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StarTech.com eSATA/USB 2.0 SATA HD Docking

$73.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
Only confusing part was making the drives come on at first and that was simple there is a button on the front for each drive.
from www.amazon.com
Archiving files to HDD is a snap with this dock adapter.
from www.amazon.com
I'm upgrading my laptop from 250 to 500GB drive.
from www.amazon.com
This product works as advertised - its great if you often need to test/repair/wipe/clone hard drives, but I also use it to boot alt operating systems without going into my case.
from n35w101, www.newegg.com
though not at the same time.* independant power buttons & eSATA connections for each drive.* the power buttons also serve as disk activity lights, flashing from blue to red on access.* drives face forward, making it them easy to label with a PTouch

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2 RECOMMENDED by 169 people for OVERALL

Apricorn EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL Parallel

$39.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i was amazed at how simple it was to copy one hard drive to another then install the new one into my laptop and immediately use the computer.
from www.amazon.com
i cloned a dell xps m1530 vista laptop to a larger drive and it worked great.
from www.amazon.com
took me physically longer to screw in the 5-6 miniscule screws for the hard drive enclosure in my laptop (one screw was a tight fit and i have big fingers, took a couple tries to get it in the hole
from www.amazon.com
this new product now applies to both pata and sata ports (both from ide or eide), and windows xp and windows vista operating systems.
from www.amazon.com
the hd caddy now houses my old drive as a backup, is made of aluminum and appears very durable and well made.

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3 RECOMMENDED by 38 people for OVERALL

Vantec NexStar DX NST-530S2 USB 2.0 External

$42.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
At least it matches the small led on my Plextor drive which is in this enclosure at the moment.
from www.amazon.com
I bought this to house my LG blu-ray drive.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
Pros: Best SATA enclosure out there right now.
from Pat, www.newegg.com
Pros: Big plus: Has no external power brick.
from Angry_Games, www.newegg.com
Other Thoughts: Gotta have the external optical drive for the new netbooks...

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4 RECOMMENDED by 91 people for OVERALL

Vantec NexStar 3 NST-260SU-BK USB 2.0

$36.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the solid aluminum case keeps the drive at a cooler temperature than the plastic ones i have, and will most likely stand up to a greater fall if i ever drop it.
from www.amazon.com
it doesn't have that swimming pool aluminum ladder feel to it like some enclosures i've seen.
from www.amazon.com
i swear the laptop drive is faster in the case then in the laptop!
from www.amazon.com
i ordered the ide one by mistake originally.
from www.amazon.com
comes with a nice carrying case and a double-headed usb cable for connection to your laptop/pc.

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5 RECOMMENDED by 23 people for OVERALL

Icydock MB559UEB MB559UEB-1S USB 2.0

$92.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
An excellent case...
from JDW, www.newegg.com
Cons: - No ESATA support- Weird USB A-A cable required for USB
from Ninja, please!, www.newegg.com
Team IcyDock offered to let me RMA the device, but with shipping at my expense.
from Nake, www.newegg.com
Pros: Attractive, Firewire 800 interface, easy to slide drive in and out.
from Mike, www.newegg.com
Pros: Awesome that you can swap drives in and out on the fly.

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Vantec NexStar 3 NST-260U2-RD USB 2.0 External

$32.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
I bought this unit when my lap top died but the hard drive was still good
from www.amazon.com
The screws that hold the hard drive in are hard to drive in all the way because the holes are not tapped.
from I love it!, www.newegg.com
Pros: Great-looking red case.
from STM, www.newegg.com
Cons: The mini USB connector is junk.
from Sitaboy, www.newegg.com
Other Thoughts: The connector for the cable is too weak, and fails, which leads to a flaky connection, and corrupt files on the drive.

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Macally PHR-250CC FireWire IEEE 1394a

$42.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i used the enclosure with a toshiba laptop hard drive and it is faster enough for me to edit dv over firewire if the drive is fairly empty.
from www.amazon.com
i purchased this product to make use of my old laptop hd.
from www.amazon.com
as advertised, it is a nice aluminum body build.
from www.amazon.com
if you appreciate apple's aluminum industrial design circa 2004, then you'll love the macally drive cases.
from www.amazon.com
the led is quite bright so don't stare at it too long!

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Xion XON-SAHDCB-USB SATA Hard Drive Docking Station

$28.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
For economical, personal mass storage, you can't beat the good old hard disk drive.
from www.amazon.com
i use it with my PS3 and works fine (ps3 limit is 32GB FAT partition), very easy to use, works great on my laptop here you can use sata hdd of any capacity.
from www.amazon.com
No frills, no hassle, you plug it in, pop in your HD, and the PC recognizes it right away as an external drive.
from www.amazon.com
Easy way to transfer your files to any SATA hard drive.
from atgnag, www.newegg.com
Other Thoughts: Great way to back up music, etc.

