© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/Drive_Cases Recent content written about Drive Cases en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_476841741956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author GaryD - I'VE ALWAYS NEEDED THIS!I was merely surfing the global internet a couple of months ago just browsing to see what was going on and what new technology was racing down the speedway. Yes, like many of you I have a number of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476841741956 Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:25:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476841741956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473192042116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author retsam - I purchased this player after purchasing and using an Iomega ScreenPlay HD for approximately 6 months.  The ScreenPlay is a small portable player with a bland older DVD-player like interface (blue background, no effects).  It does not play HD... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473192042116 Mon, 8 Jun 2009 02:36:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473192042116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473169170052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author subslug - Purchased this device along with a Western Digital external hard drive to copy our DVD/video file collection and be able to watch the files on the TV effortlessly. Works with video/audio and digital photos. Very fun toy.I went back and got a second... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473169170052 Sun, 7 Jun 2009 21:22:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473169170052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471739043460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author xamot95 - If you truly value your data, you will not buy any products from this company. These enclosures usually burn out within 16 to 24 months (after the 1-year warranty), and Galaxy Inc. could care less about your feelings or the fact that everyone is bashing... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471739043460 Tue, 26 May 2009 13:57:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471739043460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462188547716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author nad_masters - Just like the USB to Ethernet adapter, a USB to IDE/SATA adapter is one of those things a computer techie should have in their toolbox.  The BT-300 is just... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462188547716 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:43:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462188547716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459890265732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author texas-swede - The ministack v3 series was originally created for the miniMac; however, at work we have been using various sizes of the ministack v3 with our windows PC's (windows XP Professional and windows Vista Business) for about one and a half year now. I am... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459890265732 Tue, 3 Feb 2009 21:21:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459890265732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458662055556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mbmalone - Buggy Chipset & Poor Power Supply, avoid this one. It goes offline while you are transfering your data, so you lose everything in the failed transfer. It seems to work pretty good by USB, but the firewire is terrible. It is not reliable, soon to be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458662055556 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:12:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458662055556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458611854980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author nad_masters - Who hasn't heard of the amazing Drobo?  It's billed to be a robotic data storage device.  Is that just another fancy way of calling it a NAS RAID?  Nope.  In fact, it's not a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device at all!The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458611854980 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:14:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458611854980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_457970192004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author murgan - For those of us with a spare hard drive lying around, an external enclosure is an excellent idea.Opening the box I found: Enclosure, plastic stand, power brick, CD, two rubber pads., six screws, manual, installation sheet.This case is made of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~457970192004 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:01:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_457970192004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456635879044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bflusche - The CN-570 can be used as a USB drive case, but is very expensive just for this.  It's main purpose is a NAS.  I wanted a low cost NAS for my home network and I saw the CN-570 at a computer shop.  It was $70 and had an impressive... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456635879044 Sun, 4 Jan 2009 02:01:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456635879044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456480886404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author km21 - Looks good, works well. Just got it today, no way to judge reliability yet. But read below about the jumper setting to save yourself some time and hassle.Especially if you have Macs, you'll like the styling of this enclosure. It's very... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456480886404 Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:54:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456480886404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456286506628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author bartow - Oh, where to start. I purchased a Drobo and a Drobo Share, the Drobo had a problem out of the box and I had to get my vendor to replace as Data Robotics said it would take many weeks because management had to approve replacements (I later learned that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456286506628 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:20:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456286506628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454807883396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ASourdough4 - NspireGear OT343 One-Touch 3.5” HDD External Enclosure  "Nspire's newest drive enclosure with One-Touch Backup Technology- Backup at one touch away... A must-have for any mobile or desktop users” (Also for Data Storage and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454807883396 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:59:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454807883396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454804606596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author km21 - I put a 1TB Samsung Spinpoint drive in my PowerMac and wanted an enclosure for the 300GB SATA drive I took out of it. This fit the bill perfectly. Installation of the drive into the enclosure and subsequent connection to my Mac through USB was totally... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454804606596 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:27:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454804606596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453167189636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Gambit624 - I replaced my SATA HDD in my Emachine about five months ago. At the time, Circuit City had this enclosure on sale for 19.99 with NO rebate. Since I had a SATA drive and I couldn't use it, I decided to go to Circuit City to purchase this enclosure on a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453167189636 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:46:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453167189636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_451061517956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author silverstreak9 - OVERVIEWIf you want a high-quality, high-performance external hard drive, you should consider this enclosure.  If you have never built a computer or assembled an external drive, don't worry.  You can do this, save money and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~451061517956 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:43:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_451061517956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_447097966212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cfandsf - Installation was easy and harddrive was recognized immediately.Purchased after the motherboard of my computer fried and wanted to access/transfer files to another computer. Remember to set HDD to master setting and there should be no problems... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~447097966212 Mon, 6 Oct 2008 20:56:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_447097966212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444303117956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brentd - The plug popped the first time I plugged it in, and the internals sizzled. I immediately smelled electrical fire. Took out the HD I'd installed, plugged it back into my desktop, and it was dead. The manufacturers tech support form on their website doesnt... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444303117956 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:43:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444303117956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443350486660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - I recently upgraded my standard satellite receiver to a Dish Network ViP722 HD-DVR that offers up to 55 hours of recorded HD programming. Not enough. Good thing the Dish Network ViP722 HD-DVR has a high-speed USB port and allows for the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443350486660 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 17:22:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443350486660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_441633377924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pilchard - Recently I upgraded the hard drive on my PS3. This left me with a spare 60 GB SATA (Serial ATA) notebook hard drive sitting around. We have many computers and various appliances such as the PS3 which accept USB drives, and it seemed like a good idea to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~441633377924 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:43:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_441633377924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437028425348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author theqman - I picked up two of these back in mid 2007 because of the price: around $20 ea. Within a month (3 or 4 uses - no more than 2-3 hours each) one of the power bricks (power converter like you get with a laptop) died. I've been able to use both of them with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437028425348 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:43:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437028425348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436145131140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mrh7184 - I bought one of these since I was tired of having a bunch of single USB enclosures. I put 2 Western Digital 500GB SATAII 16MB drives in this and connected it via USB to my Apple Airport Extreme Base Station. I now use one drive for Time Machine and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436145131140 Sat, 5 Jul 2008 17:18:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436145131140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435758009988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author glennf1000 - I wont cover the same things in the other review. I also have the Maddog aluminum passively cooled enclosure which gets very hot to the touch. People who say the aluminum acts as a heatsink would say - thats the point, it's supposed to get hot. A Samsung... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435758009988 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 08:15:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435758009988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434614668932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mvmone - Getting rid of a computer because it's just too slow? Still have loads of data on the harddrive you'd like to save? Why copy it over to your new machine, when you can leave it right where it is? If you're thinking about upgrading, or purchasing a new... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434614668932 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:40:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434614668932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433322626692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dugoodm - So far, I've been unable to get this unit to work with Vista. It worked just fine under Win2000 and XP. Adaptec doesn't list this unit on their website and offer no updated drivers to add Vista... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433322626692 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:10:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433322626692?linkin_id=8003929