Instruction: Given a question and the related document, and generate the answer to the question based on the information provided in the document.

Input:
Question: Will this product work with Windows 7? Nothing in the specs indicated that the OS mattered, but the box lists the OS it supports and 7 isn't listed. Also, is there a way to test the device 1rst to make sure that it won't damage my hard drive? The $20 I saved by buying an off-brand wouldn't be worth the cost of losing all my data ;-)
Document: Product works great for pulling data off internal SATA Drives. Just watch 4 prongs while plugging AC socket into SATA power cable (prngs can bend easily). All other cables nice quality. Product installs itself on Windows XP & Windows 7. Wish I had this on earlier Drive failures. Quick & dirty way to pull info off drives without buying drive enclosures. Can quickly switch drives. On shipping, I put Amazon to the test with my Amazon Prime Membership.
Not sure if it matters, though.Also, some have complained that there is no way to hook up a power cable to a 2.5" drive. It did work for me, however, to just use only the USB cable and not any outside power supply. The 2.5" drive seems to be powered OK with only USB power. I am copying 60GB off a laptop hard drive as I write this using only the USB adapter cable and nothing else.
While I am familiar with plug and play products, this was not tested to the standards I am used to enjoying. I tried to use it to no effect. More than that, I could not risk a fire for the sake of a few data files. I ended up eating the cost and purchasing a product that actually worked, and am considering buying a case for my old hard drive to make use of its storage.Run, don't walk, away from this product.
The product works well enough, and Windows 7 supports the devices out of the box. Although there are a few negatives to it.-It feels very cheap and easily breakable.-Mine shipped with a faulty power cord. (luckily I have many of those around the house. )-The usb cable is very short.It does do what it advertizes so I can't complain about that.
I bought this little piece of garbage when my laptop died and I had to take it apart for spare parts with the intention of salvaging my data from the hard drive. Now, it says it comes with an install CD, but no such driver disc is included. I figured, hey, my new Mac will recognize the hardware, right? Wrong, this thing only supports Mac OS 8.2 (as the bleeding of technology) and Windows XP.
Well, it didn't set anything on fire, but it also didn't work. The power supply seems OK, I can hear the IDE drive running, but my PC (Windows 7) never senses the drive. It did say it installed a driver and my new device was ready to use, but a new drive never shows up on the device list. So basically, the kit they sent me just doesn't do anything.
I bought this to test old Hard Drives and when I hooked it up a buzzing sound ran through my computer, I tried several times but it sounded like a short so I decided it was not worth the damage it could cause.I also noticed the USB adapter was splitting apart, this may be a manufacturing issue but I know it's not safe.
This thing is great. I repair computers and this thing makes checking drives a breeze. Checked 18 drives of all sorts. Zip drives some cd/dvd drives and some hard drives. Only ran into a problem with one drive where the IDIE and POWER source for the drive were to close together to fit both the adapter and power sourse for this thing at the same time. Oh and make sure you give Windows 7 plenty of time to detect drive. In most cases it took Win 7 about 2 mins.
My adapter seems to be working great if I can keep my feet away from the cord (will have to route it around back of the computer). I was having trouble with the IDE connection of an 80GB hard drive some time after I added a Promise controller to the system and the adapter will now make the drive visible to the Windows 7 system. The adapter has also let me diagnose a DVD drive as bad.
In combination with software from another source, it allowed me to recover all important data from a corrupt drive. Saved me many hours of work.It's also useful for converting a hard drive from an old computer into an external drive to attach to your new computer and use as a backup device, extra storage, or transfer data between computers.
Answer: yes it will.. anything from xp on up