Can anyone recommend a USB enclosure?
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I highly recommend this one, we own 3 of them and they have been rock solid for us for about the last 3 years. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392044&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Hard+Drive+Enclosures-_-N82E16817392044&gclid=CjwKEAjw56moBRD8_4-AgoOqhV4SJADWWVCcTrv06Ew4bvd9ASwWY7J922tvEgOMrHRcKMA6u91ixxoCMWfw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
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To make sure what the topic is here, my comments are just about the Vantec enclosure and not about whatever drive + enclosure Vantec may sell. My drive, for what it's worth, though, and it doesn't matter, was a 225 GB HP drive pulled out of motherboard-fried HP laptop. I wanted to keep it because there was nothing wrong with it to hook as an external USB drive to either my desktop or a tablet.
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This is not an internal or external hard drive. It is an external casing. So it does not matter what the OS is as long as you have USB support, the enclosure should work.
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A Drobo is crazy overkill for enclosing a single SATA drive. You should be able to find an SATA enclosure with a fan for about 1/10 of the cost of the Drobo.
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Nobody supplies such interfaces, you need to buy a 2.5" USB disk enclosure for it - they are inexpensive. You will be able to use it for your old HDD as a backup, thus it is a reasonable investment. Here is an example of such enclosure: Sabrent USB 3.0 To 2.5-Inch Sata Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure Case (for 2.5-Inch SATA-I, SATA-II, SATA-III HDD and SSD) Black (EC-ABYM)
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Asus makes a decent, inexpensive external drive. I use this one:ASUS External Slim 8X DVD-RW Stylish Cut Design Optical Drive SDRW-08D2S-U/BLK/G/AS
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I have this enclosure. IDE will not work with it. There are adapters on the market but they will not fit in this case. SATA drives slide in and when the door closes it presses them in tightly to make a secure connection. No room for adapters at all.
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I dont recommend this enclosure... It fails constantly. Look for another brand.
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No Usb needed However this is not too reliable maybe a different brand may work.
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Yes, I have had similar issues with other external, enclosed USB hard drives. That is, they get VERY hot, and then shut down after about 30 minutes of operation. These enclosed drives are pretty much useless unless they have a vent and cooling fan. I really don't know how anyone uses them successfully. The only way I have been able to use them is to keep them completely open, which means removing all the casing and just laying the bare drive and it's connenctors out in open. Pretty ugly, but it will run all day like this :-)
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Use the USB and a USB external hard drive. WD has one with 2TB I picked up during Black Friday sales.
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If you want to use it as an external drive, you can get an enclosure for it. Here's an example of what I mean:http://www.amazon.com/ORICO-2588US3-External-Enclosure-Support/dp/B00FYKRI9M/
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Kinda prefer hard drive docking stations actually. Especially ones straight up and down. Easier on the motor. One I'm using is Vantec e-sata in white. Think it only goes to 3TB so when I go to 4 TB I gotta look for a new one. I mostly prefer it because I can stick a 3-4 inch mini fan behind it if it gets too warm. And cases don't do much for heat dissipation even the ones that are supposed to. Only one that did they don't make anymore :(
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My Sabrent enclosure is different from your choise. My enclosure contains four small screws that are easy to open and close. It is a little time consuming if you intend to use several 2.5-inch HDDs and replacing them frequently.
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Any standard 3.5" IDE or SATA hard drive will fit this enclosure. Visit www.sabrent.com/downloads.php to view the knowledge base.
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I use mine with just 1 USB port for power, but apparently it depends on the drive you are using inside the enclosure. I use it for the 'old' drive in a laptop. I upgraded the internal drive and took out the 250Gb drive and put it in this case as a back-up drive.
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I don't think so. The enclosure is meant for using in desktops that usually only hold regular non-solid state drives. Usually, but double check, a solid state drive works in a laptop with the laptop's own set up.