Can I download data from an old sata to my pc from this device? Does it work as an external drive? Update: THANKS for all the great answers.
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Yes, you simply take the internal SATA hard drive and seat it into this device. Then connect this device to your PC using the provided USB cable. Assuming your PC is Windows XP or later, it should automatically detect this internal hard drive as an additional drive and you can use it just like you would an external hard drive.
388726
Yes. I bought it to do just that, and it worked fine. It worked fine on drives that had one partition and on drives that were partitioned into two logical drives.
388727
I don't how old is your SATA. The SATA drive in my OLD PC is 6 years old and I was able to download all the files without any issues.
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Yes. It works as an external drive. It can use a SATA (not PATA) drive. You can use a 3.5" (desktop drive) or 2.5" (laptop drive) but only SATA. If you have a 3.0 USB in your desktop then it works really fast.
388729
Yes it will turn any drive that is compatible into an external drive. Just make sure your host computer can read the file system.
388730
Absolutely... I use it that way in consolidating older 'retired' computers onto my main desktop that acts as the family server.
1220991
The way I have used it is to plug the SATA end into a bare internal hard drive and the USB 3 end into a running computer. I have done this to clone the running computer's hard drive on to the bare hard drive that I am going to install, so I can install it as a fully working loaded hard drive. There may be other ways to use this
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This system can be used for both cloning and as extra storage. It's not designed to transfer data from SATA drive directly to a USB device without a computer involved. Some drive duplicators, like those made by Tableau and Supersonix, can do that but it gets expensive.
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Well, not "all" because there are some older computers that do not support SATA drives. But certainly for most. In most desktop computers, you will need an adapter to mount the drive. Also, if you're intending to install in a laptop, you'll need to determine if your laptop is compatible with it.... again, it is compatible with virtually all, but I'm sure there are some that it is not.
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To be honest with you, IDE to SATA 3 - why? That IDE interface is sooooooo slow it would bottle neck the speed poential of this SSD drastically. I question SATA1 being used with SSD. Time to upgrade the PC.
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The device uses a standard SATA port. I personally don't really like the device and am planning on getting a better more costly version. It worked for me once...and not a couple of other times when i tried to clone with it.
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this did not work at all, nothing. I then bought the SATA/PATA/IDE Drive to USB 2.0 Adapter Converter Cable for 2.5 / 3.5 Inch Hard Drive / Optical Drive with External AC Power Adapter and this worked. I was able to move all the data i needed to my new computer hard drive.
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It does work well. It will let you read the hard disk and allow you to either backup or you can transfer the files to another computer.. It's a great thing to have even if you have the oldest hard disk ever. If I were you, you may want to check the connections in your computer. Try that..
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With a sata connection yes. It doesn't give you the most available memory you can use, unless you spend far more money on a higher capacity model and currently that will be very expensive. Just something to keep in mind.
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Even If the hardware was a match that would allow data transmission, my bet is it would last as long as it was never handled again. This item breaks upon its own weight disbursement. If you held this connection upside down its broke. I had Zero luck with the 3 i purchased at the same time, I got it to work for all of 10 min before the sata connection broke from the strength of the sata cable. Perhaps fastened down to a dock or glued into a housing would help, but i cannot recommend this hardware. It lacks any durability in its own design. - Good luck
1185050
Recently I added a drive with data to mine. and I was able to restore the data, Back it up and format the drive for a new use. it worked well. I was using windows 7, I am not sure of the format I believe it was NTFS.
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As long as the drive isn't damaged. I just recently transferred a ton of files from a broken laptop's SATA HDD. It should work perfectly. See my review on the order with which to connect everything. Basically, connect the power block to an outlet, connect the power cable to the drive, connect the SATA (or IDE) to the drive, turn on the power block and let the drive spin up for a few seconds, then plug the USB into the computer. Open the drive and start copying/moving files.
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Same answer as Geoffrey, it has 2 parts: one for the drive and one for the hardware interface. Both connect together then a cable usb2/3 to your pc. You do need a sata drive
1181833
Sata it's the only way to connect a sata drive to this type of notebook. Does it work Yes, over price for plastic. You won't hit full speed of the drive but it works and faster It feels then ide drive...may not be flush with case after installing. So you know
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Yes, but the unit is advertised at 5gb/sec. You won't even see that in the real world. I am very satisfied with mine. I use it mostly for backups and it is plenty quick with my Seagate 1tb 6gb/s drive. You should use it with a USB 3.O port for best performance. Also, If you look at the device properties you should set it set for 'Quick Removal' not 'Better performance' so you can 'hot plug/unplug' it w/o worry of data corruption. I have run CrystalDiskMark benchmark tool and the best I get is approx. 90mb/sec on sequential reads/writes. You may get better results. USB will always have some amount of 'system overhead' so you will generally get much better performance w/a dedicated(on board) SATA III controller as on your motherboard. BTW, I also watch HD movies on my unit with no issues. Hope this helps.
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I tried it with a 3.5 inch hard drive and couldn't get it to work. It uses the USB port to supply power to the hard drive and the sata drive would not start. I tried a different adapter that used power from an AC outlet and that one worked great. I was able to connect to my laptop via USB and get all the data off of the drive. Not sure I am allowed to say which drive that was but I can tell you it cost less too.
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Check he website. I think I saw some programs that you could download. But the drive works like any other so you can just use your OS backup software which works like a charm. It's really plug and play, no software needed.