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title: "iodd Iodd2531 - USB3.0 - HDD - SSD - Virtual CD-ROM - Enclosures - Made in Korea … (1 Unit/lot)"
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# USB 3.0 SuperSpeed (up to 10x USB 2.0) Bootable Virtual CD/DVD/Blu-ray ROM emulation Supports up to 4 simultaneous virtual drives iodd Iodd2531 - USB3.0 - HDD - SSD - Virtual CD-ROM - Enclosures - Made in Korea … (1 Unit/lot)

**Brand:** iodd
**Price:** AR$342257
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 💾 Carry your entire disc library in your pocket—boot smarter, faster, and cooler!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** iodd Iodd2531 - USB3.0 - HDD - SSD - Virtual CD-ROM - Enclosures - Made in Korea … (1 Unit/lot) by iodd
- **How much does it cost?** AR$342257 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- iodd enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted iodd brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Robust Aluminum Build:** Sleek, shock-resistant aluminum enclosure protects your HDD/SSD while dissipating heat efficiently.
- • **Ultimate Boot Flexibility:** Boot Windows, Linux, Mac OS directly from virtual ISO or VHD drives—no physical discs needed.
- • **Write Protection & Auto Sleep:** Enable write blocker for data safety and enjoy power-saving auto sleep after 10 minutes of inactivity.
- • **Seamless Virtual Drive Management:** Easily mount, switch, and save ISO images on the fly with intuitive jog switch and backlit LCD menu.
- • **Plug & Play with SuperSpeed USB 3.0:** Experience blazing fast data transfer and hassle-free hot-swapping with wide OS compatibility.

## Overview

The iodd Iodd2531 is a premium USB 3.0 HDD/SSD enclosure that doubles as a bootable virtual CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive. Designed with a durable aluminum body, it supports up to 4 virtual drives simultaneously, allowing you to mount ISO and VHD files as physical media. Featuring a backlit LCD and jog switch for easy navigation, it offers write protection, auto sleep, and safe removal functions. Perfect for IT professionals and power users, it replaces bulky optical drives with a sleek, high-speed, multi-functional storage solution made in Korea.

## Description

A more improved successor model has been released (IODD ST400)Widows To Go - you can boot Win2Go, Linux, Mac OS from HDD or VHD. Bootable Virtual ODD - Recognized as physical CD DVD Blu-ray ROM. Bootable Virtual HDD - Recognized as physical HDD or Removable drive from VHD or VMDK. you can use maximum 4 virtual drives(At the same time, you can also use write protection function). VHD Tool++ is Dedicated programs for virtual HDD(you can download, see readme file from above link). Bootable Virtual FDD - Recognized as physical FDD, but old computers don't work. AutoSleep - automatically (after 10 minutes of non use). Write Blocker - Enable or Disable Write Protection. Safely Removal - Hot key can Spin Down HDD. SuperSpeed USB 3.0 (up to 10x as fast as USB 2.0).

