4.8Overall:  

Pros: 

it's a great little gadget

Cons: 

not for 3 1/2 inch drives should have stated that it was only good for 2 1/2 inch drives.

Other Thoughts: 

Great for cloning or ghosting Hard drives.and very simple to utilize

4.4Overall:  

Other Thoughts: 

So the item is fine, with the potential limitation indicated. And as others have noted, it is relatively flimsy; so attach the cables to the adapter first, then the adapter to the back of the drive.

4.6Overall:  

Other Thoughts: 

I needed to reload XP on my computer but I have an old windows XP disk that doesn't recognize the SATA interface on my motherboard. I just hooked my sata drive up to the IDE part of the board then loaded windows onto the drive. Once I did so I unplugged the adapter and mounted the drive in it's SATA slot and I was up and running. Next time my system gets nailed with a virus or gets massively bogged down, I can just reload the image and 30 minutes later I'm back to the fresh install again. <br/>Then I used an open source program called clonezilla to make a backup of my hard drive so I won't have to go through this again. So I only needed it for a short time but the adapter was just what I needed.

4.6Overall:  

Other Thoughts: 

For anyone needing to adapt an older drive box that uses ide to use SATA, this is the product to use. It even has a peel and stick backing to keep it in place during installation.

4.6Overall:  

Other Thoughts: 

This product does do what it is suppose to do . The (plus) my Sata drive now adapts to my IDE board . (Delta) There is no way to secure the adapter to the drive. One end on the adapter plugs into the sata fitting on the hard drive but the other end is left unbalanced and I found that to be a problem. If you only have one drive this is a great product but to those that have a desire to use more than one you might find that it is better to by the drive that works with you board.