Vantec NexStar 3 NST-360U2-BL 3.5-Inch IDE to USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure (Midnight Blue)

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(4 stars) - My hard drive was also toast.
This enclosure performed as advertised. I bought it to get some files off a hard drive that was part of an old computer that malfunctioned. Dell Support believed the motherboard went bad. But when I used the enclosure connected to another computer, the old hard drive was announced as empty. I thought there was a problem with the enclosure and contacted Vantec. The Vantec support was reasonable and I ended up pulling a functioning hard drive out of yet another computer to test the enclosure. That showed the enclosure was working and that the suspect hard drive was not. I ended up downloading a Seagate hard drive utility that bypassed the Windows interface and allowed me to get the retrievable files off. The bottom line is that I wouldn't have been able to do any of this without the Vantec enclosure. It is a fairly simple but elegant device although I can't comment on its heat dissipating abilities because I was using it with a 30GB HD containing a limited number of files. I would buy another one except now I no longer need the one I have.

(5 stars) - Worked Great
This external enclosure works well. I've had 0 problems with it. The exterior coloring and lighting are stylish and it seems to be sturdy so I think this is an excellent buy.

(5 stars) - Great gadget
It arrived on time courtesy of free shipping. Installation was a breeze. In no time I was downloading the files from my old computer to laptop. I certainly would recommend this product.

Arun

(5 stars) - Works great, truely plug and play on my XP box.
I had an old LaCie external 400gb drive (it had two actual 200gb drives mounted) that finally had the interface quit. The two IDE-PATA drives were over five years old but worked and had very low operational hours, so I salvaged them. Both of those drives (Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 200Gb) functioned in this enclosure. :)

Pros:

1. XP plug and play.

2. A very nice aluminum(?) case with a sweet paint job. Shiny chrome front/back trim (maybe plastic but nice). This thing just looks good.

3. A power on/off switch. Some enclosures no longer have a power switch.

4. The power adapter is shaped to fit in a single plug slot on a power strip. I despise those other clunky adapters that take up three plug slots. This one is good.

5. The front has a nice transparent logo type thing that has a blue LED as a back light. To me it is well designed. Some blue LEDs are just too annoying, I can live with this one, it is ok.

Cons:

1. You will need to have, and know how to use, a small Phillips screw driver to put the case together.

That's it! Enjoy.

Ken

(5 stars) - Really is plug and play
Bought this product because our HP desktop monitor port was fried by a recent lightning storm. There was absolutely no software to install. You might need to remove a couple of screws from your hard drive for it to fit in the casing, but with only three connections (two if you don't care about a LED flashing when the drive is spinning) and good labeling, it's pretty much idiot proof. You navigate through your hard drive with Windows Explorer and I used the USB cable connector to our laptop. The rpm is a bit slower, but if you are willing to wait an extra few minutes on searches and copying, this is no problem.

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