Review: Works Extremely well, high quality! - Awesome! This is an incredibly useful product that has done away with CD/DVD drives. I have all my useful ISO's in one place and no longer need to worry about scratched disks. It works great, and makes clean installs of operating systems. It also is great for using the Acronis TrueImage bootdisc for backups and restores of computers. I must say that this case is the best purchase I've ever done. I work doing many system reinstalls, diagnostics tests from live cd's (now images thanks to the case), and that kind of stuff. I used to have tons of DVD's and CD's all over the place because it's the simplest approach, since having tons of USB flash drives with all my software just doesn't quite get the job done and doing bootable drives is a nightmare for some programs. However, the virtual drive function of this enclosure is worth multiple times the price you'll pay for it. Basically, you throw your ISO images into a folder on the drive, and after a quick rescan, they appear on the menu. You can then use the rocker switch on the side to select the ISO file you want, and it gets presented to the computer as if it were a CD-ROM. It is so nice to be able to boot an ISO image right from the device and it is super fast on USB 3.0 as well. I do not have words for how useful this is! Not only is reading the CD data off of a hard drive much faster than reading off of a real disc, but you can carry your entire disc collection with you in this small package. If you're an IT guy, this is a must have item. If you're not, you can still copy your discs onto the drive and stash the originals away safely. I highly recommend this Iodd 2531 VE300.
Review: A microcontroller case with multiple device emulation features and state memory, switch and backlit LCD panel, USB 3.0 - A nice usb attached file based cd/dvd-rom emulator. It let's you "emulate" a real physical cd/dvd (read-only) optical disk drive. The case has a small electronics section with a multi-line backlit LCD panel that produces pixelated symbols, graphics and text. The "jog switch" on the Left side of the unit allows thumb control up, down, and momentary press into the body of the device. The "jog switch" allows scrolling through a two line text menu which displays wrapped text if items have labels that are too long. Then pressing in on the "jog switch" selects the item. - The device arrives without a hard drive, it will take a spinning drive, or an ssd. The software requires the drive be formatted as a "simple" MBR volume, and not a GPT volume. Once the volume type is chosen, the drive can be divided into partitions and formatted with a file system. The enclosure electronics only support NTFS and FAT file systems. The device can function (both) as a USB hard disk, and as a USB CD/DVD-rom drive "simultaneously" or as one or the other (HDD or CD/DVD) "exclusively". Once the drive is formatted creating a folder called _iso and putting iso files into the folder activates the ability to "mount" the iso files in emulation mode. The first time after the _iso directory is created the device must be unplugged and replugged in, so that the device sees the _iso folder and starts in "dual HDD and CD/DVD-rom emulation mode". Once in dual mode the LCD screen lists the iso files it can see in the _iso folder. Scrolling up and down the list with the "jog switch" then selecting one by pressing into the body of the device with the jog switch.. automatically mounts the selected iso file and exposes the file as virtual CD/DVD physical media to the computer. In dual mode, the computer "lists" a USB hard drive and a virtual USB CD/DVD drive (empty), pressing the jog switch to "mount" an iso file is reflected on the computer as "actively inserting a CD/DVD" physical media piece into the virtual drive, and will activate Autoplay. Pressing again on the jog switch emulates "actively ejecting a CD/DVD" physical media piece from the virtual drive. The Last virtual CD/DVD "mounted" is remembered when the device is unplugged and plugged back into the computer.. this is called "saving".. which means "save the current state of the device to memory".. so that when it starts again.. it immediately mounts and exports the iso file as a "filled CD/DVD virtual device" with bootable media already in its slot. The silver switch on top of the device is called the "Backup" button.. which means.. "backup the current state of the device to the device memory, before unplugging it" in my experience it remembers state without doing this.. but if you do press the Silver top button and hold it down long enough the LCD displays "Data Saving..." as a confirmation. Microsoft VHD and RMD read/write formats are also supported, but I have not tried those. WindowsToGo is supposed to be supported but I have not tried that yet. A virtual CD/DVD-R burn function to allow a computer to burn virtual media would be helpful, but the current software does not emulate read/write media that looks like a piece of CD-R or DVD-R media. It comes with a black neoprene carry case wrapped in black fabric. It also comes a white USB cable that is 3 feet long, has a USB 3.0 micro-B style end (not a type C) [this is the split, dual sided connector that looks sort of like a mini-SATA connector] that plugs into the top of the device and a normal size type A connector on the opposing end to plug into a computer. The internal drive connector is a normal SATA drive style connector with power and signal sides. The case does not have a facility for mounting the drive, the drive is plugged in and shoved into the case and held in place by friction and a landing zone at the bottom made of plastic that works to center the drive in the case. The case display and electronics are bolted into position by "peeling" the flexible top of the rubber strips on eithr side away from the grooves to get access to screw holes in the side of the case. The electronics package with the drive attached is shoved into the case until the copper accented holes of the electronics packages line up with the holes in the case. A minature screw driver 1 inch long and four tiny screws are provided.. however you only need two to secure the drive electronics to the sides of the case.. and by association, with the entering plastic base inside the case for the user supplied SSD or spinning drive.. the drive is also secured. The rubber strips are then "pressed" back into the sides to cover up the screw access holes used to secure the electronics package. Because the ends of the rubber strips are narrower than the main body of the rubber strips they flex underneath the groove edges and smooth out of their own accord. Advanced menus contain a LCD panel brightness, USB volt meter, Drive model and serial number and manual mode control. Some antivirus suites will (hide) the HDD by default, and it must be manually forced (online) from the Windows Computer Management > Disk Management - control panel component, by right clicking the Left drive grey control box and clicking on (Online) to bring it online and automatically assign it a drive letter. Hot swap and possible data corruption depending on the Operating System handling of USB devices is still a problem enforced by the Operating System behavior. The enclosure Advanced menus do provide features to manually Safely disconnect.. but mostly it just seems to work. The GPT volume limitation, and requirement for MBR volumes only.. means 2 TB is the (limit) to the supported drive size in this device, anything larger will be be unreachable outside of the first 2 TB of drive space. This drive model is not encrypted, data is breachable if lost. A different model supports on the fly drive encryption.

