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![Vantec Nexstar Cx Pn:Nst-200S2-Bk2.5 Sata To Usb 2.0 External Hd Enclosure]()
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User Rating: Amazon Sales Rank:#6742 |
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 Inexpensive and a great value, 2008-10-02
Great deal as a back-up when you upgrade to a new hard drive. Pop the old one in and you're good to go.
Well made, great deal. I agree entirely with the previous reviewer.
3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
 Great little enclosure, 2008-06-26
Vantec isn't the most well-known company, but they make some very good hard drive enclosures and this is no exception.
The enclosure itself is one solid piece of aluminum with two end plastic pieces (one of which is attached to the hardware and plugs into your hard drive). The aluminum does a great job of dissipating heat and rarely feels hot to the touch, even during heavy use. There's no on/off button on the drive and there is one single blue LED that flickers to indicate drive activity. There's a jack for an A/C adapter, but it doesn't come with one. Instead, they package a Y-splitter USB cable so you can draw additional power from a second USB port if needed. On the opposite end of the drive is a thin mirror detail that adds a bit of pointless (but not unappreciated) shiny. The packaging was also very nice and compact.
Installing/removing a hard drive is a snap. All of the circuitry is attached to one of the plastic end pieces and that snaps right into the hard drive (just match up the pins and go). Then just slide that right into the enclosure and close it up with the two included tiny screws. There is nothing else securing the hard drive to the enclosure, so it does jiggle around inside (you can tape a few pieces of paper to the metal side of the hard drive to fix the jiggle).
A complaint I've heard in other reviews about this drive is that the places where the screws go are not properly threaded and the screws are easy to strip. I had no problems putting the screws in. I screwed both in at the same time, tightening one a bit, then switching to the other, switching back to the first, and so forth. Also: do NOT over-tighten the screws! They do indeed seem easy to strip.
I'm using mine with my Mac as a backup drive and a Time Machine drive. The OS first claimed the drive was unreadable, but it just needed to be formatted correctly (HFS+ for Macs). Also, it runs fine off of one USB port on my MacBook Pro (and I'd assume for all recent Macs). And of course it works on Windows (though my PCs don't know what to do with my Mac-formatted hard drive).
Anyway, if you've got an SATA laptop drive in need of a case, this is a great choice. It's cheaper and smaller than the other Vantec SATA drives, and it works like a charm. The only thing that makes me mark it down from a 5-star rating is the slight jiggle of the hard drive... kinda annoying to craft your own fix for it.
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