– DIGIFLEX USB 2.0 Adapter - SATA IDE to USB Cable for HDD, 2.5"/3.5" Hard Disk, DVD/CD-ROM

Worked on 3 out of 4 drives - the 4th was doa and not getting power so the connector cannot be blamed. Had old power connectors on a cable so did not test the sata power to 4 pin adapter. Takes a while, especially with really old 30gb drives, but no problems at all. This is definitely the device to buy instead of the more expensive options. Real bargain.

I have used this type of adapter before and this DIGIFLEX version worked equaly as good. I have used this one on both SATA and IDE hard drives and a SATA read/write CD/DVD drive without any problems. My problem with VFM is that I had to buy a 240v to 12v/5v power supply, the unit itself would have justified a full five stars other than that. It was sergested that I use a 12v/5v power lead from my computer but I didn't relish the idea of poking holes in the computer casing. Technical support from DIGIFLEX® was not needed. The writen instructions are a little jibberish but the unit was easy enough to set up any way. All in all I am quite satisfied with my purchase.

A useful device for connecting drives through a USB port for things like erasing disks or copy information from drives in a broken device. It is reasonable value for the price. It is really only for the more technical user. The instruction leaflet is very poor. The item on offer has no power supply, although the instructions make reference to one. Some form of external power will needed for most devices; so you need to understand what you are doing and how to safely connect devices.

I'm sure the product works great but unfortunaly it doesn't come with any way to power an IDE drive. It is slightly mentioned on one of the pictures so I can't complain but just wanted to highlight to other buyers.

Had major issues with one of seller to begin with. Amazon took prompt action and resolved the issue. Was really impressed. Now come to the item itself. I have converted my sky hd's hard drive into a usb external hard drive for my TV with help of this setup. Due to bad review to some of the power adapters available on the marked i decided to use the power supply from the sky box (hard drive is sitting in the box)and the usb cable goes to the tv. I have also used it with 2.5" laptop hard drive and worked fine with out the need for any external power supply as usb cable will power it. On some occasions it did not recognize the hard drive but over-all its good.

Maybe i made a basic mistake. I thought that this was supposed to pretty much convert your old hard drives into external hard drives. But so far have tried this on Windows 7, Windows 10, Catalina, High Sierra, and Ubuntu 20.04 and not once has anything happened at all. No powering up sounds, no sense of motion, nothing. My natural 1st thought was that i must be doing something wrong. But there is so little to this that there is virtualy nothing to be getting wrong! There is only one thing left that i can think to do and i havn't tried yet. But that involves both opening the computers up AND still buying yet another small SATA style wire/connection. Which must be defeting the point of buying this then, isn't it? I still think and feel like it's me that is somehow at fault here. But if there was even a chance of salvaging old drives and vastly expanding my storage capacity for just the £6 that this cost, then i had to chance it really. . UPDATE: On seeing this negative review, the people behind this product got in touch with me and were very apologetic. They asked if i would like a refund or a replacement. I said that if they sent me a working version then i would happily retract this negative review AND apologize for my attitude. They then went and just issued a refund. Make of that what you will.

This is an excellent product and has worked perfectly for me. I have read the negative reviews for the adapter and I am somewhat confused by comments about transformers and the like. This adapter, from Amazon does not come with a transformer! I just plugged in the adapter to my IDE Hdd, connected a Molex connector from the PSU and plugged in the USB connector. Absolutely no problems and I am impressed with the data transfer rate which is by no means slow! I highly recommend this adapter.

This item was to be delivered between 7-10 August, I received it on 5th, so good delivery. I needed this to be able to transfer data from a sata drive that used to be in a PC to my granddaughters laptop, I tested it on my pc, and it works great (windows 7) The only criticism is that the IDE ports are nicely on the sides, but the SATA is on the top, it would have been better if the SATA was on the end, even if the SATA cable was permanently attached. I may look into modifying this.

Funktioniert.

Very nice, good quality

Arrived early and works like a treat. No setup required just plug it in.

Tijdens en na gebruik had ik problemen met mijn USB poort op mijn computer. Daarna was mijn harde schijf onleesbaar geworden.

Había leído en el anuncio que iba a necesitar una fuente de alimentación, pero no especifican bien la que se necesita. Es un producto tan económico que decidí arriesgarme. Al abrir el paquete quedé un poco decepcionado porque no parece de gran calidad pero al ponerlo en funcionamiento mi opinión ha cambiado totalmente. Es perfecto. Yo he usado una vieja fuente de alimentación para la alimentación eléctrica de los discos duros (si tienes una torre puedes usar cualquier cable libre) y la transferencia de datos es rapidísima. En unas horas he recuperado fotos y videos que daba por perdidos. Un acierto