Iogear 2.5IN USB 2.0 HD ION-DRIVE ( GHE225U )

Rating:
Summary: Great cheap solution.
Review: After my Compaq Armada fried it's logic board, I had a doorstop that would cost more to repair than it was worth. So I bought a new laptop, but wanted to get the files of the old hard drive and wanted to have a backup drive. My old drive was a perfectly good IBM 2.5" drive, so I pulled it out of the broken laptop and bought the ION enclosure. The installation was a breeze, just remove the bottom cover, slip in the drive, and replace the cover. 3 minutes, tops.

I plugged the drive into my new laptop's USB 2.0 port and voila (WinXP home)! Transferred the old files, and backed up the new files in about 2 minutes. I then took the drive over to my wife's iBook running OSX 10.3 and plugged it in. It read the drive fine (even though the disk was FAT32) and I was able to back up files from her computer also.

Not only is the enclosure functional, but it's very sleek design. Looks nice, bus powered so no need for a wall wart. Totally quiet. Fabulous, best computer purchase I've made in a while.