USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter
New USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter provides an instant, plug-and-play bridge between a USB port and any ATA/IDE, Serial ATA, or ATAPI based storage device.
Got an extra drive just "hanging around"? I do, about 8 of them! These were old drives that are perfectly good, reasonably large, and I just could not throw away when I "retired" them. They are great for storage and for back up solutions so when I saw this item today, it gave me cause for thinking about an alternative method of saving some important files.
Newer Technology Inc. (NewerTech) is proud to introduce the NewerTech USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter, a single-source solution to allow any 2.5", 3.5", or 5.25" hard drive or optical drive mechanism with standard IDE/ATA/ATAPI 40 pin or any Serial-ATA interface to be plug-and-play accessible via USB.
Available for the introductory price of $24.95, the NewerTech USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter provides USB 2.0 transfer speed up to 480Mbps. An ultimate technology key, the Universal Drive Adapter also is backwards compatible for operation via USB 1.1.
Allowing quick connection of hard drives and optical drives, the Adapter is an ideal tool for file transfer. Popular uses include file transfer after the upgrade of an internal hard drive, accessing data from stored backup drives, and interfacing with as-needed stored drives.
Each NewerTech USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter includes all hardware necessary for the plug-and-play of supported 2.5"/3.5"/5.25" storage devices to any Apple/Mac or PC with an available USB port. No software is required for the use of the Adapter on any Apple/Mac computer with OS 8.6 or higher (including any version of OS X); a CD is included with the drivers required to use this product on Windows based systems.
Truly universal, the NewerTech USB Adapter has been tested to work with all hard drive brands including Maxtor, Seagate, IBM, Hitachi, Samsung, Western Digital, and Fujitsu; optical drive brands including LG, Lite-On, Panasonic, Pioneer, Plextor, Sony, Teac, and Toshiba; and removable media drives such as Iomega Zip.
Customers can take advantage of introductory pricing of $24.95 through www.NewerTech.com, source distributor Other World Computing (www.MacSales.com), or through other fine retailers.
For sales or further information contact www.NewerTech.com or call toll free (800) 275-4576.
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I’m writing to let you know my experience with a drive adapter you mentioned at http://www.mobilitysite.com/2006/06/usb_20_universal_drive_adapter.php . I have tested FOUR of these adapter units and found a significant flaw. Specifically OSX users cannot format or partition hard drives using Apple Disk Utility when attached via this adapter. Disk Utility will fail to complete the operation. I’ve test this on both G4 Powerbooks and MacBook under OS 10.4.6 and 10.4.7. Several hard drives of both 2.5 to 3.5 inch were tried. One can read and write EXISTING partitions, but once an attempt is made to partition or erase a drive, that drive’s partition table is never rebuilt. This renders the drive unusable until connected via a different bus adapter and repartitioned. I would not recommend this product.
Guy Kuo