Home > Consumer Reviews > Startech Ide4044 2.5in To 3.5in Ide Harddrive Cable Adapt- Nb Hd To Pc

Highly recommended. Very helpful if you need to pull files off a failing laptop hard drive onto a desktop machine. Don't be caught hunting for this when you need it -- I didn't find them stocked at any of the usual suspects (CompUSA, Best Buy, etc.). Unless you have a MicroCenter, Fry's, or good small PC store near you, add this cable to your next order and sleep soundly knowing you can get data off your PC onto your desktop (provided you know how to crack the case, connect an IDE cable, etc.).

I have had one of these at work for quite awhile and I found it so usefull in transfering data and recovering hard drive data from damage laptops that I needed one for home.

As part of my regular duties at work, I am often required to back up hard drives from one to another and to make back up tapes of the contents of these drives. The drives from laptops are often a problem since they are not the standard 3.5" drives that I normally use. This product allows me to copy laptop drives to my back up drives and tapes with no problem. It is an excellent product in a very compact package.

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