Dimensions WxDxH - 3.1inch x 6.4inch x 0.6inch Weight - 0.45lbs. Iogear 2.5" Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Ion External Hard Drive Enclosure II (GHE225U) Online Store ">
IOGEAR's 2.5" USB 2.0 ION Drive Enclosure II is the perfect solution for storing and protecting your valuable documents, as well as audio, video and other high-volume media files. This bus-powered, attractive and compact enclosure boasts USB 2.0 compatibility and is slim and lightweight enough to easily accompany the mobile professional on any assignment. The ION Drive supports data transfer rates of up to 480Mbps and is also backward compatible with USB 1.1 specifications. This enclosure is very easy to connect to your PC or Mac desktop or notebook, is hot swappable and Plug-n-Play, and accepts ATA-5 hard drives.
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: Easy Enough for a Newbie Comment: I purchased this external hard drive case to help me recover the data from my crashed notebook. The boot files on my notebook's hard drive was accidentally erased and my notebook could not start up Windows.
I took the hard drive out of my notebook and slipped it into the external hard drive case. *I want to point out that you are able to slide out the connecting end of this hard drive case and plug it directly into your hard drive (this is important if you are worried about your hard drive fitting into the external case).
After connecting the external hard drive case with my notebook's hard drive in it to my another computer I was able to easily retrieve my files. To retrieve your files, open up "My Computer" and the external hard drive should appear.
*Note, if the hard drive you are attempting to recover has physical damage this kit may not be much of any help. Customer Rating: Summary: Great Shell! Comment: This is truly a great buy. I have set it up with an old 30gb dell laptop harddrive I had sitting in a cupboard, and it works fantastic. It is silent, fast, and stays very cool doing transfer. Even better, it takes a standard mini usb cable, and can power through usb, so there is no need to carry any cables around with it! Set up was fool proof, and i had it up and running 8 minutes out of the box. My only complaint is that the "easy remove" belt clip was actually screwed in impossibly tight, and I had to drill it out.
Nevertheless, I am very happy with this purchase Customer Rating: Summary: Cheap connectors Comment: This case has a nice slim design and it worked like a charm, until the USB port broke. It seems the materials they use are not very high quality. Customer Rating: Summary: solidly built Comment: the enclosure is well built and looks good. works well out of the box with xp.
pro:
well built
cons:
longer the other enclosures
my hd did not fit initially, had to unscrew the other end and remove the rubber support(will need to cut it and place it back to prevent vibration) Customer Rating: Summary: It works- my Data recovered Comment: I used the Iogear- Ion Hard Drive Enclosure when my Compaq-"Evo N610c" went crazy- The Iogear was my miracle tool for the most part.
The operating system crashed on my Compaq and I could not access my files- It was a week of stress because I had not backed up any of my data (learn from my mistake -ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR FILES on removable storage!- weekly, monthly- your choice).
The Compaq only came with a "System RECOVERY" cd, which would completely reformat the hard drive providing a fresh start, YET losing ALL of my data. If it came with a "REPAIR" cd, I could correct the operating system without completely reformatting the hard drive. My only options with Compaq were:
1. get the operating system to work by running the "recovery" cd and losing the data.
2. Refer me to a local Compaq authorized repair store
I went to the repair shop, which charges you a diagnostic FEE, whether they can fix the problem or not! Guess what- they couldn't restore the data- saying that the drive was corrupted. Their only suggestion was sending the hard drive away to some fancy data recovery company to restore my data for a couple thousand dollars! Oh come on- that's more than the cost of the computer!
Having NEVER embarked on any computer repair project before, I still kept trying. I was able to recover a number of files starting the comp in DOS format before it too generated an error code!
I decided to try a hard drive enclosure (They seemed to make more sense than some of the software-based data recovery programs). My hard drive has an ATA-5 interface, so I got the Iogear.
I never removed a hard drive before, so I called Iogear's tech support. It took a while for them to explain. I also had to tilt the unit for it to run (perhaps it was how tight I inserted the drive OR the product itself). Nevertheless, it was pure JOY when I saw ALL my files on the screen and was able to store it on my USB drive! Yes- it worked!
I finally got my data off - Now, using compaq's system recovery Cd was no stress!
Conclusion:
PRO- the IOGEAR worked on my Compaq Evo in restoring my data. I used it with out prior training.
CON- 1. Iogear Tech support should be better trained & more familiar with the different drives the product is designed to serve.
2. The instruction manual is not clear and detailed enough- You will likely have to call tech support.
