USB 3.0 to SATA or PATA Hard Drive Adapter

62 reviews for USB 3.0 to SATA or PATA Hard Drive Adapter

1. Rated 5 out of 5

   Adam Wiethoff – October 4, 2013

   Very cool! Works smooth and easy. Great connections and simple. USB 3.0 is a much needed feature for working with drives

2. Rated 5 out of 5

   Sherri M. Kinsella “sherri” – October 2, 2013

   Fast service and great product. I’ve never used this brand, but it has performed well and I am glad for the purchase.

3. Rated 5 out of 5

   Vincent Tracey – September 24, 2013

   The device is super easy to connect and with the on/off switch is a breeze to disconnect the HDD’s to my computer.
   I recommend this for anyone who needs to transfer data when the computer system has failed and you have no other way to save the data on the drive.

4. Rated 5 out of 5

   John Mayfield – September 22, 2013

   Product is well built and expect will outlast me. It is of a more “finished” appearance than many alternatives. There are competitors that offer a product that looks more make-shift, home made, barebones than the CoolGear® Adapter.

   I had multiple old laptops and PC of the family, which for varuous reasons were no longer functioning well enough to access data on their drives. Due to potential identity theft and other privacy concerns, I couldn’t trust selling, giving away or even recycling these old systems until I was sure I had all data I needed from them and had wiped beyond recovery all data on them. I have been “planning” to pull the drives for some time. I had one of the more course style hard drive adapter which I had used many years ago. But I found it was limited to IDE drives and some of the drives I needed to purge were ATA. The CoolGear® Adapter handled every different drive I had from my oldest defunct desktop to my most recent but unreliable laptop.

   The only issue I can raise as a caution (and it really isn’t a serious problem) is how some drives are housed within supporting structures which can block connection with the CoolGear® Adapter, because of it’s more refined form. The more rough and unrefined designs might fit with less trouble. However, in my case, I found that each such complication was easily addressed by either removing the housing with screwdriver and/or spanner or by just bending the light metal used on such structures to get easy access to connectors and then just re-straighten the mounting when finished.

   I now have 2 old desktops still usable as servers for a home or small business network and 2 laptops that only need power plug connectors replaced and new batteries, which I can sell at a garage sale. I have already given the 3rd laptop to a relative to salvage parts (including the hard drive) for his identical model so that his old system now works perfectly again.

   I have no regrets with this purchase of the The CoolGear® Hard Drive Adapter from Amazon. In fact it has become a budding new hobby or perhaps even a business as I am now looking for opportunities to use it again.

5. Rated 5 out of 5

   Sweet_Guy – September 7, 2013

   i used it to clone my windows 8 machine from a normal hard drive to a samsung SSD. worked a charm had no problems with it at all.

   im not a tech guy but this thing feels quality and is good value for money