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Hard drive USB data transfer

Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team Feb 5, 2007

Transfer data off old hard drives to new drives using a USB plug-n-play adapter

Newer Technology, the leading developer of performance upgrades, has announced that it is shipping the NewerTech USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter, the easiest and most cost-effective way to move data from your old hard drive to your new hard drive via USB Plug-N-Play.

Priced at only $24.95 (introductory pricing), the NewerTech USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter is a USB adapter cable that gives a second life to switched-out hard drives, which can be used without buying expensive enclosures.

Recently announced at Macworld Expo with sell-out crowds and one of the largest sales volumes ever, the USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter allows any hard drive (2.5in, 3.5in, or 5.25in) or optical drive (standard IDE/ATA/ATAPI 40 pin or Serial-ATA) to be connected via USB with any computer using Mac OS 9.2 or higher, Linux 2.4.X, or Windows 2000 or higher for the ultimate in usability.

The adapter allows you to re-use old drives on an as needed basis for emergency access should a problem occur with a computer, and also lets you transfer data from drives removed from a failed computer.

Popular with PC and Mac users alike, the USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter is perfect for file transfer after the upgrade of an internal hard drive, backing up and storing file archives, and accessing data and interfacing with stored backup drives.

Truly universal, the USB 2.0 Universal Drive 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.

The adapter provides a USB 2.0 transfer speed of up to 480Mbps and is also backwards compatible with USB 1.1.

With the proliferation of large digital video, music and photo files, storage is crucial for every computer user, who requires larger and larger hard drives than those that were originally shipped with their computers.

After upgrading these drives, the question is how do you transfer your files from the old drives and what do you do with your old, still functioning storage drives.

The NewerTech USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter lets you easily transfer data between drives and then allows you to re-use old drives without the extra cost of enclosures, instead of just throwing the old drives out.

The NewerTech USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter includes all hardware necessary for the plug-and-play of supported 2.5in/3.5in/5.25in storage devices to any Apple/Mac or PC with an available USB port.

No software is required for the use of the adapter with a 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 with Windows based systems.