Rosewill RCW-616 Laptop 2.5" to Desktop 3.5" IDE Hard Drive Adapter Converter

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Works as advertized, and it is low-cost. None for this value. Thanks to reviewer named neilbradley, who wrote:“Looking straight on at the 40 pin header with the energy connector on your left, counting from the lower row, appropriate side, cut the 10th pin from the right.”Thanks to reviewer named mrpete, who wrote:“There's an SWF animation of the above that can be identified by undertaking a net search for hddadaptermovie.”

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Performs perfectly. I was in a position to slave into my old laptop tough drive and get my data from it. None I know I will use this once again in the future.

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Applied to transfer information from laptop WD drive to Desktop drive. none If you have to bend a pin to get this to perform, you are a noob. Use a 40pin ide cable instead of an 80 pin. Geez!

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The tiny adapter did do the job. Mine was only semi-flimsy. There are no instructions included. I located the pins no much easier to bend than any other IDE device pins. The two.5" drive side is properly keyed - so the only chore is to appear up the jumper setting to make it a slave. The 40 pin ribbon side is the difficulty -- all pins are present -- and most cable have that blank so that a pin must be bent or clipped. Here is the hopefully helpful element - I connected the 40 pin cable 180 degrees out -- the computer system would start off to boot and stop. I reversed the cable and all was well -- the drive showed up as a slave (I put it on the secondary IDE cable with the DVD/CD reader). I was then in a position to run an antivirus on the drive and delete viruses from the 2.five" drive. The reversed connection didn't seem to hurt anything. I would recommend bending the pin out of the way rather than clipping it.

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low-cost and woks with no problems some men and women can't cut a pin I guess?

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Great Cost, Quick shipping First one particular didn't operate, even with the proper pin bent. Newegg resent an additional adapter and it arrived in two days.The challenging drive adapter was for a laptop , ultra 66, 320g partitions, for Vista and XP.

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It performs No directions for which way to insert the IDE cable, almost had it upsidedown the 1st time. Only applied it once and it did the job.

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functions excellent I've bought 3 of these, I retain losing them! most affordable way to ghost old IDE laptop drives....

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Not much to it and that is great. No guessing about the pins or direction of connection. Though socket 20 is blocked on the two.five" side the pin is nonetheless in place on the three.5" side. I had to cut that pin off to be capable to use it as the socket on my desk machine had pin 20 blocked. An additional alternative is to punch out the block on 20, but cutting the pin make the connector more versatile. All in all a fantastic item.

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1. It serves its objective admirably, enabling you to connect a 2.5" IDE challenging drive to a 3.five" IDE on a desktop.two. Cost. It is fairly cheap. I paid Ů.99, (it subsequently went down to Ŭ.99 two days later of course) and as often, Newegg shipping was inhumanly rapidly. 3. It is a nice adapter to have about just in case you or any of your close friends or loved ones need to get some information off an older laptop difficult drive. 1. As absolutely everyone has pretty much already talked about, you have to bend and then cut off an added pin so that the 3.5" IDE cable can connect to the adapter.two. It is incredibly sensitive and fragile. The 2.five" side of the adapter doesn't completely connect to the laptop challenging drive. As such, it will sometimes flop around and come loose extremely quickly, at times losing connection altogether.The 3.5" side of the adapter doesn't connect to the IDE cable incredibly nicely either. Just basically connecting the IDE cable to the adapter for the first time seemed to bend a handful of of the pins on the adapter side (they look to bend Incredibly very easily). I was cautious, but it is not the simplest of fits either, so you have to be a bit firm when connecting the IDE cable to the adapter. The adapter nevertheless performs fine, but I had to bend the pins back into place. I was obviously cautious when bending and removing the added pin, as removing the wrong one particular would render the adapter useless. As such, I followed the instructions of a fellow reviewer, The Super-Tech, and it worked out fine. But I nevertheless shouldn't have to be cutting or bending something on a brand new product, specifically if incorrectly carrying out so will ruin mentioned product.In the finish, the adapter, though a bit frail, gets the job carried out. I was capable to connect my buddy’s two.five" laptop hard drive to my desktop to see if I could retrieve some of his data (his older laptop had died). The BIOS saw the difficult drive, Windows saw it, but in the finish, the challenging drive was negative (Windows identified thousands of negative sectors in Disk Check). I was nonetheless in a position to use KillDisk to salvage the tough drive. I was in a position to do all of this working with the adapter. So it definitely appears to perform, but it is just a delicate small flower I guess. Treat it with care, make positive you bend the proper pin, and you must be fine.

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I have had this for about 9 months and it still functions properly. The energy adapter looks affordable but it holds collectively if you are careful with it. I haven't had any difficulties with the two that I purchased at all. None If I need to have yet another one of these in the future I hope Newegg will continue to sell them

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functions good you will need a 40 pin ide cable for it to function 80pin ide will not work need to state that you will need a 40 pin ide for it to function

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it does work if you want to connect a laptop hard drive to desktop it only functions on the old ide ribbon cables.

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It does work, if you know how to make it work.I required it to slave a laptop HD to my desktop in order to clean out the viruses. J]Hardest aspect was finding the jumpers right on the slave disk. It was a life-saver You Ought to bend a pin to make it fit the IDE cable. My thanks to the reviewer who stated "Looking straight on at the 40 pin header with the power connector on your left, counting from the decrease row,ideal side, cut the 10th pin from the right.A small documentation would have been good. It's not a tool for a novice. I'd have been prepared to spend a lot a lot more for a device that wasn't so flimsy and cheaply built. But It's a important tool.

