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Portable mobile storage! Connect your 2.5-inch notebook SATA hard drive to a USB port with this External AluminumSATA HDD Enclosure. With its USB 2.0 interface, you'll get quick data transfers of up to 480 Mbps. Its Silver aluminum casing keeps your hard drive cool for maximum performance and its self powered design means there is no power adapter to carry. For a low cost solution for your external storage needs, order this 2.5-inch USB 2.0 External Aluminum SATA HDD Enclosure today!
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
68 of 70 people found the following review helpful
By rochu168
Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this enclosure to recover data from a laptop. Installation is easy. The interface adapter from the old laptop hard drive has to be removed before connecting to the circuit board. I was able to copy the data from the hard drive once the enclosure was plugged in. There was no attempt to mount the hard drive on the enclosure with the two small screws. Will this enclosure last? I have no idea and it doesn't matter. All I know is that I paid $7.80 for this enclosure and it worked well enough to recover data from a dead laptop. The product gets a five star rating for a data recovery job accomplished.
71 of 74 people found the following review helpful
By Joe Ackbar
Amazon Verified Purchase
Bought this enclosure to use an 80GB Sata HDD that I replaced. The port works fine, and as far as I can tell, temperature is not terrible. The product did not include, however, the small screws that are supposed to go into the top of the mount. Without these, the HDD can just slide out of the aluminum casing. It is not a show stopper, since a piece of electrical tape works just fine, it is just that the product should come with everything needed to use it properly. You get what you pay for...
45 of 47 people found the following review helpful
By W. Schneider
Amazon Verified Purchase
...but that is about it. You are getting a lot of bang for your buck with this enclosure, small screwdriver, pleather slip case, USB cable with an extra USB connector to provide additional power to your drive. Quite simply, this enclosure works, but please be forewarned that you are getting what you pay for. The drive does slightly rattle inside the case, and the provided screwdriver is insufficient at getting the tiny screws into the unit, and the lettering painted to the outside of the case is tacky to the touch and has already slightly smeared. I have no regrets; I wanted an enclosure and didn't want to pay a lot of money for it, and I got exactly what I needed.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought two of these to upgrade two different laptops to SSD and use their original drive as an external.
Both Enclosures failed miserably. I tried the onboard usb 2.0 ports on 6 different laptops and 2 different (core 2 and core i5) desktops and although it recognizes the drive you can't format or use the drive in the enclosure. Even a quick format fails. This is on 3 different 2.5" drives tested. Also tried using a Vantec USB 3.0 Powered Hub and Asus NEC USB 3.0 card, didn't make any difference.
Looking at the cable system I decided to flip the usb cable around, using the 2 sided end on the drive, and it works! Drive is recognized, formats, and can write to the drive. So if you are having troubles, connect the end with the two cables to the drive, then connect the short cable to a usb port and reach the long cable length around back to another usb port.
Both Enclosures failed miserably. I tried the onboard usb 2.0 ports on 6 different laptops and 2 different (core 2 and core i5) desktops and although it recognizes the drive you can't format or use the drive in the enclosure. Even a quick format fails. This is on 3 different 2.5" drives tested. Also tried using a Vantec USB 3.0 Powered Hub and Asus NEC USB 3.0 card, didn't make any difference.
Looking at the cable system I decided to flip the usb cable around, using the 2 sided end on the drive, and it works! Drive is recognized, formats, and can write to the drive. So if you are having troubles, connect the end with the two cables to the drive, then connect the short cable to a usb port and reach the long cable length around back to another usb port.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By B. Johnston
Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought 5 of these and everyone of them was missing the circuit board that connects the drive. Very strange......
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By ransom
Amazon Verified Purchase
Made with an all metal construction that could easily short out the hard drive. In addition to that it has a terrible non-mini usb slot on the enclosure and the usb cable doesn't even fit in it because it's made so poorly. All this and when I finally force the cable in and plug it into my computer it dosn't recognize that there is even a drive plugged in. I have never had this problem with any of the other enclosures i've bought. Save yourself the trouble and invest an extra $5 to get a working one.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By E. Smith
Amazon Verified Purchase
Works as advertised. Used a Toshiba 110gb laptop drive from a "dead" machine. No problem getting the drive installed but there were NO instructions included at all. One must remove any drive carriage from the drive itself or it won't fit. 4 screws took off the Toshiba drive carriage and then the drive fit right in. No noise or vibration and the speed is good. It works on our ASUS laptop with Win7 and a desktop with WinXP. Haven't even needed the 2nd USB power plug on the included Y connector.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
This product is great. i bought it for use with my ps3 and it worked fine. Just format the drive you have to fat32 and the Ps3 will pick it right up. It also workes with windows 7
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
works but seems to fall apart
It really falls apart after about 4 months of use and sometimes it does not want to work when it is supposed to but otherwise it was what was needed for the price.
Published 1 day ago by Knights gate
4.0 out of 5 stars
Works Fine
I got this because it was cheap. Works fine right out of the box.
-Both ends sit flush.
-Installation easy. Done lose the screws. They are tiny. Read more
-Both ends sit flush.
-Installation easy. Done lose the screws. They are tiny. Read more
Published 1 day ago by LN
5.0 out of 5 stars
works like a charm
Does what I need it to do. Would definitely recommend. I am now able to do my job. I wish the company I contract at would provide them.
Published 2 days ago by SL
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good
There the best box you can use for your back up like or just to save music, pictures, video clips and much more, I really recommend you get and don't loose tour documents other... Read more
Published 2 days ago by Junior Ramos
3.0 out of 5 stars
Okay for money
Item is good for the money that we pay. But the adapter on the top which goes to the hard drive is not so perfect
I had to bend it little to fit exactly to the hard drive.
I had to bend it little to fit exactly to the hard drive.
Published 2 days ago by Dharmaraju
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cheap and somewhat chintzy...
...but it does get the job done.
Fit and finish could be better but hey, for the price I can't really complain too much. Read more
Fit and finish could be better but hey, for the price I can't really complain too much. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Eduardo Nietzsche
4.0 out of 5 stars
It works well
bought mine from HDE. It works well, it's the perfect size so there's no movement in the case when putting the hard drive in, I thought that the hard drive itself would be secured... Read more
Published 4 days ago by A.J.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Works in a pinch
This was a very inexpensive item that solved a big problem when my laptop failed and I needed access to the files on the hard drive.
Published 5 days ago by KB
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'm totally satisfied
It's exactly what I expected.It was so cheap, when I order it, I was pretty sure it wouldn't work.But I have been really surprised. It's easy to set up, light and very fast. Read more
Published 5 days ago by loic feujio
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply Great
I thought I permanently lost my hard drive (WD-250 GB), but this product was a quick and easy solution to retrieve information and replace a faulty connector.
Published 6 days ago by Alberto Rene Salazar
