Hot!! IDE TO USB 2.0 DRIVE 2.5"/3.5"/5.25" ADAPTER PC/MAC $15 shipped

[baddbulldog]

Credit goes to Ben's Bargains. Great price for a USB 2.0 external adapter $15 shipped

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Key selling bullets:
Compliant with USB 2.0 & USB 1.1
Drive Support: 2.5" & 3.5" & 5.25" (with converter - included) EIDE drives.
Connectors: USB A port to IDC 40-pin female for 3.5" ide hard drive or 5.25" ide drives
Supports various kinds of ATA /ATAPI based mass storage device port.
USB 2.0 High Speed (480Mbit) and Full speed (12Mbit) Support
Support Self-Power modes
Consume low electricity
Supports USB Suspend/Resume Wake-up ability
Supports plug & play specification
64/512 bytes Data Payload for full high speed Bulk Endpoint
USB 2.0 high-speed storage class applications such as Hard Disk, CD-ROM, CD-R / RW and DVD-Rom.
Support IDE hard drive up to 400GB
System and other requirements

PC Users
Minimum 64 MB RAM
Minimum 233 MHz processor
Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
CD-ROM drive
Available USB 2.0/1.1

Macintosh Users
Minimum 64 MB RAM
Mac OS 8.6 or higher
CD-ROM drive
Available USB 2.0/1.1
Product dimensions and warranty information

Standard Warranty: 1 year warranty
Package includes

USB 2.0 to IDE drive Adaptor
Power Adapter with 4-pin power plug and Power cord
CD Driver
User Manual

 

[Vegito]

Bump for great unit..

I bought this a while back at 20 bucks.. well worth it if you trouble shoot a lot of desktop pc.. or do recovery

 

[TRUMPHENT]

That's one of the most useful looking things ever! Good find.

 

[wondersteve]

Cool Thanks

 

[INGlewood78]

good price...I'm in for one

 

[THRILLHOv]

aside from less crap to carry around, is this one any better... i actually saw it on the site for $15 +$1 shipping a couple days ago... pcmicrostore's prices seem to change daily.

http://www.pcmicrostore.com/PartDetail.aspx?q=p:10502969

 

[RobsTV]

Any idea if these work with Ghost in Dos using any of the USB2 Dos drivers floating around? (FYI, drive should work in Dos without drivers as USB 1.1, while drivers added to config.sys give it added USB 2.0 speed). I need to clone laptop drives at times, and with only one IDE, you only have USB left to connect new drive for transfer.

 

[Vegito]

have you tried ghost32 for windows ? run within windows.. faster than running in dos mode..

 

[mikeford]

I don't quite see the point in this, with no case. I guess its easier to plug in a bare drive using the USB instead of opening the case and borrowing one of the IDE cables, or putting an IDE card in, but its still an odd bit. Also not clear does it come with the 2.5 notebook drive adapter?

 

[AStar617]

Word, thx op Picked up a couple of these for free shipping too. $23 total to my door. :thumbsup:

 

[AStar617]

Originally posted by: mikeford
I don't quite see the point in this, with no case. I guess its easier to plug in a bare drive using the USB instead of opening the case and borrowing one of the IDE cables, or putting an IDE card in...

Exactly.

Also not clear does it come with the 2.5 notebook drive adapter?

It does, read the description again, and also look at the picture of the contents. The little green PCB with IDE and molex on 1 side and a single connector on the other is for 2.5" disks.

 

[dc]

any chance someone knows what chipset this uses?

 

[solo717]

seen this deal everywhere today, how is it when its installed on the 16x DVD Burner?

 

[delroy]

"haven't tried it yet"

that is the only review available on the review page, anyone buy from this company before?

 

[mikeford]

Whats odd to is the guy only gave them 3 stars and hasn't tried it yet.

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: solo717
seen this deal everywhere today, how is it when its installed on the 16x DVD Burner?

buy and find out

 

[PELarson]

Originally posted by: RobsTV
Any idea if these work with Ghost in Dos using any of the USB2 Dos drivers floating around? (FYI, drive should work in Dos without drivers as USB 1.1, while drivers added to config.sys give it added USB 2.0 speed). I need to clone laptop drives at times, and with only one IDE, you only have USB left to connect new drive for transfer.

Not sure about Ghost but I use Image 4DOS and it works great.

 

[THRILLHOv]

Originally posted by: delroy

"haven't tried it yet"

that is the only review available on the review page, anyone buy from this company before?

i ordered a 2.5" enclosure from them, they shipped it in less than 24 hours from my placing the order, and i had it within the week with $1 shipping... id buy from them again.
actually with this one or the other one i prob will

 

[INGlewood78]

Originally posted by: delroy

"haven't tried it yet"

that is the only review available on the review page, anyone buy from this company before?

good reseller ratings

 

[PELarson]

Originally posted by: mikeford
I don't quite see the point in this, with no case. I guess its easier to plug in a bare drive using the USB instead of opening the case and borrowing one of the IDE cables, or putting an IDE card in, but its still an odd bit. Also not clear does it come with the 2.5 notebook drive adapter?

I've used mine with laptops when I need to restore or copy a image to the hard drive. I used it when I upgraded my father's PC so I only had to open 1 case instead of 2.

 

[AStar617]

Originally posted by: delroy

"haven't tried it yet"

that is the only review available on the review page, anyone buy from this company before?

I have, they are quite reputable.

 

[PELarson]

TTT for a excellent tool, if it is similar to the one I have.

 

[11thHour]

These would be even greater with an on/off switch adding convenience, but are still cool.

 

[DefDC]

I bought one from them a few months ago, and used it so much, I bought another to keep at work. Makes for great portable storage with a spare IDE drive.

 

[skisteven1]

my plan:

I'm not out of drive slots in my computer, but I am out of connections. So, I figure use the internal molex for power, mount the drives in my case, and run several of these usb cables out of the case to the usb connectors in the back. Windows will read them as removable drives, but they'll still be there all the time.

good idea? bad idea?

btw, I've thought of adding a PCI based ATA controller card -- no room :-(