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Sabrent 2.5" USB 2.0 to SATA (Serial ATA) Hard Drive Enclosure, Aluminum Black
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Now available for SATA Hard Drives!
Sabrent 2.5" USB 2.0 to SATA Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure
Transfer data quickly and easily, anywhere with this great external hard drive
case! The USB 2.0 interface allows for data transfer rates up to 480Mbps. Its
easy to use design allows you to quickly install 2.5-inch SATA hard drives.
This enclosure provides a fast, easy way to add more storage space to your desktop
or notebook PC. With its ultra slim compact design, Sabrent's Super Slim 2.5-in
Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure is ideal for creating personal back up storage
of many GB, yet not much larger than a thumb drive, so it is very light and
portable. It offers a highly efficient and a more economical storage vehicle
than flash or tape drives.
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Specifications
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Detailed Features
Features
- USB 2.0 and backward-compatible with USB 1.1
- Support Standard 2.5” Hard Disk Drives
- Ultra Light Aluminum Case
- Easy access on PC or Notebook
- Equipped with LED indicator for Power and Action status
- USB Bus-power support
- Supports Wakeup ability
- Supports up to 480Mbps high-speed data transfers
- Supports 2.5-inch Serial ATA hard drives
- Supports 9.5mm drives only
- Hot-swappable
- Plug and Play
- Supports UDMA/100 (backwards compatible)
- Complies with Universal Serial Bus Specification Rev. 2.0.
- Complies with ATA/ATAPI-6 Specification Rev 1.0 (PIO mode 0~4, DMA mode
0~2, UDMA mode 0~5).
- Supports 8-bit/16-bit Standard PIO mode interface.
- Supports 16-bit multiword DMA mode and Ultra DMA mode interface (Ultra 33/
66 / 100).
- Embedded USB 2.0 UTMI transceiver.
- Embedded 7.5 MIPS RISC CPU.
- Supports USB 2.0 TEST mode features.
- Easy to open design
Minimum System Requirements
- 2.5-inch SATA (Serial ATA) hard drive
- Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP or Vista
- Mac OS 8.6 and above
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Latest Owner Reviews
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| REVIEW BY: TRU Reviewed
Nov 14, 2008 |
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| This worked like a champ. Bought it to help me clone an upgrade drive for my laptop. Vista Ultimate recognized it no problem. Good product with a good price tag |
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| REVIEW BY: LinuxGuyFr Reviewed
Oct 18, 2008 |
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| Sabrent makes the best hard drive enclosures at the lowest price that I've seen. I have two of their enclosures now, an IDE and now this SATA one. Both work great off of one USB port with no additional power source. Because they're made of aluminum, they're solid and can take the abuse of traveling around from site to site. I bought a different brand from Circuit City and it was awful, go with Sabrent! The only thing I would change is the type of screw hardware used to seal the case, the ones that come with it are kind of cheap and small. |
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| REVIEW BY: Clinton Reviewed
Jun 23, 2008 |
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| I'm sure this item works as said, yet I was unable to use my 250GB hard drive. According to the documentation that came with the unit, it may not support 'very large' volumes. So, I will try another enclosure. |
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| REVIEW BY: Dave Reviewed
Apr 09, 2008 |
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| Bought this and my Sata drive would not fit into the case. |
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| REVIEW BY: Eric Herma Reviewed
Apr 09, 2008 |
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| The enclosure works for me. However, on my unit, the USB plug is not quite correctly seated: it is at a slight angle. The slight angle makes it very difficult to insert and remove the USB cable.
It's not irritating enough to want to return it, but it is a bit disappointing. |
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What You Should Know
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Even The Best Hard Drives Die.
Do You Back Up?
Businesses of all sizes
are witnessing an explosion in the volume of data they hold. Whether it is
the result of the Internet, email, or increasingly heavy and media-rich
application software, there is a massive growth in the volume of data all
around. Conservative estimates place data growth at approximately 80% per
year. Data is increasingly being recognized as one of the real assets of a
company, and losing this data would cause severe damage to any organization.
