I just purchased a SATA/IDE Adapter, specifically a Bytecc BT-300 USB 2.0 to IDE/SATA adapter. I have a variety of IDE drives from old computers and when I attach the cable to one of the drives (and connect it to AC power and connect the USB cable to my laptop) I don't see the drive in File Explorer on my new Windows 10 laptop. There are two LEDs on the BT-300, a red one and a green one. Only the green one is lit and I believe I have properly attached the cable to the IDE connection at the back of the drive.
When I try a second IDE drive, I get BOTH the red and the green LEDs lit. Again, I don't see the drive in File Explorer.
There is no documentation at all in the box with this device.
I have no reason to believe the device is defective but I don't understand what the LEDs signify, especially the red one, and why I'm not seeing the drive on the computer. I expected to see a new drive, just as if I had put a flash drive in the USB port. Is that not what happens? I've never used one of these adapters before so I can only guess.
Hmm, I just googled this device and found a very short PDF (a single page) which says 3.5 inch IDE drives need to be all be set as Master devices. Perhaps the red light is telling me that this drive is NOT a master??
Has anyone used this adapter? If so, could you confirm the meaning of the red LED and tell me if the drive connected via the adapter is supposed to show up in File Explorer like a flash drive or if there is some other way I'm supposed to see what's on it?
When I try a second IDE drive, I get BOTH the red and the green LEDs lit. Again, I don't see the drive in File Explorer.
There is no documentation at all in the box with this device.
I have no reason to believe the device is defective but I don't understand what the LEDs signify, especially the red one, and why I'm not seeing the drive on the computer. I expected to see a new drive, just as if I had put a flash drive in the USB port. Is that not what happens? I've never used one of these adapters before so I can only guess.
Hmm, I just googled this device and found a very short PDF (a single page) which says 3.5 inch IDE drives need to be all be set as Master devices. Perhaps the red light is telling me that this drive is NOT a master??
Has anyone used this adapter? If so, could you confirm the meaning of the red LED and tell me if the drive connected via the adapter is supposed to show up in File Explorer like a flash drive or if there is some other way I'm supposed to see what's on it?