StarTech.com Bi-Directional SATA IDE Adapter Converter

Bi-Directional SATA IDE Adapter ConverterBi-directional adapter converts IDE to SATA or SATA to IDE The PATA2SATA3 is a bi-directional SATA IDE adapter/converter that lets you connect a Serial ATA drive to a legacy IDE port, or an IDE drive to a SATA motherboard port. A cost-effective solution for upgrading existing IDE systems to support SATA hard drives or optical drives, the SATA/IDE adapter eliminates the expense of having to purchase a controller card while saving the expansion slot that would be required for card installation. In addition to SATA hard drive installation, the adapter can be reversed in order to connect older IDE drives to a newer SATA-enabled motherboard, making it easy to retrieve old files from a previous system. Product Diagram: Applications:Connect newer SATA drives to an older motherboard with only IDE supportConnect an old IDE drive to a new SATA only motherboard to recover the dataTechnicians who regularly need to work with both types of drives across diffe