## Features

- A more improved successor model has been released (IODD ST400)
- Recognized as Bootable ODD (DVD, Blu-ray Rom), for booting by selecting a ISO file.
- Write protect Blocker/Win To Go/Auto Sleep/Safely Removal/Firmware Updater
- VHD - virtual hard disk image to physical drive
- The whole aluminum-body design is elegant and effective against external shock and radiant heat of HDD.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00TDJ4BJU |
| Best Sellers Rank | #652 in Enclosures |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (531) |
| Date First Available | February 9, 2015 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 3.35 ounces |
| Item model number | IODD-2531 |
| Manufacturer | IODD co,.ltd. |
| Product Dimensions | 5.31 x 3.09 x 0.52 inches |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** iodd
- **Hardware Interface:** USB
- **Optical Storage Read Speed:** 405X DVD
- **Optical Storage Write Speed:** 5x
- **Special Feature:** Portable

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: On the 2531, how do i get the list of isos to show up to be selected for virtualize ?**
A: 1. Initialize drive as MBR.2. Format the first partition as NTFS or FAT32 or EXFAT.    (There are two kinds of firmware, one for NTFS, the other for FAT32 and EXFAT)3. Make '_iso' folder in root dir on first partition.4. Copy *.iso or folder tree to the  '_iso' folder.5. Do safely removal. (essential)6. Replug USB.

**Q: Is there a file limit like the ve-350 has?**
A: I don't know ve-350. IODD-2531 supports unlimited folder tree. (as http://en.iodd.kr/wiki/index.php/IODD-2531#Basic_function ).but the 32 files limit in a folder exists.

**Q: Is it possible to plug this in a win 10 pc and only have it be detected as a cd rom drive as opposed to windows detecting a storage volume & /cd rom?**
A: Yes, if you hold the jog switch Up while you plug it in, it will be connected in CD only mode. I use this to keep myself from wiping the drive during Windows installs. LOL The jog switch and function button make it really easy to choose options when plugging in.

**Q: Will this device boot under uefi?**
A: I use it for bootable images on UEFI computers.  You have to configure the BIOS to boot from an external optical drive of course, which means you have to be able to get to the UEFI settings screen.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works Extremely well, high quality!
*by P***L on February 24, 2015*