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Vantec NST-260SU-BL NexStar 3 External Hard Drive Enclosure

$37.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
great device, compact, not that much bigger than the cheapy plastic wd passport that the drive came from (plastic case stopped working btw)its now in a cool aluminum case, no complaints so far, well
from www.amazon.com
they're made out of aluminum to transfer heat quickly and they are high quality.
from www.amazon.com
i strongly recommend this to anyone looking to salvage their laptop hard drives, or build their own usb hdd's.
from www.amazon.com
most newer computers and laptops meet this requirement so no power adapter would be needed.
from www.amazon.com
This enclosure gives great USB2 throughput but even better eSATA performance.

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StarTech.com InfoSafe SAT2510U2 Serial ATA

$23.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i purchased this product to hook up my laptop's sata drive to my desktop for backup and transfer.
from www.amazon.com
then, i plugged the end cap of the enclosure onto my hard drive and slipped it into the aluminum sleeve.
from www.amazon.com
i recently had to restore a fairly new laptop and needed a drive enclosure to retrieve the data and restore it afterwards.
from www.amazon.com
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.
from www.amazon.com
this enclosure is small, fits in a shirt pocket, is made of an aluminum extrusion with plastic ends and fits the 2.5" sata drive just fine.

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MicroPac Technologies MPT USB 2.0 to Serial ATA

$24.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
however, due to the nature of this product, you will have wires strewn about during use, so it not ideal if you are looking for something to use regularly for external data storage.
from www.amazon.com
it's a good idea to set the drive up on blocks to ensure air circulation around it.
from www.amazon.com
i've been using this with my dell mini 9 as a way to access my desktop sata cdrom drive; you can use this to reformat a netbook or any computer that doesn't have a built in cdrom/dvdrom drive if you
from dragon1, www.shopping.com
pros: it works-led for when idling or working cons: no shutoff switch the bottom line: yes because not all can afford the expensive ones review: why a s ata to usb adapter as a ms beta tester
from www.amazon.com
i bought this to transfer info out of my boyfriends laptop hd (the laptops motherboard was fried and i had hopes that the hd was fine).

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VANTEC NST-300S2-BK Aluminum 3.5in External Hard Drive Enclosure Retail Serial ATA

VANTEC NST-300S2-BK Aluminum 3.5in External Hard Drive Hard Drive Enclosure Retail Serial ATA, USB 2.0 External Drive Case

$25.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
The enclosure is solidly built, and worked like a charm on first go.
from www.amazon.com
I was originally leaning towards a Nexstar 3 enclosure but decided I was far too cheap to cop the extra couple of bucks.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
Pros: Works well, install straightforward
from OldBob, www.newegg.com
Pros: 1 yr later - this drive has done a lot of traveling, and still looks like new, works great, too.
from Twoboxer, www.newegg.com
Pros: Sturdy aluminum case also provides heat transfer for this fanless enclosure.

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Vantec NexStar 3 NST-360U2-BL USB 2.0 External

$43.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
within minutes i had it installed in the hard drive enclosure, plugged into an electric outlet and the usb port of my laptop.
from www.amazon.com
the color is not quite as deep as i thought, but it is still pretty sleek-looking and shiny, plus there is an electric blue led on the front panel that blinks when the drive is working.
from www.amazon.com
i decided to get the vantec nexstar for all my ide hard drives (i will certainly get a sata drive for an unused 500 gb hard drive that i will want to use for backup).
from www.amazon.com
great idea if you need to rescue data off an internal drive.
from www.amazon.com
for me, this was a inexpensive way to turn a hard drive that was unused into a perfect drive to backup my laptop.

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Macally PHR-100AC FireWire IEEE 1394a

$56.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it has a cool outside(strong aluminum and a bright light).
from www.amazon.com
i used 300gb seagate hdd and by brother used 400gb hdd, while my friend put 160gb drive inside.
from www.amazon.com
i thought i could use it for my laptop firwire port but found that the enclosure is a 6pin whereas my laptop has a 4pin firewire port.
from www.amazon.com
it looks like one of those laptop power cords that has the surge protector in between.
from www.amazon.com
* cool blue led power light, blinks red during drive access

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JR Acomdata TNGXXXUSE-RED Tango 2.5" USB/eSATA Portable Drive Enclosure Kit Serial ATA

$30.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
A good HD enclosure for 2.5" SATA hard drives.
from www.amazon.com
After a couple days of trying to find a decent HDD enclosure,I came across this one.
from www.amazon.com
After seeing some very poor reviews to the $10 and $15 enclosures, I decided I'd "splurge" and see if $20 could buy you a good drive enclosure.
from www.amazon.com
Bought this to be able to access old hard drive data while updating a laptop, also because it supports eSATA.
from www.amazon.com
Bought this to do some file recovery off a laptop hard drive.

