I know, this isn’t your typical cool gear from The Dojo, but I’m really digging on this piece ‘o gadge. This, you see, is NewerTech’s new USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter. In one slick case you have a standard ATA interface, a laptop ATA interface, and the new SATA-I/II interface. The only thing that’s missing is the SAS interface! Officially it supports IDE and ATAPI, too.

Hook this all up, power it, and stick it into a USB 2.0 port, and that internal-only drive is magically transformed into an external drive. Its these kinds of toys that allow nerds to keep systems working, avoid catastrophic problems, migrate data from one place to another where normally impossible, and otherwise get crazy with OS installation. Going for US$29.95 and is available now. Get one! [PS: that NurdKewl in the title was inserted by me -Ed.]

written by Tyler Regas