USB2.0 & Firewire portable hard drive enclosures

Is your brief case too heavy? DIY a portable hard drive can not be easier with our USB2 / Firewire enclosure, Just insert a hard drive inside this enclosure (step by step guide), which will work by just plug into the USB / USB2.0 / Firewire port of the computer. Portable hard drive key features: Easiest way to back up files: drag & drop, no special software required!Easy to use: plug & play, no setting, no driver installation(windows ME, 2000, XP, Mac OS9.x or above)! Durable storage: just the same as the fixed hard drives inside the computer!

Enclosures for 2.5" ATA laptop hard drives

A25/II	USB2.0 2.5" hard drive enclosure An beautiful enclosure for 2.5" IDE/ATA laptop hard drives of any capacity (including ATA-3, ATA-4, ATA-5, ATA-6 ...). The color of this enclosure is formed by anodizing technology, which will never fade like paint. The finish is also much more polished and has a very smooth feeling. Default colour is black. For bulk orders, you can order any colour: Silver, Red, Blue, Pink, Orange ... Unit size: 12.7 x 7.9 x 1.3 cm (W x D x H), weight: 60g. USB bus powered, with "Y"-shape cable to extract power from two USB ports. Only £4.98 inc., Click USB 2.0 laptop hard drive enclosure for more ...
U25BAK	USB 2.0 2.5" hard drive enclosure with One-Touch backup High quality aluminium enclosure for 2.5" hard drives with added one button backup function. Shock absorber fitted at the end. USB bus powered; with "Y"-shape cable to extract power from two USB ports. For some laptops an external power supply (DC 5V 1A) may be required. Unit size: 15 x 8 x 1.4 cm (W x D x H), weight: 100 g. Only £8.99 inc., Click USB2.0 OneTouch backup 2.5" hard drive enclosure for more ...
UF25-D4	USB2+Firewire 2.5" hard drive enclosure High quality heavy duty Aluminium enclosure with shock absorbers fitted! Notes: Comes with separate USB power cable which must be plugged in before connecting the USB/Firewire data cable. For some laptops, an external power supply (5V 1A, not supplied) may be required. Unit size: 12.8 x 8 x 1.1 cm (W x D x H), weight: 110 g. Only £16.98 inc., Click USB2.0 Firewire combo laptop hard drive enclosure for more ...
DPB-ME600	USB OTG 2.5" hard drive enclosure with builtin battery DIY a digital photo bank with this enclosure and a laptop hard drive, it is recommended to buy our 18-in-1 card reader to avoid compatibility issues with your digital camera or card reader. Only £21.98 inc., Click USB OTG Enclosure for laptop hard drives for more ...

Enclosures for 2.5" SATA laptop hard drive

S25B

USB2.0 2.5" SATA hard drive enclosure An beautiful enclosure for 2.5" SATA hard drives of any capacity. The surface has been oxidation treated to improve smoothness and hardness. Default colour is black. For bulk orders, you can order any colour: Silver, Red, Blue, Pink, Orange ... USB bus powered, no external power required. Only £5.99 inc., Click USB 2.0 2.5" SATA hard drive enclosure for more ...

Enclosures for 1.8" hard drive

A18

USB2.0 1.8" hard drive enclosure Another beautiful enclosure for 1.8" IDE hard drives of any capacity. The color of this enclosure is formed by anodizing technology, which will never fade like other paint. The finish is also much more polished and has a very smooth feeling. Default colour is black. For bulk orders, you can order any colour: Silver, Red, Blue, Pink, Orange ... USB bus powered, no external power required. Only £8.99 inc., Click USB 2.0 1.8" hard drive enclosure for more ...

Usage & features

Portable hard drive enclosure can covert standard laptop hard drives into a portable external data storage by just inserting the hard drive inside the enclosure

• True Plug & Play, no setting required, no driver installation (Windows ME & 2000 or above);
• Support Drag & Drop file manipulation, no special software required (while CD-RWs do);
• Support ATA/IDE hard drive of all make (max. capacity 100 GB);
• Super slim & compact size: attractive & fashionable;
• Hot inserting & swapping supported; no need to turn off computer to plug and unplug this device;
• Active LED power indicator

Differences between 2.5" ATA (PATA) and SATA Hard Drives

Although both drives have similar physical dimensions (2.76"x3.94" or 7cmx10cm), there are major differences between the interfaces of the two drives. The traditional ATA (ATA-4, ATA-5, ATA-6, ATA-7 ...) hard drives have 44 sharp pins (excluding the 4 jumper pins), while the new SATA hard drives has two blocks of male connectors (see image below, which is actually the same interface of 3.5" SATA hard drives)

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