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A word of caution. Don't buy this for use with SSDs. It is designed for 5V hard drives like Toshiba and Hitachi 1.8" drives. It is not compatible with 3.3V SSDs like MTron or RunCore. I bought one of these to clone my Netbook drive to MTron Mobi 3000 SSD and it is not compatible. However, it will work with the Toshiba HDD I remove from my netbook once I'm done with upgrade.

This enclosure safely holds your old 1.8" HDD allowing you to still use it when upgrading to a bigger HD. I put a 60Gb Toshiba into it and it worked first time and everytime.... I spent a little more to get this one and am pleased that I did. Recommended.

Very good small and compact enclosure. I prefer to use it with a very short or retractable USB.

I bought this to house a used Toshiba MK6008GAH hard drive (60GB) I bought on eBay. It was the only 1.8" enclosure I could find, but I wish I would have looked a little more before settling on this one. The top and bottom of the enclosure (silver-colored part in the photo) are aluminum, and the sides are plastic. It comes with a taller plastic part for taller 1.8" drives, and a shorter plastic part for shorter 1.8" drives. The top cover did not fit well for me--there is one screw attaching the top, and it passes through a hole in the plastic part and a tab on the top. I had trouble fitting the tab behind the circuit board because the circuit board was situated tightly against the back of the case. I ended up using a Dremel to remove about a half-millimeter from the circuit board so the tab could fit behind it (yes, it works fine). I also had some difficulty attaching the top and bottom parts of the case to the larger plastic part (it comes assembled, attached to the smaller plastic part). The top and bottom are slightly too large and it took a little more effort to massage them into place than I was happy with, given the thinness of the metal. With everything in place, the top bulges up slightly (there's some grounded padding inside the top cover). The screwdriver that comes with the package is very delicate, so be careful when attaching the top cover. I ended up destroying the screwdriver, so hopefully, I won't have to replace the drive any time soon. Lastly, I don't feel that this case is a good value. For nearly $30, I expected the thing to be a lot sturdier, and to be made entirely of metal. The top and bottom feel like they're barely attached and would go flying off if I dropped the case. It does come with extra screws, and a protective holster.