
I have used this adapter in all kinds of situations and would definitely buy it again. Without too much fuss, you can hook up a 3.5" or 2.5" IDE drive or any SATA drive through your existing USB
port and format, recover data, really anything you want to do and no drivers are needed. The only time it seems to act up is when there's a problem with the drive it's connected with. It's cheap, gets the job done and can be invaluable if you do the kind of stuff I do.
This is vary similar to the inland item I use.
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