StarTech.com 2.5-Inch Silver USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure for SATA HDD (SAT2510U2) - Silver
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Customer Review: Near-perfect
Summary: 5 Stars
I used one of these to enclose the 60GB disk that I took out of my PS3 after I upgraded it to 320GB. Installation consists on pushing the disk in and screwing 2 little screws using the little screwdriver provided. It's all done in less than 5 minutes.
It connects through an USB wire which powers the HDD. Included.
End of story.
Jan 2010 update
Almost 1.5 year later, I am still happy with my purchase. My HDD is still working inside its enclosure and I've never had a problem. I am using this disc to store data that I only rarely access - backups of photos, tax documents and so on - but I'm happy to know that they are in safe and that I can access my data quickly and easily by simply plugging in the disk.
P.S. - you can get the very much same thing minus the brand name for a lot less these days.
Customer Review: Great Speed and Reliability
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this product to hook up my laptop's SATA drive to my desktop for backup and transfer. So far it has been working great!
I accidentally placed it in a small enclosed area while my desktop was backing it up. After an hour or so, my computer stopped reading the drive. Went I went to pick it up, it was so hot I couldn't even touch it. After unplugging it and letting it cool, the drive operated just fine. A++ for solid engineering!
Pros:
- Pretty fast!
- Only uses one USB plug when hooked to USB 2.0 (two when on USB 1.1)
- Reliable (see heat story above)
Cons:
- Fabric sleeve is cheap and ugly
- Screws are VERY small (comes with small screwdriver to remove them)
- Screws and screwdriver were loose inside the enclosure (almost lost them when I opened it)
On a final note, I might be purchasing at least another one of these.
Customer Review: Works as it should
Summary: 5 Stars
It's a harddrive enclosure and nothing more.
The aluminum body aids to dissapate heat from the harddrive you put inside, a big plus. The screws are a little difficult to handle, but if you are not taking the harddrive in and out a lot, you only got to deal with the screws twice. (And you shouldn't be taking the HD in and out anyways.)
Even though it's an aluminum enclosure, it is too thin and the ends are plastic, so a high even drop and you can kiss you HD bye-bye. Just be careful when transporting it.
Power source for this thing come in the form of a Y-cable; a USB 2.0 cable in the shape of a Y. This means that it requires TWO USB ports on your computer or laptop to power this thing. Certain "highspeed" USB ports will only need one, but from experience, most will require two. So think long and hard before you buy. There is NO option to power it any other way.
Customer Review: Handy device for data recovery, and a lot more...
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this to recover the data off a 2.5" SATA hard drive that used to live inside my Toshiba Satellite laptop that went belly up shortly after its warranty expired. I done a complete virus scan and recovered about 100 GB so far with absolutely no problems and decent USB 2.0 speed.
The enclosure is powered by USB as well, which works fine. Two USB dongles are actually on the cable (for extra power), which is what I use and I've had no problems up to this point.
The package includes a little baggy with the tiniest screwdriver I've ever seen. Be careful when you open it, because it contains two even more miniscule screws, used for securing the hard drive once you insert it into the enclosure.
I promptly dumped mine on the carpet and spent a good 10 minutes looking for them. Very hard on the eyes...
Customer Review: Flimsy quality, dead on arrival
Summary: 1 Stars
I've had plenty of external USB hard drive enclosures and needed to cheaply pick up one more for a spare drive, so I figured this one would do the job as well as any. Not quite. I was a bit turned off by the loose feeling connection between the enclosure and my hard drive as well as the fact that the plastic was flaking off literally as I was putting it all together, but I wasn't expecting a top quality product for $17. I *was*, however, expecting it to at least work. I've tried this enclosure with both Windows XP and Linux, with one or both of the USB plugs on the Y-cable connected, every USB port on my computer, praying ... Besides the little green light on the enclosure lighting up, nothing else happens and the computer just doesn't see the new hardware at all. So right back to Amazon this enclosure goes.