Question 1

I need an eSATA to USB 3.0 cable for the following:

I have a WD My Cloud (2TB) that has failed, and I suspect it's the My Cloud enclosure and not the hard drive itself. WD tech support said that I may be able to recover the data on the hard drive by connecting directly from a computer with an eSATA port to the My Cloud USB 3.0 port.

Is this the correct cable for this?

Accepted Answer

Technically this is not the correct cable for this; however, it may be used if you can provide power to the hard drive via an alternative method.
The Vantec NexStar 2.5"/3.5" SATA to SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Storage Adapter - Model CB-SATAU3 would be a more appropriate adapter as it will also provide power to the drive. I use this exact device for recovering data from hard drives when the enclosure electronics fail. This is what you need.

Question 2

I wish to use this to connect an external DVD drive to laptop which only has USB ports. DVD came with esata to sata cable. Will this work?

Accepted Answer

if the external drive is ESATA; it should work just fine.

Question 3

I wish to use this solution to connect my 2.5" external USB 3.0 HDD to my Laptop that has only USB 2.0 and eSata ports, to get higher speeds then with USB 2.0.  Is it somehow possible to plug the esata side of the cable to the eSata port in my laptop and connect the USB side with an male to micro male USB 3 adapter directly to my WD passport USB 3 ?
I would appreciate if you could give me a working solution.

Accepted Answer

No, this will not work that way. You could consider purchasing a USB 3.0 / eSata external enclosure and moving your drive to that enclosure. This would allow you to access the drive via either eSata or USB.

Question 4

Will this work with internal hdd and ssd and sshd as a data cable?

Accepted Answer

I don't believe that it will correctly plug into all of the the internal SATA connectors.

Get a $18 Pro IDE/SATA/USB Hardrive Adaptor that will support IDE, ultra ATA; Serial ATA, 2.5" & 3.5 inch Hard Drive, and 5.25" Optical Drives (DVD)....Newegg has them or such as inland-products adaptors.

Question 5

Hi.... I have a New MacPro which has only TB and USB 3.0 connectors.

I would like to use this cable to connect the USB 3 port on my MacPro to the eSARA port on my my RAID 1 CalDigit VR external drive.  I will be storing my LightRoom 5 catalog as well and my iPhoto , iMovie and Photoshop data there.

Will this work?  At least as fast as FW800?

Accepted Answer

I have a mid 2007 MacBook Pro,  and it works pretty well and it's fast. I'm using the cable on a Western Digital 500GB storage drive. I'm not very familiar with the FW800.

Question 6

Is there a size limit on the device I can connect with this? I have a 9 TB RAID5 unit (currently eSATA) that needs to connect to a new iMac which has no eSATA.

Anyone using this for an enclosure larger than one drive?

Accepted Answer

I am not aware of a limitation beyond what the computer can handle itself. I have an external RAID array with 6 x 2TB drives in RAID 5. the adapter works perfectly.

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