This pocket size enclosure kit can convert 2.5" IDE notebook hard drive to USB port external hard drive. It supports both USB2.0 & USB1.1. The high speed USB interface provides plug and play installation for Windows 98SE/ME Windows 2000/XP, and Mac users with USB support.
Product Features:
- Fitting for 2.5" Slim Notebook HDD
- Work with both PC and Mac
- Plug and Play , Hot-swappable connection
- Support up to 320GB "IDE" HDD
- Aluminum HDD external case for 2.5" HDD with height less than 9.5mm
- Dimension (L x W x H) : 132 x 82 x 15mm
- Bus power design (USB or Firewire)
- Color Option: Silver or Black
Specifications Comparison:
| Connection Type |
Speed |
Max. Devices per IRQ |
Plug 'N' Play |
| USB 2.0 |
480 Mbps |
127 |
Yes |
| FireWire |
400 Mbps |
63 |
Yes |
| USB |
12 Mbps |
127 |
Yes |
| Parallel |
1.15 Mbps |
1 |
No |
| Serial |
1.15 Mbps |
1 |
No |
Power NOTE: Whether a USB port can power a hard drive depends on the USB port itself and the hard drive you are using. This kit comes with a USB Y cable:
If one USB port does not supply enough power to the hard drive, you can connect another USB connector on the USB cable to the computer’s 2nd USB port (if available) to get some extra power. Two USB ports together normally will supply enough power to the hard drive. If your computer only has one USB port and it does not supply enough power to run a hard drive, you can use the optional 5V external AC power adapter or USB battery box listed below to power this kit.
The complete package including:
USB2.0/1.1 enclosure for 2.5" IDE hard drive
One USB Y cable for connecting the hard drive to computer.
Carrying bag Software Driver Installation: If you are running Windows 98SE, you can download software driver from the link below. Unzip the downloaded file, double click "setup", then the driver will be installed automatically. If you are running Windows ME/2000/XP/Vista or Mac OS 9.x or higher versions, you don't need to install any software driver. Note: This kit is for 2.5" 44-Pin IDE Notebook Hard Drive. 
If your hard drive is a SATA hard drive, please view our Enclosure for 2.5" SATA Hard Drive. Overall Rating for USB2.0 PocketSize Enclosure Kit for 2.5" IDE Notebook Hard Drive
After install a hard drive inside the enclosure, connect it to a computer USB port, your computer will assign a drive letter to this USB port external hard drive, such as "E" drive, you can load data or install programs to this drive, run program from this drive, copy the files from it or paste files to it.
Note: This kit is
for 2.5" 44-Pin IDE Notebook Hard Drive with 44-Pin connector like this:
If you are using a hard drive pulled from a laptop computer, the hard drive may have a special connector adapter added to the hard drive and it may look different from above connector. In this case, you need to
remove the connector adapter, then you will see the 44-pin connector like above picture, then you can use this enclosure for it. Here are two examples:
If your hard drive is a SATA hard drive, please view our
Enclosure for 2.5" SATA Hard Drive.
Comparisons for some popular external ports:
| |
Raw bandwidth (Mbit/s) |
Transfer speed (MB/s) |
Power provided |
Devices per Channel |
| USB 2.0 |
480 |
60 |
5 V, 2.5 W |
127 |
| SATA 150 |
1500 |
187.5 |
No |
1 per line |
| eSATA |
3000 |
375 |
No |
1 (15 with port multiplier) |
| SATA 300 |
3000 |
375 |
No |
1 per line |
| FireWire 400 |
393 |
49.13 |
12?5 V, 15 W |
63 |
| FireWire 800 |
786 |
98.25 |
12?5 V, 15 W |
63 |
| Ultra-320 SCSI |
2560 |
320 |
No |
16 |
| SAS |
3000 |
375 |
No |
4 |
|
