I bought this hard drive enclosure to put my original 120GB hard drive in from my new PS3 slim after upgrading it to a 500GB and it did the job perfectly, I couldn't be happier. It was really easy to install, the screws were small but nowhere near the 'eyeglasses' size like I have read comes with other enclosures and the hard drive fits snugly with rails on each side so it won't be shaking around. When you plug it in the light turns bright blue and it comes with a USB cord so all you need is a Phillips head screwdriver and you are ready to go. The design of the enclosure is very sleek and simple. I love the way it looks. The outside is solid black aluminum, with no logos or anything, just a sticker that says Acomdata and has the Serial Number and other things like that; both ends are silver plastic and easy to remove. Why pay more for something when this does just as good as any other and looks great as well? Acomdata USB 2.0 2.5-Inch SATA Hard Disk Enclosure HDEXXUP-240-BLK (Black)
Amazon is recommending the purchase of this external case for use with the WD Scorpio Blue 1TB hard drive. It will NOT fit the drive. Otherwise, the construction is simple and efficient. Shame on you, Amazon!
I bought this to house the 160 GB SATAII drive that originally came in my MacBook, when I put a larger 320 GB drive in. This minimalistic case is solid metal, attractive in its plainness, devoid of externalities save a micro-USB jack and activity light, and was extremely easy to install the drive into, and trouble-free in 2 months (so far) of use. The case is small and without any parts jutting out, so its a natural for shirt-pocket transport, and slides easily into a variety of pockets in a variety of laptop cases I use. All told, a very satisfying, positive experience, no bad surprise here.
CAVEAT: Some reviewers have complained about difficulties with the small screws that hold the case together/closed. Yes, they are very small screws. If you are someone not accustomed to working with small fasteners/parts, just be careful, and borrow a #0 or #00 Phillips-head screwdriver if necessary. And everyone, geek and non-geek alike, should install their HDD on a tray/sheet or some other surface where the screw(s) won't be lost if you goof the first time. In general I always do this, even when the parts are not tiny, and I don't lose parts anymore as a result. Take these common sense precautions and this model will present no real problem, and you will be pleased with the result.
This was a great bargain to replace an external hard drive case for a family member. He'd knocked his old drive off his makeshift desk (he was on a school trip to Chile) and messed the port up on his old one. We bought this one so we could get his old one (that had movies and pictures of his travels) fixed before he leaves for Africa at the end of the month. It was packaged very well, arrived promptly and was a breeze to install. It literally took the hubby longer to get the old case off than to put this new one on. We tested it on my computer to make sure that we didn't lose anything and it worked perfectly. It was a great, quick, and easy solution to the cheap beat-up case that the original hard-drive came in. We'll definitely buy another one of these in the future if we need one for ours or if he (god-forbid) messes this one up while traveling.
I likes the hard disk case. It is metal and looks sturdy. It has two USB inputs, this makes it faster than the ones with a single. It was easy to use. You might also want to buy miniature screw driver for it. It was one of my wisest buys at Amazon.
I have been using it for about a month and its been working fine.
Below is my original review... Apparently PlayStation partitions the entire drive and when you plug ANY PS3 drive into a PC it doesn't show up because it's completely partitioned and there technically is NO drive to be read by your windows or mac formats... quick and easy fix!
Go to "Control Pannel" and open up "Administrative Tools"
Open the "Computer Management" shortcut here and when is opens find "Disk Management" on the left side under storage. Click "DisK Management" and you will see your main hard drive which is usually "disk 0" your PS3 or other unrecognized hard drive will be one of the others "disk 1, disk 2, disk 3" From here, Figure out which disk is the hard drive you are trying to get open. Once your figure out which disk it is [right] click the SMALL disk icon RIGHT NEXT to the disk name (disk 1, disk 2 or disk 3) and select initialize. After you have done that right click on the partition to change it or remove it completely and then you will be able to use the drive as you please....
Hope this review helps some people! SORRY for the initial bad review... FIVE STARS, GREAT PRODUCT!!!
OLD REVIEW:
["just got this case today, tossed my old PS3 80GB HD into it to format and use it for transferring media to my PS3's new 750GB HD i just installed. when i hooked it up to my laptop... nothing. :(
I felt the disc start spinning and the blue light on the back lit up, but my computer recognized nothing. no drive showed up, nothing happen at all... am i missing something here?"] - Drive Enclosures - Sata Case - Hard Drive Enclosure - Enclosure'
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