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Acomdata 3.5-Inch USB/Firewire A External Enclosure
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(5 out of 5) by HDR HC1 User on Jul 6, 2007 (California. USA)This is a great product. Very well made, solid and compact. I have used several of these with Seagate 400GB Hard Drives and have had no problems in extended operation. They stack nicely too. The interface chipset used is INTIO and works well, without causing any of the delayed write failure issues that many other cheaper products (from CompUSA and others) do. Firmware updates are available from INITIO also if any problems do arise.
Acomdata works great
(4 out of 5) by Jessie S. Weinberger on Jun 25, 2007 (Mililani, HI USA)I love this thing -- it works every time. My computers, both running Windows XP Pro, find it every time I turn it on. I used it to house a hard drive I removed from another computer, so I would have easy access to my files without having to transfer them.
However, I found it a little difficult to assemble after attaching the drive. There is a cable that runs the full length of the case and you have to make sure that the cable is in exactly the right place or the case won't close because of the cable sticking out.
Jessie
However, I found it a little difficult to assemble after attaching the drive. There is a cable that runs the full length of the case and you have to make sure that the cable is in exactly the right place or the case won't close because of the cable sticking out.
Jessie
Solid, dependable, doesn't wreck disks!
(5 out of 5) by C. H. Moody on Jun 22, 2007 (Atlanta, GA United States)I do video & audio, so I have had a bunch o' drives in a bunch o' enclosures; I have 2 AcomData boxes (this and a USB 2.Only) and never a hiccup of any kind. For contrast, I've also had drives in several generic cases (house brand from a downsizing chain...) - and EVERY ONE of the drives in those generic cases has *died*. Nothing special about any drive, or its age, or how its used.
MORAL: don't buy cheap generic crap in an effort to save money - the time and data I lost when virtually new drives became unmountable for no reason far outweigh the money I "saved"...to say nothing of the money I had to spend to recover. These AcomDatas are good (yes, I'm ordering another today!)
MORAL: don't buy cheap generic crap in an effort to save money - the time and data I lost when virtually new drives became unmountable for no reason far outweigh the money I "saved"...to say nothing of the money I had to spend to recover. These AcomDatas are good (yes, I'm ordering another today!)
Nicely made, and no fan to go bad
(5 out of 5) by Jim Reitz on Apr 2, 2007 (Elkridge, Maryland USA)What can I say, it seems to be the best Hard disk enclosure I've ever purchased. I like the fact that there is no fan to go bad. This is the 6th different hard disk enclosure I've ever purchased. I like getting them with both Firewire and USB 2.0 because I prefer to use Firewire on my Macs, but not all of my stuff supports Firewire. So, having both is a plus.
Fast and convenient
(5 out of 5) by J. Hunter on Mar 14, 2007I had been looking for an external enclosure to save a big, fast hard drive out of an old computer to use for backing up large media files on my new Mac. This product certainly fits the bill! It's well built, easy to install the drive and the firewire connection makes the speed very functional for my work. In addition to storage, I can read/write directly to the drive from my editing software.