25S3 2.5 USB 3.2 Gen 1 External Enclosure Cover Case for SSD and HDD - TS0GSJ25S3

Good product as described..

I bought this product a week from now. I had used it to clone my 2.5 inch 7 mm laptop HDD onto my SSD to be able to use it as my main drive. It worked very well. All I had to do was to unscrew the top with a Phillips head, push in the SSD into the SATA port and run the software to clone it. The coning happened at 60 MBPS because my HDD was the limiting agent. However, once I tried using the older HDD inside the case in a USB 3.0 port, speeds were pretty good. The only drawback I found was that to pull off the drive from the port, one will have to pull very delicately or risk bending the chip on the inside of the casing. Beyond that, I think it is a great product with a fine finishing and some quality aluminium that dissipates the head better than plastic. There is also a quick remove and reinsert button on the drive for easy eject of the drive. The older HDD that was inside the case was being detected as TRANSCEND, which means that the cover itself installs drivers onto the PC instead of giving the drive's name itself. Contents included the casing, a USB 3.0 cable, Warranty Card and other manuals. I received this case a day before the scheduled delivery and tried it out on the same day. I received a sealed packet and it worked pretty well. I even registered it on Transcend's website and received a one year warranty. For those willing to swap their laptop HDDs for better SSHDs or SSDs, this USB 3.0 case is a must have to continue using the old harddisk as an external drive. Please do not buy the cheap USB 2.0 cases. They either won't hold the HDD properly, or give you the good speeds this will. The HDD too fit snugly inside the casing. Will recommend this, most definitely.

Completely loss project, it's not external hard disk, it's only external hard disk casing, so be cautious,

Bought this product to convert my recently bought laptop hard drive into an external hard drive. Now about the product. It came very neatly packed in a box with a high quality (but short) USB cable. The case is made of metal and has a nice, smooth finish. The blue led is nicely aligned with the case. All you have to do is remove the front panel which houses the adapter, connect your hdd/ssd and put it back on.xVd Note: 1)The common size star screw driver might not work with as the screws are small. 2) It doesn't support drives that are more than 9.5 mm height. If you have an old laptop hard drive, it could be >9.5mm and might not fit into the case (my 4 year old drive didn't but the latest one did) On the inside there's a small rectangular strip of sponge. Probably used to prevent the drive from scratching against the enclosure. There's some sponge at the bottom as well. So if you expect to get some sort of shock protecting stuff inside, you'll be disappointed. And beacaue it's made of rigid metal, the shock would directly get transferred to the hdd. Drop it and you'll certainly inflict some damage to the hard drive inside (major or minor depends on your luck and the height of the fall). This is where it's losing one star in my book. I've been getting very good transfer speeds with my Hitachi hard drive attached to this. I'm not posting the transfer speeds here since it could be misleading. USB 3.0 interface is faster than sata2 so the speeds would certainly be dependent on your hard drive. Performance-wise it's really good. Other features: It supports Transcend's data management tools but you'll have to download it from the website (no installation disc included). There's a button on the drive which enables us to remount the drive without removing and connecting the device after being unmounted in windows. It also acts as an auto backup button. The most useful feature though is the auto sleep mode. If there's no i/o activity for some time, the hard disk is automatically put to sleep. Overall it's a pretty decent product. It delivers the promised USB 3.0 performance. The only cons I could find were the absence of shock proofing material and the short cable.

I purchased this in order to be able to use the hard drive from an old HP laptop that was damaged and wouldn't boot up anymore. Before I discovered this item on amazon.in I had purchased this - Storite 2.5 Inch SATA to USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure/Caddy (http://www.amazon.in/Storite-External-Drive-Enclosure-Included/dp/B00GKCA48U/) Transcend being a familiar and trusted name, I decided to give it a give it a go, since the price was almost the same as the Storite product. I wasn't disappointed - great quality construction, ease of installation, and works exactly as expected. Highly recommended; I'm getting one more to use with the hard drive of another Dell laptop that I had swapped out for a bigger capacity drive. I haven't really tested any of the performance parameters as far as the USB 3.0 interface is concerned; I was just looking for a means to be able to access data from the drives and then using them as backup devices thereafter. I'm completely satisfied with this purchase.

The product was delivered from Gurgaon to Chennai in a wekk through Aramex. I must say that I was impressed with the delivery. I was initially worried since there were so many bad reviews against Aramex but they did not disappoint. The product was well packaged and well protected.in bubble wrap. The HDD enclosure is of excellent quality. Very strong, smooth and looks good. It has a blue LED light to show that it is active and also a button which is useful. It is however much heavier than I expected. The cable provided is short and very thick but it works well. One negative aspect of the enclosure is that it is slightly small and I had a bit difficulty in pushing my hard drive into the enclosure. I am using my old laptop hard drive with the enclosure. The transfer speed was good. I was able to transfer files of 1GB at speeds of 70-100 MB/s using USB 3.0. I am quite happy with the transfer speed. It is comparable to my Seagate external hard drive I have not tried USB 2.0 port yet. Having an SSD will increase the transfer speed by 3-4 times. Overall a very good product and more than worth the price. I recommend this product.

Got it for my samsung 2.5" HDD as my laptop motherboard got fried. Simple plug and play, worked perfectly out of the box, no special installations or anything required. It read the hard-disk as it with the partitions that I had made when using in the laptop. So it basically mounts the partitions are 4 different drives. Guess one can just back up the data and format the hard disk into just one partition to use it like a portable HDD. The built quality seems robust, and has a snug fit with some cushion inside which might hopefully will protect the HDD from minor drops and bumps. Small issues: 1. The metal body gets scruffs and scratches very easily. Multiple scratches within a day of use, even though i keep it in a pouch.Not a deal breaker, given that the benefit of having a metal body is that it dissipates heat and HDD stays cool. 2. The cord provided is strong, but too thick. It's not very flexible and might cause tension at the point where it's connected to the case. Worries me that the port might take a beating. Will have to see how it fares in the long run. 3. No screwdriver provided. I don't mind, but not everyone has a philips screwdriver at hand. Could have included a small tool in the box. Amazon's service was splendid. Delivered before time when I told customer service that it was critical for me to recover the data from my broken laptop.

100% Honest Review Buyers please understand that this a casing for your internal HDD/SSD. Some of the customers misunderstood this product as a External Hard Disk with a inbuilt storage (eg., 500 GB or 1 TB) and they ended up with negative reviews. 1) Coming to the product, this product has a excellent build quality with a Metal Frame and gives 100% protection to your internal HDD/SSD 2) USB 3.0 is the main feature of this product and for me personally it took 20Minutes to transfer 70GB of Data. However for Windows Operating Systems users claim that the transfer speeds are way high 3) The cable is thick, yet it is of Good quality and gives you a Durable protection but it lacks flexibility -----WHY SHOULD YOU GO FOR THIS DEVICE --- 1)Don't end up buying cheap casing products with USB2.0 and a poor Plastic Build for 400-500 Rupees. It is not worth the money and if you do so you are going to regret at the end. 2)Also this comes with 2 years limited warranty. ( Chinese products have no warranty ) 3)Transcend Elite Data management software for this product gives you DATA ENCRYPTION, BACKUP AND CLOUD STORAGE INTEGRATION (Google Drive and Drop Box) - it protects your data from prying eyes ( Highly recommended for Professionals)