Connect a 2.5″ SATA hard drive or solid state drive externally to your computer with the USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A to 2.5″ SATA II Adapter Cable.
It is recommended that you use the USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A port on your computer to get the maximum data transfer rate of 5 Gb/s, but the adapter cable is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.1 at slower speeds. The 2.5″ SATA II connector works with 2.5″ SATA hard drives and solid state drives. The adapter cable is hot-swappable and can be installed without tools. It is plug and play and does not require additional drivers.
USB 3.1 Gen 1 and USB 3.0 are synonymous.
Demarco Kiehn (verified owner) –
I ordered two of these . One was DOA. I contacted B&H customer support and they sent me a replacement right away. The replacement works fine.
Angeline King (verified owner) –
Funcionando con Windows y Mac
Sadie Keebler (verified owner) –
I purchased this to install a new Samsung 500GB 860 EVO SATA III 2.5 Internal SSD in an old HP 530 with Win 7 Pro. It worked flawlessly. It also has a clean looking blue led on the corner of the SATA connector that illuminates when connected to a USB port that was not in the description. I would definitely recommend this adapter cable and purchase again if I happen to misplace this one.