CoolGear® SATA and IDE Hard Drive & Optical Drive USB Adapter Kit Combo

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This is working well under Linux (Ubuntu) and Win7pro (native, not a guest OS).It also works fine with Virtualbox (guest OS = Win7pro, host OS = Ubuntu), however you may need to install the Virtualbox Extension Pack to enable USB 2.0 (easy to do). Once I did this on my system, my Win7pro guest OS recognized the Coolgear adapter, and it worked fine in that setup.A WinXP SP3 guest OS (on a Linux host) recognized and worked with the adapter without the Extension Pack installed. So, this fooled me for a while. Hmm. If you're having problems on Virtualbox with this adapter, try installing the Extension Pack and enabling USB2.0.I'm using the adapter to update some HDs which are old but still useful. The adapter allows you to update drives, boot them, modify them, etc without having to install them in the case each time. Very handy.

I my Dell laptop died and I was able to retrieve what I had on the hard drive with this device. Cool! didn't lose a thing.

I've had this for a few years now. Worked great for a while. I hadn't used it in a while, when i pulled it out recently there must have been a short in the power cable. Long story short, it gave my computer a power surge and now the computer will not boot. I would not recommend this unit, I'll be buying a different one because i have several old hard drives i use as backup discs.

I'm a graphic designer and have lots and lots of files on dead computers , I was wondering how I would get my files back and I found this, a SATA and IDE hard drive adapter kit. I have a Macbook now and my old computers were PCs, NO INSTALLATION whatsoever! Just plug and play, I was able to recover all of the photos and Illustrator and Photoshop files that were on this hard drive. And it will also let me use the hard drives as a time machine. I HIGHLY recommend this product for designers and computer techs and anyone who has files that they fear are lost forever when the computer dies.

I totally love this thing. Have used it many times to get information from hard drives in a non functioning pc. Totally recommend this for anyone who does pc repair work.

This is a great device. Great way to pull data off sata drives. This brand is great too. I have puchased them for other techs to use in our office.

This adapter works exactly as advertised. It allowed me to effortlessly transfer data from an old computer to a new one. I have recommended this product to my friends.