Rosewill RX234 Aluminum & plastic 2.5" IDE to USB 2.0 External Enclosure

Pros: Easy to install. Works great. Excellent tool for back up or portable hard drive.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: I will order another.

Pros: Easy to install. Nice construction and nice looks. Light activates when it's connected to the computer.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: I used this for an old WD scorpio (enhanced IDE 2.5") and it works great so far. The only thing i would like more is a normal USB cable (instead of the Y cable with 2 usb connectors). No power required, I really love this enclosure.

Pros: Cheap, you get what you pay for.

Cons: This enclosure would always refuse to detect my hard drive randomly it as if the enclosure design doesnt have enough power to power the drive up all the time.

Other Thoughts: You get what you pay for. Go for a quality all brushed aluminum enclosure from Orico.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you very much for purchasing this unit.
We strive to provide the most reliable and highest quality products to our customers.

Please kindly contact the Rosewill support team
Phone: 1- 800-575-9885
Email: rma@rosewill.com

So we may assist you with (in-warranty) replacement.
We look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,
Rosewill Customer Care

Pros: If there is a more superior company, I don't know how they can be found. My experience with Rosewill was simply perfection --- through communication errors concerning a needed product, they made things right by reaching out to me and offering to send me the correct product and told me to keep the wrong product rather than returning it to them because of the challenging nature of my experiences with getting to the correct product/item. Highly recommend Rosewill without qualification.

Cons: None! And that's not an understatement. They made things so right that any frustrations around the original order process were insignificant.

Pros: small enough for travel..sturdy...good construction.

Cons: wasn't a BOGO deal

Other Thoughts: Bought to save music files onto now defunct older laptop. installed HD, plugged in and it booted up. simple ould definitely reccommend and buy more. ROSEWILL ..good stuff

Pros: Heavy duty metal case, well built. Easy access to install drive, the unit comes apart at both ends. USB power is adequate to run the drive.

Cons: The only potential drawback that is endemic to all the slim 2.5" drive external cases is the lack of any sort shock protection. Don't ever drop these.

Pros: My old laptop died with power connection issues. I hadn't backed up my files recently, so I needed an enclosure to help me attach the laptop drive to another computer to transfer the files. I ordered the Rosewill. It was very affordable and worked flawlessly. Even if the enclosure self-destructed tomorrow, I would feel that it had worked out well for me.

Cons: While the documentation had a few nice pictures to describe how to assemble the drive in the enclosure, it comes with a Y cable and no instructions when you would use one or both USB connections. I connected both USB and the product worked fine. Also, and maybe I couldn't expect Rosewill to anticipate this, but the drive came out of a laptop brand which had attached another connector to the 20-pin connector on the drive. I had to remove that additional connector before seeing the pins that would plug into the Rosewill.

Other Thoughts: overall I'm very pleased to have recovered my files without incident.

Pros: Inexpensive

Cons: New Egg advertises HDD capacity at 320GB. Box I received todasy indicates capacity at 160HDD. Which is it?

Pros: This is a great little enclosure. My GF and I both had old laptop hard drives and used this to create a couple of external HDDs. We have been using them fairly regularly for a year with no issues. The installation was quick and easy, especially since they provided the screwdriver that was needed.

Cons: None so far.

Pros: looks like a very sturdy case and good manufacturing

Cons: Buyer caution. Not all hard drive cases are created equal. This is a IDE connection verses a SATA connection. Be careful to get the right one. I will be returning purchasing a new one.