Awesome! This is an incredibly useful product that has done away with CD/DVD drives. I have all my useful ISO's in one place and no longer need to worry about scratched disks. It works great, and makes clean installs of operating systems. It also is great for using the Acronis TrueImage bootdisc for backups and restores of computers. I must say that this case is the best purchase I've ever done. I work doing many system reinstalls, diagnostics tests from live cd's (now images thanks to the case), and that kind of stuff. I used to have tons of DVD's and CD's all over the place because it's the simplest approach, since having tons of USB flash drives with all my software just doesn't quite get the job done and doing bootable drives is a nightmare for some programs. However, the virtual drive function of this enclosure is worth multiple times the price you'll pay for it. Basically, you throw your ISO images into a folder on the drive, and after a quick rescan, they appear on the menu. You can then use the rocker switch on the side to select the ISO file you want, and it gets presented to the computer as if it were a CD-ROM. It is so nice to be able to boot an ISO image right from the device and it is super fast on USB 3.0 as well. I do not have words for how useful this is! Not only is reading the CD data off of a hard drive much faster than reading off of a real disc, but you can carry your entire disc collection with you in this small package. If you're an IT guy, this is a must have item. If you're not, you can still copy your discs onto the drive and stash the originals away safely. I highly recommend this Iodd 2531 VE300.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A microcontroller case with multiple device emulation features and state memory, switch and backlit LCD panel, USB 3.0
*by J***S on January 25, 2018*

A nice usb attached file based cd/dvd-rom emulator. It let's you "emulate" a real physical cd/dvd (read-only) optical disk drive. The case has a small electronics section with a multi-line backlit LCD panel that produces pixelated symbols, graphics and text. The "jog switch" on the Left side of the unit allows thumb control up, down, and momentary press into the body of the device. The "jog switch" allows scrolling through a two line text menu which displays wrapped text if items have labels that are too long. Then pressing in on the "jog switch" selects the item. - The device arrives without a hard drive, it will take a spinning drive, or an ssd. The software requires the drive be formatted as a "simple" MBR volume, and not a GPT volume. Once the volume type is chosen, the drive can be divided into partitions and formatted with a file system. The enclosure electronics only support NTFS and FAT file systems. The device can function (both) as a USB hard disk, and as a USB CD/DVD-rom drive "simultaneously" or as one or the other (HDD or CD/DVD) "exclusively". Once the drive is formatted creating a folder called _iso and putting iso files into the folder activates the ability to "mount" the iso files in emulation mode. The first time after the _iso directory is created the device must be unplugged and replugged in, so that the device sees the _iso folder and starts in "dual HDD and CD/DVD-rom emulation mode". Once in dual mode the LCD screen lists the iso files it can see in the _iso folder. Scrolling up and down the list with the "jog switch" then selecting one by pressing into the body of the device with the jog switch.. automatically mounts the selected iso file and exposes the file as virtual CD/DVD physical media to the computer. In dual mode, the computer "lists" a USB hard drive and a virtual USB CD/DVD drive (empty), pressing the jog switch to "mount" an iso file is reflected on the computer as "actively inserting a CD/DVD" physical media piece into the virtual drive, and will activate Autoplay. Pressing again on the jog switch emulates "actively ejecting a CD/DVD" physical media piece from the virtual drive. The Last virtual CD/DVD "mounted" is remembered when the device is unplugged and plugged back into the computer.. this is called "saving".. which means "save the current state of the device to memory".. so that when it starts again.. it immediately mounts and exports the iso file as a "filled CD/DVD virtual device" with bootable media already in its slot. The silver switch on top of the device is called the "Backup" button.. which means.. "backup the current state of the device to the device memory, before unplugging it" in my experience it remembers state without doing this.. but if you do press the Silver top button and hold it down long enough the LCD displays "Data Saving..." as a confirmation. Microsoft VHD and RMD read/write formats are also supported, but I have not tried those. WindowsToGo is supposed to be supported but I have not tried that yet. A virtual CD/DVD-R burn function to allow a computer to burn virtual media would be helpful, but the current software does not emulate read/write media that looks like a piece of CD-R or DVD-R media. It comes with a black neoprene carry case wrapped in black fabric. It also comes a white USB cable that is 3 feet long, has a USB 3.0 micro-B style end (not a type C) [this is the split, dual sided connector that looks sort of like a mini-SATA connector] that plugs into the top of the device and a normal size type A connector on the opposing end to plug into a computer. The internal drive connector is a normal SATA drive style connector with power and signal sides. The case does not have a facility for mounting the drive, the drive is plugged in and shoved into the case and held in place by friction and a landing zone at the bottom made of plastic that works to center the drive in the case. The case display and electronics are bolted into position by "peeling" the flexible top of the rubber strips on eithr side away from the grooves to get access to screw holes in the side of the case. The electronics package with the drive attached is shoved into the case until the copper accented holes of the electronics packages line up with the holes in the case. A minature screw driver 1 inch long and four tiny screws are provided.. however you only need two to secure the drive electronics to the sides of the case.. and by association, with the entering plastic base inside the case for the user supplied SSD or spinning drive.. the drive is also secured. The rubber strips are then "pressed" back into the sides to cover up the screw access holes used to secure the electronics package. Because the ends of the rubber strips are narrower than the main body of the rubber strips they flex underneath the groove edges and smooth out of their own accord. Advanced menus contain a LCD panel brightness, USB volt meter, Drive model and serial number and manual mode control. Some antivirus suites will (hide) the HDD by default, and it must be manually forced (online) from the Windows Computer Management > Disk Management - control panel component, by right clicking the Left drive grey control box and clicking on (Online) to bring it online and automatically assign it a drive letter. Hot swap and possible data corruption depending on the Operating System handling of USB devices is still a problem enforced by the Operating System behavior. The enclosure Advanced menus do provide features to manually Safely disconnect.. but mostly it just seems to work. The GPT volume limitation, and requirement for MBR volumes only.. means 2 TB is the (limit) to the supported drive size in this device, anything larger will be be unreachable outside of the first 2 TB of drive space. This drive model is not encrypted, data is breachable if lost. A different model supports on the fly drive encryption.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I love this thing
*by D***L on June 27, 2016*

