2'5 IDE Caddy recomendations?

misterPK · 4 Mar 2008 at 13:44

MY sisters laptop is dying, so as well as getting a new one I've suggested that she gets a caddy for it and uses it as an external backup. Has anyone got any recomendations?

Cheers,
PK!

Space Monkey · 4 Mar 2008 at 17:37

http://www.enermax.co.uk/index.php?id=55&cat=12&subcat=163&product=396&L=0

Got this for a friends laptop hard drive and it was a quality little item, it gets my vote

jak731 · 4 Mar 2008 at 17:43

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-012-BT&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=72 i use one for my hdd, it gets physically abused a bit as i dont remember its in my bag and it still works. i hope

wombraider · 5 Mar 2008 at 01:12

I work in IT and tried half a dozen or more different 2.5" caddies some would
work on some PC's but not others.

The above recommended Icy Box External Enclosure IB-281U unit I got worked
on everything I attached it to without problem , get one its the best choice.

Big.Wayne · 5 Mar 2008 at 01:27

yep IcyBox have got some real nice 2.5" enclosures!

benjo plz. · 5 Mar 2008 at 01:33

jak731 said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-012-BT&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=72 i use one for my hdd, it gets physically abused a bit as i dont remember its in my bag and it still works. i hope

gets my vote

Rambaud · 5 Mar 2008 at 08:50

I use an Omata one for the old SATA drive from my Macbook - about £10, IIRC.

It's USB2 and can be used without an external power supply, although a separate PSU can be attached, I think.

I shall probably get another when my current hard drive fills up.

C4EVA · 6 Mar 2008 at 16:33

Got both my SATA and IDE 2.5" enclosures from ebay and each cost £5 delivered. Have used both drives on over a dozen rigs without any problems.