Data loss can be very costly, particularly for
organizations in the small and medium business (SMB) market where the
difference between survival and closure can rest on the ability to recover
from a disaster. At the very least, critical data loss will have a financial
impact on companies of all sizes:
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Data type |
Time to re-create 20 MB |
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Sales and marketing |
19 days |
$17,000 |
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Accounting |
21 days |
$19,000 |
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Engineering |
42 days |
$98,000 |
The financial impact on a company is a combination
of loss of business, low productivity, legal action, and the cost of
re-creating data. A study showed that the cost of re-creating just 20 MB of
data can be extensive!
Your best solution, is an external drive as a
backup. You can have multiple drives, and it is much easier restore
from a portable external drive, as opposed to CDs or DVDs.
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Why Do I Have
Less Drive Space?
Your hard drive may show less space than the published specifications due to
a number of reasons.
- The way size is calculated and
displayed.
- Any "Partitions" on the disk will
change the total in a specific partition.
- Hidden files and folders decrease
available space.
- Compression increases the apparent
size, but not the physical size.
- Drives larger than the OS or Drivers
natively supports.
 First, the definition of a megabytes
(or gigabytes) is a unit of data storage capacity measured in 1,048,576
bytes (or 1024KB). The larger the numbers, the more apparent the size
difference will be when listing the size as megabytes (or gigabytes) versus
bytes. Actually, both numbers are correct. The noticeable difference is due
to the 1024KB definition of a megabyte. This is why a 95.3GB hard drive can
also be listed as having 102 billion bytes of total space. Just think
of it as "round off" In the screen shot at right:
The first number is the total number of bytes,
the second number is based on the number of megabytes or gigabytes.
Second, some computers have a
non-DOS hard drive partition that is used for features such as Save to Disk,
Hibernation, or Recovery. This partition is not normally reported by the
operating system, although it can be viewed using a disk partition utility.
This is very common on desktops and laptops. NOTE:
Partition information will be created or
formatted automatically during initial system setup and a system recovery.
Third, by default, all system files
are hidden and cannot be seen. This may adversely affect the reporting of
available hard drive space. You can set your Folder Options so you view
system and hidden files and folders, but do be careful as changes to system
files can adversely affect your system.
Fourth, if you turn on Compression
for a drive, it will increase reported free space and used space, but since
compression is based upon the actual contents, this number is not fixed, but
will change as files are added or changed.
Fifth, older operating systems did
not support some of today's larger drives, so the total space reported may
be much smaller than the drive specifications.
It is also worth noting that bad sectors
are corrected by your operating system and can change the total drive space,
free space, or used space as well.
So as long as a drive is reporting a value
approximately close to the specification value, you can be comfortable that
you received the right drive and that you are getting to correct data
storage. Of course, tuning of your drive's partitions and options can
yield optimal values, but this is not something for the average user to
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What Is USB 2.0?
USB 1.1 was great when it was introduced almost a decade ago. But
the newer USB 2.0 transfers data dramatically faster - up to 40 times
quicker. Plus, USB 2.0 provides additional bandwidth for multimedia and
storage applications, which are growing larger every year. Also to your
advantage is the fact that USB 2.0 is forward and backward compatible with
USB 1.1, which means that cables and connectors made for the original USB
configuration will also work perfectly in a USB 2.0 port, though some newer
devices are specifically designed for USB 2.0. It is always a good
idea to verify the version of USB supported by each device you want to use. |
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Limited Warranty
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What's In The Box
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- Hard Drive Enclosure
- Carrying case
- USB 2.0 cable
- Driver Disk
- User Manual
Contents of package may vary from those pictured and stated here,
due to changes in manufacturer's specifications or merchandising.
Please check the product information carefully, items not included
may no longer be required.
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Manufactured by:
Sabrent
Mfg Part No:
EC-UST25
UPC No:
857161001687
Box Size:
( Length:
7, Width:
5, Depth:
2 )
Shipping Weight:
.3000 pound(s)
Limited Warranty:
12 months parts;
12 months labor
Click here for full warranty and support information
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Limited Warranty: A full text version of the limited warranty
may be obtained by mailing a self addressed, stamped envelope to the
address below and requesting the warranty for item number:
M501-1031
TigerDirect.com
Warranty Information
7795 W. Flagler St. Suite 35
Miami, FL. 33144
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