USB 2.0 to IDE 2.5″ Hard Disk Drive HDD Aluminum External Case Enclosure
- New Ultra Slim Aluminum External Hard Drive Case
- Support 2.5″ IDE Hard Drives 40~160GB
- Fast Data/File Access and Transfer Rate up to 480MB/s
- USB 2.0 to IDE
- Compatible only with IDE drives (see below)
# View, Copy, and Edit Image/Video/Music/Data/Files Directly # Ideally for Data Backup # Support MAC OS8.6 or above # Support MS Windows Vista/XP/2000 # Fully Plug & Play and Hot Swappable # Software Driver Download needed for Windows ME/982nd # Power by Computer USB Port (No External Power Cable Required) # LED Power Indicator # Dimension 4.5″x2.5″x0.43″ # Light Weight ~2.2 Ozs # 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…. More >>
USB 2.0 to IDE 2.5″ Hard Disk Drive HDD Aluminum External Case Enclosure
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5 comments
D. Mendiola on September 3, 2009 at 10:48 pm
I actually don’t have one but I need someone to clarify something for me…is this IDE or SATA? Thanks
R. Fischbach on September 4, 2009 at 12:35 am
I bought 2 thinking this would work for my two SATA drives and found out the interface was IDE. Rating it 2 stars for not listing the interface on the tech specs. No idea if the product works as intended.
Michael Farley on September 4, 2009 at 12:49 am
Product does everything it should and promises except leads you to beleive it works on any 2.5 hard drive. I have found two problems with their claims. (1.) I have one 2.5 hard drive from an old Gateway that wouldn’t fit in the case (The sizes were almost identical). (2.) My biggest beef was that it won’t work with just any 2.5 hard drive, it is specifically made for an ide connection only (if it is for any 2.5 hard drive then they sure as hell short you the adapter to make it work with the SATA connection on about half of the 2.5 hard drives out there).The company should at least owe all of us who purchaced one of these an adapter for free to show they stand behind their products!!! I have found no problems with their product as long as it is used with an ide drive, but be cautious when considering it for purchase because it is shown nowhere that it is only ide specific and THEIR PRODUCT IS NOT SATA COMPLIANT!!!
J. Zufi on September 4, 2009 at 3:16 am
Cheap, cheap product. No air flow, case was damaged on delivery and had to stuff the HD into the case, scratching the unit up on all sides. I got what I paid for (cheapest one in the list) – go for a unit with airflow.
Avinash R. Shenoy on September 4, 2009 at 4:54 am
Couldn’t use it because this turned out to be a USB to IDE. I needed a SATA. Is so cheap that I didn’t even return it!