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USB 2.0 External 2.5" IDE HDD Enclosure Case Blue For Laptop | 
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Category: CE
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $3.00
You Save: $16.99 (85%)
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Rating:  84 reviews
Sales Rank: 233
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5.2 x 1.4
UPC: 879889000001
EAN: 0879889000001
ASIN: B000FNBYKW
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | New Ultra Slim Aluminum External Hard Drive Case | | • | Support 2.5" IDE Hard Drives 40~500GB | | • | Fast Data/File Access and Transfer Rate up to 480MB/s | | • | USB 2.0 to IDE | | • | Compatible only with IDE drives (see below) |
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Product Description
Need a new house for your 2.5" hard drive? Use this aluminum case to turn your laptop drive into an external hard drive. This case is only for drives with IDE connectors. Supports MAC OS8.6 or above and MS Windows Vista/XP/2000. Fully Plug & Play and Hot Swappable. Software Driver Download needed for Windows ME/982nd. Powered by the computer's USB Port (No External Power Cable Required). LED Power Indicator. Dimension 4.5"x2.5"x0.43" Light Weight ~2.2 Oz Simple and Quick Assembly.
To determine if your hard drive is an IDE drive or a SATA drive, please look for the connectors. An IDE connector is longer, and has two rows of pins that stick out.
A SATA connector is smaller and has two plastic tabs with flat metal contacts.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 life saver March 8, 2007
Joshua E. Ahlquist (Portland, ME)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
I recently bought this Hard Drive case after using one at work and I got one just in time. My laptop motherboard blew up and i had no way of getting the files from my hard drive back. So i removed the hard drive plugged it in the case and plugged the case into my desktop and almost instantly the hard rive popped up allowing me to copy over my files that I thought where gone forever. This truly is a life saver!
Great product! March 3, 2008
Heidi Pemberton
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is a very good product it may seem cheap but it does what it needs to.
I had no issues getting it to work just plugged it in and it worked just fine. It comes with all you need to install hard drive.
Here are the pros
1. cheap
2. slim
3. made of aluminum to help get rid of heat
4. works with Macs and windows
I would have a con list but I can think of any
Did the job, and works great! April 28, 2008
Brad Folk
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
After my second hand laptop failed I salvaged the 40Gb hard drive and ordered this enclosure. It works great for me and was very easy to install. Fits perfectly to 2.5" laptop hard drives; 1 connection to the front panel and 2 screws - very simple design.
Some reviews complain about ventilation for overheating, but I can only see it getting hot if you use it for a long period of time transferring large files across a USB 1.0 connection. Most of the time its quite cool idle on USB 2.0.
The package comes with a screwdriver to install the screws, a 'Y-cable' for additional devices to connect to the same USB port (which I've never used), a black cloth cover for the case and the external case (silver).
Works great!
Same as Sabrent case, just cheaper! not bad at all! January 17, 2009
Bone (South Florida)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is exactly the same car that is sold under the Sabrent name and it's 1/3 the price of that one.
Not a bad damn deal!!!
XP and up don't need to install anything, just toss the disk that it comes with, it's meant for windows 98 and older. These devices are set to USB standards for 2.0 and it's all just plug and play. Before closing the case up and putting the screws in just go ahead and start it up and make sure that your drive is accessible. It it's not just move the jumper until you figure out the right setting for it.
Just make sure that you have the 2.5" drive set to either master or single (the jumper setting, normally single is without a jumper).
Also be careful with the screws for the top of the case they will strip out easily if you try to TIGHTEN them too much.
Excellent value and profile July 18, 2008
John M (Summerville, SC)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This enclosure is an excellent value. Performance has been trouble-free, and it worked right out of the box - no problems whatsoever. After I added my laptop drive (perfect fit) and connected it to two of my USB ports (one for power, one for data), it was recognized immediately by my Windows XP computer. It has a slim lightweight compact profile which works well for travel, and has a very tight USB connection. I would highly recommend this enclosure over more expensive enclosures offered by others.
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