Laptop Hard Drive Adaptor to Desktop, 2.5 in. to 3.5 in. by Eforcity - PHDX2535AD01

Great little adapter. Lets you connect a regular 40-pin IDE cable and power from a PC to a 44-pin IDE/power connector on a notebook hard drive. The 44-pin connector for the notebook drive is keyed to ensure proper orientation. Fast shipping.
 
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This works just fine. The connections are snug though so be careful when disconnecting a drive; I snapped one of the short sides of the IDE female side on the adapter. It works fine, it's just missing a little bit of plastic now. The pins on the hard drive also got a tiny bit bent since it released at an angle. Be patient and pull it straight off using just a little bit of wiggle. I use this to do backup and service on several different hard drives and I need to connect and disconnect it frequently. If you just need to install it once I'd say it's perfect. It has two mounting holes which I guess I should use to put it in some kind of enclosure for my purposes.
 
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Cannot beat the value for the price. I used this to connect a client's laptop hard drive to my desktop machine and made it bootable. Great product.
 
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Got this adapter to copy the contents of the 2.5" hard drive from a laptop that died. Dell laptop hard drives have an adapter over the pins that needs removed, so there was some confusion at first. I wanted to add the 2.5" drive as a slave to a desktop system, but there was no way to have the slave jumper in place and hook up the adapter. The jumper stuck out too far. I had to leave the drive jumperless, hook it up as the primary drive and copy the data off it via a network connection using a Linux live CD. The adapter is a bit flimsy. I can see it getting broken if the user is not careful.
 
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This little inexpensive adapter is worth it weight in GOLD! A client's notebook was unable to boot windows or load any bootable CD-based OS. I used this adapter to connect the notebook's drive to a spare desktop and copied all of their documents and critial data. Just as another reviewer mentioned, the packaging could have been better (plastic envelope within another envelope), but I received it in one piece.
 
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excellent and very cheap. costs only 89 cents plus two and a half bucks for shipping. not a bad deal. functions very well as expected. no need to buy other brands that may cost five or six bucks. however, the packaging is a bit poor [just packed in a plastic bag, no padded envelope; however, no damage to the adaptor]. not really a con for the product itself. love it.
 
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