USB2 to IDE Adapter $11

[kamranziadar]

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[INXSible]

FYI

This adapter ONLY WORKS for "Lappy HDD" and "CD/DVD-Burners/ROM"

Description@PcMicrostore:
"Note: Will not support any 3.5" Desktop Hard Drives"

 

[kgokal]

Better put this instead: Note: Will not support any 3.5" Desktop Hard Drives

 

[TheToOTaLL]

Nice! Finally a way to work on a lappy HD via my desktop system. In for 1!

 

[cmccrkn]

Looks to me like it will support any 2.5" or 5.25" drives. Just won't work with 3.5" HD. Must be something funky with the adapter that won't allow that. Otherwise seems pretty cool to me.

 

[Codewiz]

If you are looking to use a laptop hard drive with your computer this is a better idea.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-145-368&depa=0

 

[Diz2K2]

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=USB2IDE-N

They're currently out of them but it does support desktop hard drives.

 

[JafCo]

Not sure about that, though. I bought this same thing at geeks.com (waiting on delivery as we speak), and geeks.com says that it was tested with a 250gig desktop HDD.

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=USB2IDE-N

I'll test it myself to see. (Also, it could be a different firmware or something)

 

[JafCo]

Dang... same timestamp, but you were seconds faster!

 

[emeraldsky]

Originally posted by: Codewiz
If you are looking to use a laptop hard drive with your computer this is a better idea.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-145-368&depa=0

Warning: A friend of mine got one of these and it was DOA.

 

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[Codewiz]

Originally posted by: emeraldsky

Originally posted by: Codewiz
If you are looking to use a laptop hard drive with your computer this is a better idea.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-145-368&depa=0

Warning: A friend of mine got one of these and it was DOA.

I got one and it wasn't. Every product will have some DOA. It is pointless to talk about.

 

[HankD]

I wonder if this will work with Ghost or Clone.... nice way to duplicate a system....

 

[cremefilled]

I think that Ghost going back to 2003 will work with USB drives -- but the 2003/04 versions can be a bit picky, so you need to test for yourself.

 

[schdaddy]

shouldn't it be called an IDE to USB2 adapter?

 

[linuxthinker]

I'm pretty sure that's a typo -- if it works with CDROMS, it'll work with desktop drives. You can also count the pins -- 40 pins = desktop, 44 pins = notebook. This one has 40 pings so it's definitely standard IDE. Gonna pick up a few.

 

[emeraldsky]

Originally posted by: CodewizI got one and it wasn't. Every product will have some DOA. It is pointless to talk about.

I'll decide for myself what I want to talk about.

 

[Jenova314]

Originally posted by: linuxthinker
I'm pretty sure that's a typo -- if it works with CDROMS, it'll work with desktop drives. You can also count the pins -- 40 pins = desktop, 44 pins = notebook. This one has 40 pings so it's definitely standard IDE. Gonna pick up a few.

it's not a typo. i DO have this adapter, and it doesn't properly power up a 3.5" drive. a few minutes into it, and the drive will power down, and windows will start going crazy until you unhook the usb cable.

 

[RMSistight]

Hmm....that's weird. I have the same exact adapter and it works for desktop hard drives. I don't see how this is different from the other one. I guess you can notice something wrong because I got mine for $20+.

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: kgokal
Better put this instead: Note: Will not support any 3.5" Desktop Hard Drives

yeah I noticed that...wioerd

 

[trevinom]

I got mine yesterday and it doesn't work on my XP systems. On my one it says a 'hi speed usb device has been hooked up to a low speed bus' and does not access it. On the other, it says 'a usb device encountered errors while installing' and does not work correctly. When I try to install the drivers on my hi speed system, it says 'file error' but when I close the error window, a background window says the device finished installing.
I'm getting really frustrated with this. Support is supposed to be native for XP and i'm only supposed to have to install drivers for other OS's. Has anybody else had these type of problems? Do Ii have a bad drive?