IDE Enclosure 2.5 Inch USB 2.0 44PIN IDE/PATA Hard Drive Disk HDD External Enclosure Case with USB 2.0 Cable Tool-Free

I had an old laptop hard drive - as in, REALLY old - which came from a dead laptop. However it seemed to be the graphics that was the issue because it sounded like it was booting up but I couldn't get anything on screen, even with an external monitor. I wanted to see if I could recover any data off the hard drive. It was the old IDE/PATA interface and I thought the odds were pretty low of finding something that would work, but I stumbled across this. It arrived quickly, took only a couple of minutes to install the drive in the enclosure, I plugged it in via USB and it just worked! I was able to access the files and recover a whole stack of valuable photos and documents that would have been lost forever otherwise. It's only a simple enclosure but it was a reasonable price and worked just like it was meant to, so 5 stars from me.

This external drive enclosure is very simple to use. It snaps open with your thumb nail or probably a small screw driver. There are no screws nuts or bolts to bother with. The 44 pins of your drive are easily located into the small circuit board which has enough play that you can tilt it to identify the required position and orientation of the disk drive. The drive drops into the unit and is held in place because it is very nearly an exact fit. The cover can then be snapped back in place. I bought the unit to transfer data files to an old HP laptop now running Ubuntu from an old Fujitsu 120 gbyte disk formerly used as an XP main drive in the same machine. Once the disk was installed in the enclosure I was able to plug it in using the usb2 cable supplied. and immediately access all files. When I've finished removing data I may reformat the disk and use it for backups. There are no ventilation holes so I don't know if protracted use may cause heat build up but for my use it's ideal I shall probably buy some more.

Il Box è arrivato nei tempi rapidi promessi, e la confezione (curata bene per un oggettino come questo) prevede: il Box esterno, 1 cavo USB e 1 manualetto. L'installazione dell'hard disk è rapidissima e facile, nessun problema di collegamento e di riconoscimento di hard disk al PC. Veramente soddisfatto

Muy fácil de usar y perfectamente compatible para guardar discos duros de laptops con esta entrada

Ich war ja skeptisch. Mein Laptop war defekt und ich hatte die Daten nicht gesichert. Festplatte ausgebaut, in das Gehäuse reingesteckt, USB angeschlossen ... und es läuft einwandfrei. Festplatte erkannt, Daten kopiert und alles erledigt. Besser geht es nicht. Und die Übertragungsrate lag bei bis zu 5 MB/s und sogar darüber. Bin begeistert. Absolute Kaufempfehlung !