Unitek USB 3.0 to IDE and SATA Converter External Hard Drive Adapter Kit for Universal 2.5/3.5 HDD/SSD Hard Drive Disk, One Touch Backup Function, Included 12V/2A Power Adapter

The Unitek USB to IDE and Sata Converter is a life-saver! The device works perfectly and with zero complications to retrieve data from a hard drive--a task that might cost hundreds of dollars if performed professionally. What a great value! Caution: this device will not fix a hard drive that is itself damaged. It is for use if the hard drive is intact but the computer motherboard is damaged or fried and the computer will not boot. No instructions come with the Converter but they aren't really necessary. In order to make using the device easier, I recommend removing the hard drive from your desktop or laptop first. It's difficult if not impossible to attach the device to the hard drive if the drive is still installed in the computer. For a desktop, the removal of the drive is easy. Most desktop hard drives are mounted in a cage in the case. Simply detach the screws holding the cage to the case and then push down on a lever holding the cage to the case at the wall. The cage pops right out. There are many videos on YouTube that show how to do this. Takes about 30 seconds to accomplish. No need to remove the hard drive from the cage. Laptops can be a little more time-consuming. You probably will have to remove the back of the laptop--8 or 10 screws--to access the hard drive. Once it is exposed it simply needs to be disconnected and pulled out. Once you have the hard drive out, find the appropriate connector on the converter (there are 3 available) and plug it into the IDE or SATA port of the hard drive. Attach the power cord to the converter and plug it in. Turn on the power switch on the back of the converter. A blue light will go on. Now attach the included USB cable to the converter and plug the other end into a working computer. The old hard drive will show up on the working computer as a new external drive. Select it and it will open a File Explorer window. Generally, you will browse down to Users and find the user whose files are to be rescued. You will see all of the standard folders--Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Music--exactly as you would on the original computer's File Explorer. Copy and paste any or all folders or files you want to rescue to the new computer . That is all there is to it! I have even used the Unitek converter to transfer files from a Windows formatted hard drive to a Mac. Worked like a charm! Note that the Unitek website doesn't provide much help unless you are fluent in Korean. But documentation help is not really necessary. This is a really easy DIY project that will rescue your data and potentially save time, money and grief. Extremely simply and effective! So happy that I bought the Unitek converter!

Excellent product and very useful really recommended to recover information saved on old disks and damaged laptop hard drives

Giving it only 4 stars because it doesn't do 3.5 inch sata drives, it does to 3.5 inch IDE drives and it allowed me to recover songs and photos I thought I was never going to get back from a very old PC that crashed on me years ago. That's all I really needed it for so I'm glad I was capable of getting that back.

Works way better than the last one I bought from a different company. This one works well and doesn't disconnect randomly. It is easy to use and install. I use it all the time when I'm working on or testing hard drives. It is one of the better ones I have bought.

Works well and does fit/work with my older (non-sata) drives that I need to get data off of and later wipe for recycling. I haven't used the COPY function but looking forward to it later for cloning backup drives.

I purchased this back in 2020, and have used it three times in my small business. The first time was on a desktop that suddenly quit due to what Windows diagnostics reported as a "catastrophic disk failure." No on-board utilities were able to successfully complete a backup or recovery process, meaning everything saved on the hard drive was potentially lost. This device was quick and easy to use. I connected it directly to the SATA port on the problem drive, with an external hard drive connected to the device's USB port. Powered it up as instructed, and it was "plug and play" exactly as advertised. All of my folders and files were transferred from the "damaged" drive to the external unit in less than an hour -- which I then connected to the replacement computer and copied to that unit's hard drive. Additional Note: I did NOT use the software/CD provided with the device or utilize a computer in the process. I made a direct connection: damaged computer's hard drive input to this device and output to an external drive.) I used it again in the same way after a lightning strike fried not only a computer, but the UPS system it was plugged into. Same outcome -- this device allowed me to transfer all the files from dead computer to an external drive and then onto a new computer. I just used it this afternoon on another desktop computer (prompting this updated review). Same scenario as the first, and again, everything appears to have been transferred successfully. If you run a small business with multiple computers containing hard drives, and especially if you have a team member (or family member in your household) who isn't always all that diligent about creating backups, you might want to have one of these on hand just in case. (Sort of like a toilet plunger -- you hope you don't ever need it, but if you do, you want to already have it.)

Not sure who needs to hear this, but this device won’t detect locked IDE hard drives. You will need a 2.0 IDE adapter for something like that. Works great for other uses, though.

Worked as advertised. Since I only needed this device to be able to access data on old hard drives, I did not need to download any software updates before use. It was simply, plug-n-play; that is, plug the hard drives into it using the tools provided, then plug the device into the USB port on my computer and it started working. It started reading one hard drive almost immediately upon connection, and it transferred the data faster than I expected. Another hard drive took a minute or so longer. I had to disconnect that hard drive and then reconnect it and it worked. Sharing that information just in case it happens to someone else; don’t despair, just try again. Compatibility was not an issue; it worked. The bottom line is, the device worked better than I expected - since I was afraid it wouldn’t work with my old IDE hard drives. Because the device allows you access to your data, if you want to back that data up somewhere, you can. I simply moved the data I wanted to keep from the old hard drives and placed it on a newer drive connected to my computer - which can arguably be considered a backup. But no software updates/downloads were needed to perform any of these tasks. One note: the device is plastic (hard though), so if you’re a heavy handed person, just be mindful of how you connect/disconnect the drives. The device does NOT appear fragile but I mention that only because it is plastic so just be careful. I would recommend this device.

Funciona de maravilla, aunque no he probado la función de auto respaldo todavía. Lo que si me deja un poquito insatisfecho es que el material se siente un poquito delicado, entiendase, no es de uso rudo, hay que tratarlo con cuiado, pero tampoco es que se vaya a romper en cualquier momento.

it is a lifesaver works realy well recoverd lost photos and videos

My very old DELL Windows XP computer refused to start up, and I was convinced that all was lost. In a desperate last attempt, I decided to use this adapter kit to connect the IDE HD to my new Windows 11 computer via a USB cable. To my absolute amazement, the old hard drive that had been sitting idle on my counter sprang back to life. While I can't speak for the cloning feature since I haven't tried it yet, this adapter kit has proved to be nothing short of amazing. It has given my ancient hard drive a new lease on life and allowed me to access all the valuable data stored on it.

これ一台で殆どのHDDに対応してくれるので便利です

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