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Also, having IDE & SATA on the same adapter saves time trying to locate one or the other because when adapters like this first came out a few years back, they were drive specific. This is a great tool to have if you have a bunch of old Hard Drives around the house - I keep a few at work and at home. If you buy this for the geek in your family (Like for Christmas or Birthday), they'll love you forever. Also works on laptop drives, A drives, and CD/DVD ROM drives. Easy hook up, ideal for those of you that have one hard drive that you use to back up your digital pictures, music, etc, every once in a while then store the hard drive somewhere else. Sometimes I find that I am using two of them at the same time (coping from one drive to the other).
Yes they were all Mastered and no I didn't bother to try SATA. I couldn't get the device to work on any of 3 different operating systems, 2 machines, or 3 IDE drives. Go spend more money - your time is worth something too. I'm not inclined to jump to conclusions, but I do believe in "you get what you pay for". that wasn't much here.
But what can i say 2 out of 3 isn't bad. The third drive was recoganized by the computer but no drive letter appeared in "my computer" window. I would buy from BrilliantStore again My Deckcell USB 2.0 to SATA + IDE (2.5", 3.5", 5.25") Cable with Power Adapter came early. It was in good condition and it worked on two out of three HDD's.
I've tried this item with several IDE hard drives and DVD recorders -- all were recognized by Windows XP without the need for an additional software driver (which is required for older versions of Windows). should be set as MASTER in order for USB ports to recognize attached devices. A perfect item for transferring data from old hard drives to a new computer. Works as promised, though users might want to note that attached drives (ATAPI, IDE, etc).
Brilliantstores gave terrible helpdesk support and BenQ support said that these kits are junk and never work. Instead of buying this product, buy an external drive bay. I really wish that I would have just spent the extra money on an external bay. How true they were. They are more expensive, but they are 100% compatible. This set does not work with my Dell laptop.
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