Kingwin Z1-35EU-BL External Hard Drive Enclosure
In the information age, data is king, and no enclosures can protect and preserve your data better than Kingwin’s. Before any Kingwin enclosure is cleared for commercial application, it is tested under the most demanding conditions to ensure that it will perform flawlessly for mainstream, technical, and professional users. Kingwin enclosures are specially designed to protect your information against extreme heat, while preserving the integrity of your data. In business since 1992, Kingwin has grown into a world-class company, with state-of-the-industry facilities, and a relentless commitment to excellence and customer service. Protect your data with this Kingwin enclosure.
Specifications
Enclosure Type:
3.5"
Compatible Drives:
3.5" Hard Drives
Drive Interface:
SATA
Enclosure Interface:
USB 2.0
eSATA
USB 2.0 Transfer Rate:
480 Mbps
Serial ATA Transfer Rate:
3000 Mbps
Enclosure Material:
Aluminum
Dimensions:
8.24" x 1.5" x 5.25"
Detailed Features
A Closer Look
Latest Owner Reviews
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REVIEW BY: Sneetch Reviewed
Apr 29, 2008
The previous reviewer is exactly right, these enclosures cut in and out unexpectedly. This, in my opinion makes them completely worthless. I have bought two, and both exhibit this problem. They were meant to be part of a scheduled backup solution, but the lack of reliability mad that an exercise in frustration. Not recommended.
REVIEW BY: Cheer Reviewed
Mar 08, 2008
Works good. Just one problems. Keeps cuttin in and out. For some reason, you have to plug the USB and power cord in really really hard, and you shouldnt have to do that. Other than that its fine
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:
Data type
Time to re-create 20 MB
Cost
Sales and marketing
19 days
$17,000
Accounting
21 days
$19,000
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.
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
explore.
Manufactured by:
Kingwin Mfg Part No:
Z1-35EU-BL UPC No:
859813001816 Box Size:
( Length:
13, Width:
8, Depth:
4 )
Shipping Weight:
2.5000 pound(s)
Limited Warranty:
12 months parts;
12 months labor
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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:
K450-1132
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