I love this thing!!! What a time saver!!! No more DVDs for me... They could improve the joystick on this thing, but I take a horrible joystick over burning and carrying CD/DVDs any day of the week!!! You need to put your ISOs inside a folder called _ISO or _iso , and inside that folder, you can create sub-folders to organize your stuff... It also can emulate external HDs and Thumb drives (writable or read-only)... Which is great for keeping your stuff safe on unknown system (if you write protect it). And if you like to integrate all windows updates to your installation disk, you can use the virtual thumb drive instead of creating ISOs, that way, you can always change something later on, without having to recreate the whole thing... (I personally use NTLite and WinReducereX, they both do basically the same thing, but sometimes one is better than the other, depending on the version... So if it doesn't work on one, try the other...) I hope this helps... Some tips: # Use a SSD instead of a regular HD (the Samsung 850 evo up to 500GB is perfect (it uses very little power, one of the lowest on the market) (the 1TB uses way more power... Stay with 500GB or less... You can Google "samsung 850 evo power consumption" and look at the anandtech site for the power consumption compassion of many models and sizes) # Format your drive as NTFS (the only compatible with the VHD_Tool++.exe that you download from their site) # Use VHD_Tool++.exe to create VHD files with the size you want the virtual HD to be; # f you want it to be a virtual thumb drive, rename the VHD file to RMD (virtual Thumb Drive); # You can also add &D and &DW to the name of the files to force a behavior; VHD and RMD modes based on the name of the file: (I used VHD as the extension, but it works the same way for RMD) NAME.VHD = CD-MODE (it will mount you virtual HD or thumb drive only) NAME&D.VHD = DUAL-MODE (it will mount your virtual HD and the real HD, but the real will be read-only) NAME&DW.VHD = DUAL-MORE (same as above but the real HD is writable) # Create a folder structure that makes since for you... i.e: _ISO\ISOs\Windows Install\Win 7 _ISO\ISOs\Windows Install\Win 10 _ISO\ISOs\Tools\Some recovery iso (whatever tools you use...) _ISO\ISOs\Live Images\Ubuntu.iso _ISO\VHDs\virtual drive you use to backup you friend's file before you do a clean install.VHD _ISO\RMDs\virtual thumb drive you keep you windows installation disk updated (using NTLite).RMD

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