Lindy Drive Enclosure Storage enclosure

Advantages: Quick way of expanding hard drive space or retrieving data from a damaged laptop.
Disadvantages: Can over heat if left on for serveral hours at a time.

...The Akasa Integral external storage enclosure, is a great device for individuals who wish to perhaps expand there laptop with more hard disc drive space, or perhaps for those who wish to retrieve the data from a damaged laptop, that still has a working hard drive. I found the device incredibly handy when my laptop crashed, and I had no way of accessing the data. All I did was remove the hard drive from the laptop and insert it into the storage enclosure device, and away I went, full access again to all my data, just by plugging it into another desktop or laptop. There’s no complicated software to install on the computer, just plug it In and you can access the data as if it was on a flash drive. There are no mains plugs involved, it use's a USB port from the desktop or laptop to power its self, and it also comes with a protective cover... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Brilliant way of using spare hard drives
Disadvantages: a tight fit, with little ventilation

...WHY ? """"""""""" Why, you might ask, would anyone want a NEWlink USB 2.0 IDE & SATA Hard Drive Enclosure ? And even more to the point, why would such a person buy one, admit it and then go ahead and review it? The answer my friend, is not blowing in the wind.! It was sitting on my shelf. It was a spare 80GB hard drive, that I had taken out of my PC when I put in a larger drive. It annoyed me that this major investment when I first built my PC was now sitting idly by, giving me no return for my money. Neither was there much point looking to dispose of it through Exchange & Mart, Ebay or the local shop window ads - who wants a redundant hard drive ? - especially when mine is SATA. So for a little while, I had looked for an enclosure like this, into which I could place my hard disk, plug it into my USB and have an extra storage... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Ease of installation
Disadvantages: Two hard drives dying out after 1 year of use each

...Bought this enclosure 2 years ago and paid quite an amount for it, it's price is double the price of another enclosure and you would think you are buying quality. The set up procedure of this enclosure is the same with any other enclosure and it doesn't need any drivers since the connection is USB 2 and it's plug and plays, so the ease of installation is more or less the same but I give it as a plus the fact that it has a button instead of 4 screws that normal enclosures have when you have to open them to change the hard drive. The flashing led when the enclosure is working is cute at first but gets really annoying after a while if you have the drive working while watching a movie or sleeping because it makes the room look like a disco. The worst thing about this enclosure is that after 2 years I already changed a burned hard drive... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful