1) USB 2.0 to IDE cable 2) Connect any device with an IDE interface to a PC with USB interface 3) Transfer rate approx. 480 Mbps 4) Complies with USB 2.0 standards 5) Backwards compatible to USB 1.1 standards 6) Complies with ATA/ ATAP-66 spe. V1.0 7) Easy to install 8) Supports IDE and enhanced IDE hard drives: a) 2.5" laptop drives b) 3.5" desktop drives (works with all brands, including Maxtor, Seagate, IBM Hitachi, Samsung, Western digital) c) 5.25" CD-Rom, CD-Rw, DVD-Rw 9) Supports ATA /ATAPI CD-Row/ R/ RW DVD-Row and more 10) External power adapter for IDE/ ATAPI devices 11) Linux compatible 12) System requirements: a) Windows 98/98 SE/ME/ 2000/XP/ Mac OS 9.2 or higher/ Linux 2.4X