Comments on: USB 2.0 to IDE Cable Version 2

By: Mame4iphone

Mame4iphone — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:00:36 +0000

OMG! This thread is 4 years old and still going.

Btw, these adapters are no longer $35 as originally posted way before the recession. They can be found well under $10 from places like SlickDeals or FatWallet. They’re great for netbooks.

By: Marcel Spiteri

Marcel Spiteri — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:03:57 +0000

I think you can download the Win98SE driver from the website:http://www.byteccusa.com/product/adapter/BT-200/BT-200.htm at the bottom og the page there is the download centre right there. I used this porduct to place some files on my laptop but then lately for some unknown reason Vista does not recognise it any longer! At one time I could see the 2 HDD partitions in Device Maanager from the HDD I connected but then I could not see these or access the data in from (My) ‘Computer’. The fact that the 3.5″ connector is not foolproof and can be connected the other way round by mistake is a potential problem! Any fixes anyone?

By: Soner

Soner — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:22:18 +0000

Hi;
i have this produckt.
i need for this produckt windows 98 SE driver.

Thank you for your help….

Soner Varis From Türkei

By: Twik

Twik — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:49:45 +0000

Hi, I have the same story, trying to recover data from my old fashioned IDE drive (Ultra ATA), using this very same connector i bought here in Abu Dhabi. My problem is, when i plug it in (considering all the settings), it is shown that the USB is detected, so i directly check th My Computer if the IDE is there, but sadly no…I went to the Disk Management, and there the new Disk is found but with a status of, Unknown – Unreadable. When trying to connect it back to another desktop PC, configuring the BIOS setup and jumper connections (already tried all possibilities) it is there in BIOS, but it wont launch into windows desktop screen. I am still hopeful to recover my files. Currently, i am considering to retrieve my data by accessing it by DOS mode using a 3rd party data recovery softwares. Anyways, I only bought this connector for $17 here in Abu Dhabi.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:18:49 +0000

@Atul Razdan Was the drive in a Mac and you’re trying to read it on a Windows PC or visa versa? That’s the only thing I can think of other than that it might not be formatted or is defective.

By: Atul Razdan

Atul Razdan — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:41:44 +0000

Hi Julie

i was trying to connect an old hard drive to my laptop through this device. while my laptop detects the drive, it is unable to read it. When i check properties in the device manager, it says the under volume tab that disk type is unknown, status unredable and partition not applicable. Can you suggest some help?

Rgds
Atul

By: Brent

Brent — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:31:35 +0000

For what it’s worth the ByteCC site claims that their version of the device (BT200) handles IDE drives up to 750 Gb in size.

http://www.byteccusa.com/product/adapter/BT-200/BT-200.htm

By: tony

tony — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:18:15 +0000

For the record (and whoever asked) the home site of this device says
it can only hande drives up to 400Gbytes

If (like me) you were hoping to use it to archive DVD’s for menu selection and quick play this is a bit of a drawback especially as 2Tbyte drives are available now.

Does anyone know of any unlimited versions?

By: Effendy komputer

Effendy komputer — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:05:02 +0000

I have same problem with USB to ide converter, I have 2 seagate 80GB when I plug into my laptop both hdd can be detected by windows, but only one appears as one of my hard drive (Drive E) and working very well and the other one doesn’t appears at all but detected as mass storage device on my safety removal hardware. any one can help. thanks

By: Bronto

Bronto — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:30:25 +0000

I’ve been using this cable for a few years and everytime it’s worked. Recently though I hooked up my laptop hard drive and everything was fine. However, after I restarted with the drive still attached the PC wouldn’t boot correctly, probably b/c of some operating system conflict…so I unplugged the notebook drive and booted normally. After a successful boot (I use Windows Vista) I tried connecting the notebook drive again and I received a message saying that the driver for my new hardware failed to install. When I listen to the drive it seems that the drive isn’t spinning up. I tested the drive on another computer and the same thing happened. I then tested a 3.5” hard drive with the same cable. The drive was recognized and worked fine. Is it possible that the reboot somehow killed my notebook drive or that the 2.5” portion of the cable is damaged?

By: Dudung B

Dudung B — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:32:12 +0000

My “epro” USB to IDE/SATA work well on my PC, but when I connected to an HD, systems says that the HD is present but, when I saw to the drive what the computer has, it did not appear at all, I mean the “usb HD” seem does not exist. Why ?

