Sabrent 3.5 Inch USB 2.0 Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure (ECS-U35K)

by Sabrent

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 2.1 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000E95T58
• Item model number: ECS-U35K
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (167 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #33 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Hard Drive Enclosures
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2004

Product Description

The new Cypress Chipset allows you to connect any IDE hard drive externally, while the durable aluminum case effectively dissipates the heat to create instant portable data storage in a case that is extremely compact.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good product for the price -Satisfied-, September 16, 2006

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Kerry Turner "Quality Engineer" (Cincy, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sabrent 3.5 Inch USB 2.0 Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure (ECS-U35K) (Personal Computers)

For the price, this product does the job. The instructions were a little poor. For example, they state to set the drive jumper to "master". Well, I did that and it did not work. I really had to set the jumper to "single". After I got that figured out, it was easy to fit into the enclosure. They even included a screw driver and screws in the box. I didn't need anything. That was a nice surprise. After connecting to my USB (Win XP), it was detected and I could access all of my stored files.

I have several hard drives in a box leftover from years of upgrades (a pack rat of sorts). I am considering getting several of these enclosures for these old hard drives, labeling them, and just connecting as the need arises.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars takes a little work, September 4, 2006

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Kjh (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sabrent 3.5 Inch USB 2.0 Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure (ECS-U35K) (Personal Computers)

I admit that i'm a little bit of a geek, so this may not be for people with no computer background. And I'll admit, it took me a while to figure out how to get the stupid thing open (the other reviewer who mentioned the screwdriver is wrong, you dont need one, you just need to push hard on the two buttons under the slide-out covers of the case). And it would've been nice to have a little more docs.


That said, I LOVE the thing. No doubt, I'll be getting another. It is fast, it is clean, it is solid. Having the ability to get some use out of my old hard drives is really cool -- and for $18, I can't beat it.

64 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works for me!, June 7, 2006

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Java Wiz Kid (Venezuela) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sabrent 3.5 Inch USB 2.0 Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure (ECS-U35K) (Personal Computers)

I must get a Ph.D in engineering because guess what... it works for me!.

The claims by reviewers below are risible.

#1. "No instructions". "I"m left guessing how to open it". Can you say "screwdriver"?. Sheesh, remove screws, open the box, plug the IDE drive to the IDE cable, power connector into the drive. Place screws, end of story!

#2. "No drivers on MacOS". Any OS which supports "USB Mass storage" devices will work. Gee, guess what... you have to FORMAT the drive before it can be seen by the OS. Jumper settings are also an issue. Any drive put into a USB enclosure must be set as MASTER. Anyone who has ever dealt with USB enclosures know that... except the reviewers below...

#3. "It is not shock absorbant". This is ridiculous!. What do you expect for $18 for Chrissakes!.

This device works as intended and is a great deal. If you're technically challenged or suffer from panic disorders and can't think rationally, avoid. You're better off paying $250 to Maxtor for a pre-assembled USB hard drive.

Tested with both WinXP SP2 and Linux