Dan's Data has posted a review on another USB to IDE solution

The R-Driver II USB to IDE adapter cable is, yes, another one of those cheap quickie bridge hardware gadgets that lets you plug a bare ATA device into a USB port.

Unusually, though, this one

(A) has a connector for 2.5 inch laptop drives as well as the regular 40 pin plug, and
(B) seems to actually work as advertised.

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