The folks at DragonSteelMods love to build and take apart computers. One of the problems when you work with multiple PCs, is that there are usually a plethora of hard drives laying around. Unless these drives are meticulously labeled or cataloged, it is hard to know what data is stored on which drive. To find out the contents, one needs to either install these drives in a working computer or take apart an external enclosure and insert the spare hard drive. Both of these methods can become rather tedious, very quickly.

Luckily, USBGeek features the Double Dragon MDT-USA003 USB to SATA/IDE Universal Kit with One Touch Backup, which allows a bare hard drive to be attached to any computer via a USB cable. This adapter supports IDE, ATAPI & SATA and eSATA connections and such devices as 2.5” and 3.5” hard drives, CD and DVD-ROMs, and CD-RW drives. This adapter also supports attaching both an SATA Hard Drive and a 2.5” IDE Hard Drive at the same time.

In addition to all these features, the adapter includes One Touch Backup software. Let’s see if this device is the “Swiss Army Knife” for hard drive interfacing. Let’s get started….

USB to SATA/IDE Universal Kit with One Touch Backup from USBGeek

Reviewed by: Tomas Ratas

Sponsor: USBGeek

Tech Specs,Features or the Basic Info:

Double Dragon MDT-USA003 USB to SATA/IDE Universal Kit with One Touch Backup

Features & Specifications: 

-Complies with USB 2.0 standards.

-USB 2.0 480Mbps high speed data transfer rate.

-Backwards compatible to USB 1.1 standards.

-USB Mass Storage supported, Hot Swappable.

-One Touch Backup file or data. 

-SATA interface: High Speed data transfer rates up to 1500 Mbytes/sec.

-Supports all existing 2.5" or 3.5" SATA/SATA II devices.

-ATA/ATAPI: Support IDE and enhanced IDE hard drives.

-Supports 16-bit DMA and Ultra DMA mode interface (Ultra 33/66/100/133).

-Supports ATA/ATAPI CD-ROM/R/RW, DVD-ROM/R/RW and more.

-Supports 2.5" and 3.5" IDE/2.5" and 3.5" SATA HDD and more.

-Dual mode: Support bisynchronous mode, compatible to SATA and IDE device simultaneously.

-Support 3.5 inch SATA/SATA II HardDisk up to 750GB. 

-Supports IDE and enhanced IDE hard drives up to 500GB.

-Tested with Western Digital/Maxtor/Seagate/Hitachi SATA HardDisk.

-Supports PC/ Mac OS/ Notebook

-Supports OS : Win98SE, 2000, ME, XP, Mac OS 8.6 or higher.

-Win2000, ME, XP no driver needed.

Power Supply: 

-AC Power Adapter input : 100~240V, 50/60Hz, 1.5A

-AC Power Adapter output : 12V=Max. 2000mA, 5V=Max. 2000mA

-On/Off Power Switch.

-LED Indicated Universal USB to SATA/IDE Adapter.

-LED Indicated Power Supply.

Package content: 

-USB to SATA/IDE Adapter and cable

-Power adapter and power cable

-Splitter Power Cable

-4 pin converter

-Female to male IDE extension cable

-Software CD (for One Touch Backup)

-User's Manual

Power Source Cable:

-U.S. Type

Price: US$ 40.00