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2.5" SATA Hard Drive Case (Blue) 500GB Max Capacity Reviews

37 of 40 people found the following review helpful

Not ideal for travel but perfect to host a stationary, external HDD - included USB cable was junk, April 9, 2010

A. Dent "Aragorn" (Minas Anor, GD) - See all my reviews

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This was one of the funnier 'electronics' items I ever got and... I like it but anyone considering it should be aware that this case does not travel well - see below.

The most interesting feature about the case is the design, so to speak. If you can imagine your HDD inside a box of Altoids Curiously Strong Mints and you don't mind it being there then this case is for you. There are no screws or hinges or locks and none are needed for as long as your case doesn't move much. What you get is a little tin box where you press the top part on after you literally squeeze in your 2.5 SATA drive and it kind of clicks in and it stays that way because it's not easy to reopen it.

This is great design - how come no one else thought of it? - and I applaud it but, like I said, I would not carry this case in my shirt pocket or... Read more

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

Works with drive taken out of my PS3, April 16, 2010

Mayor Bloomburger (San Francisco, USA) - See all my reviews

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I took the 80 Gig drive from my PS3 out (it's the PS3 that came with MGS4) and put in a 640Gig drive. Then I ordered this little blue firecracker. Cracked open the case (no screws) and slid the drive in (took about 30 seconds). Next, went to the start menu in Windows 7, typed "run" in the search box and typed diskmgmt.msc. Last step - formatted the drive. Now I have an iPod sized 80 Gig drive that cost me about $10. If I need to "secure" this bad boy from cracking open, I guess I could slap some duct tape around it, seem pretty tight though. Bottom line .... this is the case to get if you want to enclose the 2.5 inch drive you take out of your PS3.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

The best SATA case out there, October 26, 2009

Michael A. Koscielski - See all my reviews

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This Sata drive is great. I love the fact that it can easily pop open and get your SATA drive in there
fast. No screws are necessary. Easy to check out a bad SATA drive, without needed a screwdriver. A++

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Product Description

This hard drive enclosure for 2.5" SATA-interface drives makes your files ultra-portable: fits in your pocket and can be accessed by any computer's USB ports. Supports drives up to 500 GB. The included cable has two USB plugs (Type A, the regular kind) for connecting to the computer, and one mini-USB plug for the hard drive. The cable uses two plugs for input/output & power from the PC, so you don't have to carry an extra power adapter!

The indicator light shows you when the drive is being accessed.

Perfect drive solution for students, business people, and those on the go!

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.