StarTech SAT2510U2 InfoSafe 2.5-Inch USB/SATA Hard Drive Enclosure

List Price: $31.89 Discount Price: $15.72

Features:

• 2.5-inch USB/SATA hard drive Enclosure for virtually any 2.5-inch SATA II (SATA /300) or SATA (SATA /150) notebook hard drive
• Data transfer rates of up to 480 Mbps
• Lightweight, durable aluminum construction; powers via USB connection
• Includes USB 2.0 (Male) to USB Mini B (Male) / Y cable, installation CD, protective pouch, instruction manual and screw kit
• 1-year limited warranty

Customer Reviews:

This is what I was looking for. [Posted on 2008-06-02]
This is exactly what I was looking for. Small, light and easy to use hard drive enclosure. I was able to recover my data from the hard drive, and in fact now I have pretty handy external drive.

Great enclosure! A couple things to note. [Posted on 2008-06-02]
Got this enclosure today to put my old 60G MacBook HD to use and it's a great enclosure. A couple things to note: First, ANY 2.5" SATA drive WILL fit in this enclosure. Those reviewers complaining that the enclosure is too small have not removed the extra metal plate covering the back of the HD, generally attached with a small screw at each corner. Once this plate is removed, the drive fits securely in the enclosure. Second, I was a little concerned about this enclosure requiring two USB ports to function. However, I'm happy to report that both on my MacBook and my iMac G5, the drive functions just fine using only one USB port. Hope this information helps!

Doesn't like my Macbook Pro's USB ports [Posted on 2008-06-13]
After using it for a few hours, the drive icon disappeared from my desktop. After some testing, I found that my left-side USB port was not working for the drive or any other device. I moved the drive to my right-side USB port, and the same pattern occurred - the USB port ceased working. Reboot did not solve the issue. Running Apple Hardware Test showed no problems, but after running it, the ports began working again. I am now afraid to plug this directly into my computer again, and it needs more power than my USB hub can deliver - it's essentially of no use to me at this time.

Great device at a great price. [Posted on 2008-06-16]
In this drive I placed a Hitachi 5400RPM 100GB drive and now a 120GB drive. The StarTech enclosure is fairly easy to work with, but I have fat stubby fingers and found the screws a bit hard to work with. The 2 screws are basically the same as you would find on a pair of glasses to give you a point of comparison. The drive itself is a VERY snug fit which I like, and the cable has 2 USB inputs so that you can draw power off of two USB ports if necessary. The hard drive I have requires 550mA which is just over the USB standard of 500mA, and I found that 2 of my laptops and one desktop both went fine with just the data/power plug used. One of my laptops and 1 desktop would give a USB power error and not load the drive. Using both plugs however resulting in it working with every system I tried. The file transfer performance is extremely good, the enclosure is lightweight and only requires me to carry one cable. I plan to buy one or two more of these.

Did not work for my 7200 rpm drive [Posted on 2008-06-26]
Installation was easy, but tried twice to copy 8GB of files to the drive and it stopped both times after less than 1/3 of the data.

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