Vantec CB-ST00U3 NexStar USB 3.0 to SATA 6Gbps Optical/Storage Adapter, Black

Had to retire my over 10 year old PC but wanted to keep the CD/DVD Read/Write drives. My solution was the Vantec SATA storage adapter with USB 3.0. I removed the CD/DVD drives from my PC and connected one of them to the SATA port on the Vantec adapter. Plugged the USB 3.0 cable into my Laptop (also connect to a Laptop docking station when using another Laptop). It just started working with no drivers, etc. Couldn't have been easier and now I am able to run applications, play music and create picture DVD's using any application that can see a CD or DVD in Windows 10 or 11. The performance appears to be better than it was in my old PC, which is probably due to the USB 3.0 connectivity. The adapter also supports SATA hard drives, but I have not utilized it for that purpose. However if I need it in the future, the specs says that Vantec SATA adapter supports any SATA drive.So for the $20 this is the best solution that I've found and highly recommend it to anyone.

It works great.

I needed a way to connect an internal Blu-ray 5.25 inch drive from my previous tower PC. The Seagate external hard drive connectors I had did not support optical drives.This product let me use the optical drive easily, using the included USB 3.0 cable and 110/12V power supply. No new software drivers were needed.

I bought one of these seven years ago but it crapped out on me last week; strangely, it was the power rocker switch. But it's a rare item that does exactly what I need: attach an Optiarc bare DVD drive to my MacBook. The Optiarc drive has features missing from $30 USB DVD drives and it can rip CDs much faster. 20 bucks for 7 years of service is pretty good these days.

Purchase two in order to use a Blu Ray Writer (yes I know it’s old tech but I still very much use physical media for various things) and a external Drive. Works absolutely flawlessly with both. Windows picked up both devices first time.Build quality is solid and over all I have to say the product is reliable and does exactly what it was designed to do. If you need an easy way to connect SATA optical drives or storage devices via USB, this is a great option.

Nice interface to sata devices. The main piece has the sata and power connector in one small rectangular piece. The power and usb cable plugs into this so its easy to plug into any sata device with this one piece with both connectors on it. It has a on switch so its easy to test devices before it gets installed or to use your dvd burner or load hard disk before installing in a system. Overall 5 stars looks quality and was easy to use.

Works as good as its supposed to

I have a LG WH16NS40 Blu-ray writer that has been used in my old Win 10 desktop. My desktop is too old to upgrade to Win 11. I planned to use this adapter to make an external Blu-ray writer with my LG WH16NS40. This adapter works for reading data CDs, DVDs and playing Blu-ray movies with both my new Win 11 laptop and my old Win 10 desktop via USB 3.0. Unfortunately, it didn’t work to burn a data CD-R or DVD-R with my new Win 11 laptop. And it even didn’t work to burn a data CD-R with my old Win 10 desktop that had my LG WH16NS40 as an internal drive originally. I have tried many times with both my computers. I had the same problem that one reviewer mentioned "Doesn't sustain connection". See the error in the screenshot. Somehow, the adapter gets disconnected as soon as the writer starts to burn. I gave it 3 stars because it plays Blu-ray movies via USB 3.0 with both my computers.