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free of charge shipping and price tag cautious about the PIN count. Yes, I did it to myself. I saw the cost and read the description- NOT the specs. This tiny infant will not adapt a 2.five to a 'standard' IDE. It has 2 too quite a few pins. Newegg does carry the component I will need so....

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simple design...ill give it that this didnt work with my 37.3 gb hd the a single prong had to be taken off simply because i did not have a operating ide cable that had an open 32 pins(i assume its 32) Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued Customer,We are sorry for the inconvenience this may possibly have caused you. We try to offer the most reputable items to our consumers. We would be much more than content to replace this unit for you. Please e mail us at rma@rosewill.com for your replacement. We look forward to hear from you soon.Thanks,Rosewill Consumer Care

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Rosewill RCW-616 Laptop 2.5 to Desktop three.five IDE Tricky Drive adapter worked fantastic for me. I had a little difficulty discovering the quantity 1 pin marker, and I required to assistance the drive even though it was connected. For the price tag it worked wonderful. Good to know Newegg has what you need when you are in a bund

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Stood up to repeated use so far, got a couple of bent pins but that's to be expected when operating with IDE cables. Dell C-line laptops w/ no CD drives. XD I'd purchase it again if my present one broke, but I don't believe that will be a challenge for a even though.

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This item was not originally intended to be used to connect a 2.5" laptop tough drive to a 40-pin IDE cable in a desktop. I believe this product began as portion of a packge to connect a two.five" and 3.five" difficult drive to a usb port. The package integrated a 3.five" IDE to USB connector, this item, and a external power supply. You would connect this item to the three.5" adapter and the molex connector to the external energy provide as usb power may possibly not be enough. All the pin holes on the three.five" adapter are open so the pins on this product would operate. When they began selling this by itself they must have changed the description to show it as a replacement aspect for the one particular in the package or removed the pin so it would operate as described. The package I am referring to is the old version of the RCW-608 and RCW-618 which now include IDE and Sata. I have utilized both and they function extremely properly. I have never ever had a require to set up a 2.five" drive in a desktop but this will perform if you eliminate the added pin. Be positive to research this to locate out which pin to break off if your going to attempt this. If utilised with the 3.five" IDE to USB adapter make certain you plug it in correctly due to the fact it can be reversed. I have had techs burn up tricky drives by hooking it up backwards. The package functions fantastic when you have a laptop that wont boot. Just pull the drive and connect it to the usb port on your desktop. You can copy the data from the drive just before you format a reinstall the OS. I use this all the time. As far as connecting a 2.5" challenging drive to a 40-pin IDE cable I would recommend a distinct item. I have under no circumstances had an issue with a Rosewill product and will continue to use them.

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Cheap. Operates as it ought to. Low profile to fit in drive trays. Require to break off a pin to match full width IDE cable. Desires to come with that pin removed.

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Works. Low cost. A single pin has to be removed if you have a keyed IDE cable. After you establish which pin to get rid of, I recommend bending the pin more than initially, so it can be bent back if you get the incorrect 1.

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operates, and has a power connector. was capable to connect a extremely old laptop drive and format/reinstall windows for a client. full set of pins. not missing middle pin. other assessment talks about using a information cable. this doesnt function for me simply because im using this as an addition to a USB adapter in order to pull files off of old laptop drives and upgrade them.i only removed 1 egg mainly because my difficulties wouldnt be a dilemma for everybody, and i was able to use the item even with my concerns.an additional situation that i had was the energy connector got in the way of my connection for the USB adapter. i ended up possessing to bend the power connection off to the side about 30 degrees, and break off the extra pin in order to use this.i didnt see any adapters on newegg that would have worked correctly for me. i necessary a energy cable that came out the side of the adapter and i needed the additional pin to be missing.

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Adapter fit and most likely would have worked if it hadn't fallen apart. Inexpensive design and style and poor manufacturing. Shoddy is the best word. Would not completely cover the 2.5" IDE pins on the HDD, and the tricky disk would slip off the connector when trying to connect the unit to the IDE chain. When I tried to firmly push the adapter all the way onto the 2.five" HDD pins, the adapters head fell off, exposing the underlying connectors. Tried to reattach the pins cover, but this was practically impossible. I would advocate investing a little additional cash and buying an adapter thats nicely created, such as the APRICORN ADW-USB-KIT IDE/PATA/SATA to USB HDD Adapter. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued Consumer,We are sorry for the inconvenience this could have induced you. We try to provide the most trustworthy merchandise to our buyers. We would be more than content, if under warranty, to replace this unit for you. Please e-mail us at rma@rosewill.com for your replacement. We appear forward to hear from you soon.Thanks,Rosewill Client Care

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Utilised it to set up make a laptop drive the program drive on an old WYSE 941GXL. Worked as advertised. Extra Pin Had to break off the further pin as pointed out by others. Can't speak to it's durability. Installed it on this method sealed it up and it's been operating since.

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Did its job and transferred files from the laptop hard drive. Like a lot of others, I had to cut one pin off to get it to perform. Cease sending this point in large packaging. It comes in a enormous box with a million small styrofoam S's. They could have sent it in a Ziploc bag and I would have been fine.