The USB to eSATA or SATA cable turns any SATA or eSATA mass storage device into a convenient external USB 2.0 high-speed drive. The adapter supports 2.5" SATA/eSATA hard drives, SATA CD/DVD drives, and eSATA drive enclosure. It is a great test bench device perfect for technicians or anyone needing to copy or offload files from one hard drive to another Features & specification USB host interface: compliant with USB 2.0 specification Supports USB 2.0 high-speed(480Mbps) transfer rates SATA device interface: compliant with serial-ATA 1.0A specification Truly plug & play and hot-plug No driver is needed for windows ME/2000/XP/Server 2003/vista, linux, macOS 10 or higher. Vender driver is required only with windows 98/98SE System requirement Desktop or notebook PC with a USB 2.0 port Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista, linux, macOS or higher Power supply for your SATA/eSATA device SATA-to-SATA cable(for SATA drive) or eSATA-to eSATA cable(for eSATA enclosure).