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For the price I love this. 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".
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. 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.
I also experienced read errors as suggested by a few other reviews. I'd suggest avoiding this adapter. 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. The same drives would spin up just fine without error directly connected to a SATA motherboard.
Was tricky at first to set it up. Great Product. They were quick but I was read other peoples reviews and tried plugging the power first. I wasn't willing to pay for data removal. Yes it is slow but I could work at my own pace.
Would not load OS Windows XP. Got this within a week from placing order. Asked customer service for help and got responses from 2 different techs. DD went through her files to choose what to keep and then reloaded to orignal factory settings. DD's net book crashed due to a virus.
DD does not back up but she WILL now. Worked like a charm.
There is nothing fancy about it, but it gets the job done. I bought this product to recover information from the hard drive of a broken computer, and it worked flawlessly. 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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