By: bjoern

bjoern — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:51:33 +0000

I need to get a picture of the inside ( both sides ) of this product, so i can fix mine, the wires are off !
Sendt it to: bjoern1982msn@hotmail.com

By: Waqas Malik

Waqas Malik — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:16:21 +0000

we use this cable in IDE Hard disk segat but this cable this cable no install the window, vista or windows7 we put driver cd but problum not solve

give me right way to install windows on this cable on IDE hard.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:59:10 +0000

Using China made USB-2535, the one that comes with the marvelous manual, (all one page of it). I seem to be having the same problem with an IDE Seagate ST3655A HDD from an old desktop. Just wanted to play around with it, and maybe store some old files. Hooked up as per everyone’s suggestions, doesn’t show up anywhere, except in “unplug or eject hardware”, in the toolbar. Actually, options to eject hardware list it as a USB storage device, and as a Seagate HDD.
System is a IBM/Lenovo T-43 notebook.
Any further info needed, just ask, it’s bugging me no end. I’m going to disconnect it and try an old floppy I have laying around.

By: jcbeach

jcbeach — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:36:34 +0000

Hi,

The drive shows up under disk management when i plug in my hdd with the ide to usb cable. But it does not assign a letter to it so i can open it like when it does if you plug in an external hdrive

Thanks ,

J. Beach

By: Gabriel Maffla

Gabriel Maffla — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:39:45 +0000

Tengo un cable usb a IDE (R-Driver II), pero al conectarlo en mi nuevo computador, no aparece nada en la pantalla de Windows Vista.
Â¿SerÃ¡ que es incompatible con este S.O. o debo realizar alguna configuraciÃ³n?
Â¿Puede alguien ayudarme?
Le estarÃa infinitamente agradecido.
gmaffla@yahoo.com

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:35:28 +0000

Do you have the power plugged in? I’ve heard that sound before with small USB hard drives that have a USB Y cable and only one leg of the Y is plugged in.

By: Noah

Noah — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:51:12 +0000

I own this product and uhm i wish i would have read this review before using it i plugged in the IDE cord upside down while the drive was powered up and the usb was plugged in now the drive sounds like its spinning but catching on something because it goes click-click, click-click can you help me im sure there is a way to fix it its just a machine

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:15:12 +0000

It’s possible something like that exists… I just don’t know where you would find it…

By: gibama

gibama — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 08:18:40 +0000

It’s a http://www.icybox.de

The IDE connector is made to be connected to the HD (the connector of the HD is a MALE connector – while the connector of the so-called IDE connector is a FEMALE one). The connector in the DVD Recorder is also FEMALE. You see my problem. The connector should be able to connect instead of the HD. So the IDE-side of the IDE/USB adapter should be MALE like if it was a HD. Does anything like it exist or do I have to get back to my soldering iron?

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:52:13 +0000

gibama:

What exactly is an Icy Box? Is it just an external holder with special cooling? Couldn’t you just use an IDE extension cable of some sort?

By: gibama

gibama — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:06:25 +0000

I was wondering if the same sort of adapter exists for IDE to USB 2.0. I am thinking of taking out the HD of my DVD Recorder, installing it in a “Icy Box”. The adapter IDE side would be connected in place of the HD in the DVD Recorder and the USB side would plug into the “Icy Box” making my HD external. The DVD Recorder wouldn’t know the HD is external would he? Now suposing I have a special software on my PC (Vista) I could plug the “Icy Box” to the PC and do whatever I would want with the files I find there. Thank you for any comments.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:57:41 +0000

yercygo:

I’m not sure why it’s not working… You might try to contact the people that make this product.

By: yercygo

yercygo — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:49:26 +0000

Hi.

I tried to use this cable with a 2.5” fujitsu 30gb, and it doesn’t work. It’s recognized by windows, so i see that message popping on the right bottom corner, but i won’t see it in the explorer. What’s wrong?
Do i need a y-shaped usb cable?

(the cable is new and worked well with a 3.5” drive; the 2.5” drive is also working well in a laptop).

Thanks.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:17:37 +0000

cmhelv:

It almost sounds like the drive isn’t spinning up… maybe… Can you tell if it’s spinning? I have you tried to connect the drive and USB cable combo to another computer?

You say it disappears from the application bar. Do you mean that it disappears from the list of mounted drives in the My Computer listing?