Usb to ide sata adapter how to#

After the drive has been detected once, it will behave like a flash drive. If it doesn't, just reboot and it should show up. After the scan, see if the drive shows up. If not, click Start, and right click on My Computer, go to Device Manager, right click on Disk Drives and click Scan For Hardware Changes.

If you get a 'Found New Hardware' message, you're good. Have the drive turned on and running when you plug it into your (running) computer's USB.

Usb to ide sata adapter how to#

'Here's how to install it so it will work for you: The driver cd that came with these cables does not have a driver that will work for Windows 7.ДЇound this from some feedback another user / owner of this device left. I know that I can just open my computer and connect it internally but the reason I purchased these cables in the first place is so I will not have to do that. Does anyone know where I can get a driver for this set of cables that will make it work on Windows 7. I tried contacting them by email well over a week ago and got no response even though when i completed there form to send the email it said I would get a reply within 48 hours. I went to web site looking for a driver for Windows 7 but when you go to their download section there is no driver to download. They still work fine when I connect an internal IDE hard drive using these cable through my USB port but when I attempted to connect an SATA internal hard drive I got an error telling me that Windows 7 could not find a driver. I used them several time on my old Windows XP computer but I never tried them on my Windows 7 computer until now. Several years ago I purchased a set of 'USB to IDE or SATA adapter cables' made by.