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Vantec NST-360SU-BK USB 2.0 External

$45.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i purchased this case and a very quiet 1tb seagate drive & couldn't be happier, it is nice looking and combined with the hdd, provides a fairly pleasing looking external storage solution that can be
from www.amazon.com
in the past i've used numerous external hard drives, so when i had an extra sata drive, the idea of sticking it into an external case as a swappable drive seemed sensible.
from www.amazon.com
the only thing i realized is that it heats up pretty quickly when the hd is running, however, because of its aluminum finish, it cools down pretty fast too.
from www.amazon.com
it doesnt make any noise (well depends on ur hdd), the enclosure does a good job in dissipating the heat out, so no need for a fan !!
from www.amazon.com
most important, the fan-less aluminum enclosure runs very cool.

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Macally phr-100acb Firewire/USB Combo External

$89.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i would have given it 5 stars, but the led lights in front don't work.
from dmori57, www.shopping.com
pros: good aluminum case.
from dmori57, www.shopping.com
Pros: Good aluminum case.
from henrybowman, www.shopping.com
Pros: FireWire 800, nice metal case, easy assembly, vertical stand supplied.
from www.amazon.com
This is the first time I have ever used an external drive enclosure and it was so easy to use.

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Acomdata SMBXXXU2E-BLK IDE

$39.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it is a tight fit to get a drive in it and i ended up removing the sata cable as suggested since i was using an ide.
from www.amazon.com
initially, the hard drive didn't work because i set it to the ide master (as per instruction manual) - it worked after i switched it to cable select.
from www.amazon.com
so then, i removed the hard drive from the pc and moved it to this enclosure (removed the one sitting in the encosure of course), plugged it in on my other 64 bit vista laptop, whalah!
from www.amazon.com
the blue colored part is an aluminum case that helps dissipate the drive heat without cooling fan noises (the remainder gray parts are plastic).
from www.amazon.com
the black exterior in the picture is a big chunk of aluminum.

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Macally 3.5" SATA Case DHGS350SU Serial ATA

$41.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i've installed a 1tb wd greenpower drive and i can't believe how quiet it is even in this minimal case.
from www.amazon.com
the drive works very well, is quick and fits the aluminum mac motif very well.
from www.amazon.com
second, the led is a bright blue.
from www.amazon.com
wish the led was white instead of blue to match my other apple hardware but i'm not going to take off a star for a shoulda woulda coulda.
from tokar, www.shopping.com
pros: 100% aluminum.

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JR Acomdata TNGXXXUSE-BLK Tango 2.5" USB/eSATA Portable Drive Enclosure Kit USB 2.0

$30.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
I don't mind spending a few extra bucks for something that is worth the extra bucks and I think this unit is.
from www.amazon.com
Bought this to be able to access old hard drive data while updating a laptop, also because it supports eSATA.
from www.amazon.com
Used it with my old 2.5 inch sata disk and works perfect.
from www.amazon.com
I had to replace the firewire that came with the enclosure in order for it to work.
from www.amazon.com
After a couple days of trying to find a decent HDD enclosure,I came across this one.

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Best Drive Cases Overall

StarTech.com eSATA/USB 2.0 SATA HD Docking

Apricorn EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL Parallel

Vantec NexStar DX NST-530S2 USB 2.0 External

Vantec NexStar 3 NST-260SU-BK USB 2.0

Icydock MB559UEB MB559UEB-1S USB 2.0

Vantec NexStar 3 NST-260U2-RD USB 2.0 External

Macally PHR-250CC FireWire IEEE 1394a

Xion XON-SAHDCB-USB SATA Hard Drive Docking Station

Vantec NST-260SU-BL NexStar 3 External Hard Drive Enclosure

StarTech.com InfoSafe SAT2510U2 Serial ATA

MicroPac Technologies MPT USB 2.0 to Serial ATA

VANTEC NST-300S2-BK Aluminum 3.5in External Hard Drive Enclosure Retail Serial ATA

Vantec NexStar 3 NST-360U2-BL USB 2.0 External

Macally PHR-100AC FireWire IEEE 1394a

JR Acomdata TNGXXXUSE-RED Tango 2.5" USB/eSATA Portable Drive Enclosure Kit Serial ATA

Vantec NST-360SU-BK USB 2.0 External

Macally phr-100acb Firewire/USB Combo External

Acomdata SMBXXXU2E-BLK IDE

Macally 3.5" SATA Case DHGS350SU Serial ATA

JR Acomdata TNGXXXUSE-BLK Tango 2.5" USB/eSATA Portable Drive Enclosure Kit USB 2.0

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