts. They were able to find something that connects two or three, but they are 6 parts to connect! - Quality of supply and cables. Pros: - Price - Overall Size (box packed). - Contains SATA cables - Connected can be Off or On If you have little money, and it takes something easy, I recommend it. In a couple of months (2 approx.) Have used it 3 times and all good. ------------------------------------------------ Buena alternativa a Enclosures. La calidad de los cables es un poco barata y simple (cualquiera, con ese precio). Resulta fácil de armar y utilizar (contiene instrucciones pero no resultarán tan necesarias). Cons: - Muy seccionado, muchas partes. Pudieron dar con algo que se conecte 2 o tres, ¡pero son 6 partes a conectar! - Calidad de fuente y Cables. Pros: - Precio - Tamaño total (caja, empacado). - Contiene cables SATA - Conectado se puede Apagar o Encender Si se cuenta con poco dinero, y se requiere algo fácil, lo recomiendo. En un par de meses (2 aprox.) lo he utilizado 3 veces y todo bien.

I bought this product because I was not prepared to put out 100.00 to have a computer shop do it for me.I am not a real computer savvy person and I felt that it was cool to have some thing more than my hard drive info after all was done. Got what I was after plus some pictures I had forgot about.This product worked fine for me.I had a 2.5 inch IDE hard drive from a old Dell laptop that packed it in and I did not relize that there was a adapter over the pin bar on the hard drive.A fellow at Staples set me straight on it and all was good..Just pulled it off.And it fit right into the reader..Cheers

I bought this to use on my 3.5" drive, but I wasnt able to use it. One - the power output was too high for my 2TB WD Caviar Green drive and so smoke started appearing from the HDD while using it. I dont know if I damaged by HDD yet, but the lack of power control is a serious issue with this. MOdern HDD's are quite efficient, so utility of this is questionable without power control. The cables are also delicate to touch and need to be handled very carefully. Overall, not an easy experience and not what was expected.

Had to pick this unit up to transfer some old hard drive data to newer, modern drives. Even helped some people out in recovering data from laptop drives, where the drive was fine, but the laptops suffered various board/power failures. As others have mentioned, this thing works in a pinch. Does what it's meant to do, no fuss, no fluff. Did not experience issues with drive detection or interruptions in transfers. The whole power brick is a bit inconvenient, but it's nothing to raise a real complaint about. I didn't expect a fantastic price, but it was fair considering I had no headaches using the unit.

When I ordered this product, it was because I had to recover documents, music, etc from a hard drive from my old vista machine, which had gone RIP due to blown capacitors on the motherboard. When I plugged it in, it worked like a charm, no installs needed. It treats the HD as if the drive is in the computer as well. I'd recommend it to anyone who has a working HD and needs info from it, because it will definitely work well. I work in IT, and it's saved my butt on almost every drive on which I've tried it. Pros: No software installs needed, easy to set up Con: The only thing I'd change on this product would be to make the SATA cable longer, but that's just a minor quibble.

Trop fragile et mal concu et trop dispendieux pour la qualite du produit domage...mais fonctinne bien.