VantecSATA/IDE TO USB 3.0 Adapter (CB-ISA225-U3)

I received this item ahead of advised delivery time-whic quite an excellent service delivery from Amazon. The device worked as advertised and has given me flexibility around assessing my SATA drives(2.5 and 3.5 inch respectively). A good work from the makers.

Good afternoon. I am Laird Kerr of Glencoe Wood. I purchased this item because I had an old hard drive that used the IDE style connector (long rectangle with a lot of pins) and I wanted to have access to the old photos from before I was a great Laird. The item worked great. There is one thing that I would like note for potential buyers. I initially plugged everything in and the old drive would appear on my PC for a second then disappear. I thought that I was out of luck; however, I read another review and another buyer explained that you must plug the drive in (minus the USB) and let the old drive warm up for a couple minutes before plugging in the USB to your computer. That was the trick! Once I felt that the old drive was running, I plugged in the USB to my PC and the drive immediately appeared. It displayed just like your C drive. So far it is a great product. Don’t be discouraged by negative reviews. Read the instructions and allow the drive to start spinning before you plug in the USB to your PC. It’s only $15 so give it a shot. The price will not break your treasury. Thank you for reading my review and best of luck to all of you.

I used this to read data from at least five (5) ancient IDE drives and one (1) SATA drive. It worked for all except one--a 4.3GB 34300 WD Caviar HD from 1998--I tried the jumpers in all sorts of settings--no dice. I connected this to an old computer with IDE cables and it turned out that the drive was dead.Some tips:(1) As for the other IDE drives, some had to be set to slave, not master. I figured this out by finding some documentation on the Vantec website that said the product might not work unless the drive is set to slave--in spite of the written directions that came in the box that insist on master.(2) The computer recognizes the drive right away, but can't always read any data from it--that's how you know the drive "works", but the jumper settings might interfere with the computers ability to read the data from it--so try different jumper settings.(3) If you use Windows, have the Disk Management window open. This window shows right away whether or not you'll be able to read data from the drive--or even see the drive. If you see Disk 1 (or perhaps some other number), but nothing else, then try changing the jumper settings.(4) Sometimes following the instructions work, sometimes it doesn't. Some drives I could read with my Win7 PC, some only with Win10.(5) Sometimes you have to plug things in a certain order according to the instructions, sometimes you have to change it up. It's crazy. It's amazing a device like this works at all.(6) Even if you manage to connect your hard drive, Windows Explorer would crash trying to read some folders. So download another Explorer-type program, and get your files off your hard drive.Jumpers settings and IDE drives with the PitA ribbons--good riddance.

I am very happy with this product. I usually read all of the reviews (especially negative ones) before purchasing a product. This one had some not great reviews, but it was something I went against my gut and purchased anyways. I am really glad I did! I had a computer that was completely dead and I thought that I would never get anything off of my hard drive again. This could not have been easier to use. I followed a YouTube video to help with the hook up, but basically it took me 5 minutes to hook up to my dead hard drive and then about 1.5 hours of waiting for the files to transfer. It worked perfectly the first time. I did not have any complaints about the physical product or materials. I ended up getting all of my files off of the hard drive from my dead computer no problem in two hours. I would definitely recommend this product. I will keep this product tucked away in case I need it again, but I hope I don't! It was a great alternative than taking this to a store to fix the computer or recover the files. I'm sure that would have been over $100. This way, I spent around $20, saved a bunch of money, and never had to leave my house! Great product!

This little device assembly does exactly what is advertised. On top of recovering data from multiple old hard drives, I can plug in my older internal DVD/CD burner to my new laptop and access all of my old optical disks. Being able to play older CD or DVD games again is cool. There are now businesses who charge a fortune to recover all of your older data and music. This device makes it just too simple.

I gave my old USB 2.0 disk adapter to a good friend who needed one. I’d had it for many years and it always worked great. So I went looking for an updated product to fill my needs. I found the Vantec SATA/IDE TO USB 3.0 Adapter (CB-ISA225-U3) and got one here through Amazon.It arrived as expected and I’ve already put it to work. First let me inform you what is in the box. This wasn’t at all clear to me from the product page. First, there is the USB adapter itself and a short, about 4”, SATA cable. Then it has the power supply consisting of a wall wart (120v) and the components required to connect to either SATA or 4 pin modular for IDE.When hooked up to a disk drive, my experience was that Windows 10 found and mounted the partitions on the drive quickly. No additional software or drivers were needed. Transfers to and from the drive was as quick as if the drive were internal. The adapter has two status lights that show activity to and from the device. The power supply setup has an on/off switch but does not have a power status light. That is the only drawback I found with this adapter.Overall, I am very pleased with the device and its packing/shipment by Amazon.