GODO USB 3.0 to 3.5 Inch Hard Drive Enclosure, Vertical External Hard Drive Docking with Stand for 3.5 inch SATA HDD SSD, Aluminum Alloy Drive Case Support Up to 18TB with UASP,Power Adapter

Godo USB 3.0 External HDD Enclosure arrived in secure, well-cushioned packaging. Constructed from aluminum alloy, it offers improved heat dissipation but also provides a sleek, minimalistic design that's easy to handle—even for first-time users.Installation:1) Attach the two plastic side rails to your 3.5" SATA HDD.2) Remove the rear panel of the enclosure, slide the drive in carefully, aligning the SATA interface with the enclosure’s PCB.3) Pull the drive forward until the connectors are snugly seated, then reattach the front panel.4) Secure both ends with the included screws for a firm, rattle-free fit.The enclosure includes both a 12V power adapter and a USB 3.0 Type-A to Type-B high-speed data cable, ensuring stable power delivery and fast transfer under optimal conditions.To access your files:Connect the USB cable and power on the enclosure.Your system should detect the full drive capacity immediately.If you're seeing only partial capacity (common with drives over 2TB):a) Log in as an Administrator.b) Open Disk Management.c) Right-click the drive's label (left-side column), and select "Convert to GPT" (GUID Partition Table).d) Once converted, the full capacity will be recognized and accessible.Overall this enclosure is a cost-effective, efficient way to repurpose high-capacity SATA drives (2TB and above). Whether you're backing up data, transferring large files, or bringing an old drive back to life,this USB 3.0 enclosure delivers reliable performance and exceptional value.

Wonderful product. Excellent quality and engineering. Worked perfectly and everything is included includes the tools to install the drive.

Well, first off, I bought two of the SATA enclosures for my 3.5" hard drives. The first one installed great, and I've been using it for a couple of months. On the second one though, one of the screw holes for holding the thing together was not machined properly, and that made assembly difficult AND the screw protrudes by about 2mm. The speed is great through the included USB 3 cable, and I have had zero errors or difficulty accessing the drives. I do NOT recommend using these through a hub, I have not found a hub that it likes. Overall, the case keeps things quiet, and things work well. If not for that one screw sticking out I would have given 5 stars.

So far so good. Set the internal switches to RAID 1 configuration, added drives, plugged into a Linux box and started loading data in a few minutes after basic partition and format. All of the RAID is done on the box. And it works. The construction feels good and solid, its not noisy and it has a much more appealing look than bare drives and piles of connections all over. Theres a fan, and a friendly little mild blinky blue light that seems to be trying to tell me something. I think it means its happy but I dont speak blinking light unless its red.Assuming the hardware lasts, this is a good enclosure.

The Godo hard drive enclosure worked well, was easy to install a hard drive and was worth the money I paid. My computer expert suggested it and he was correct.

I had this item sent overseas, so when it arrived defective, instead of returning it I decided to "fix" it. The fan inside was not spinning. Apparently the fan header that supplies 12v was dead, so I hot wired it to the 12v voltage switch. The enclosure was still hot to the touch, so I used some power tools and cut holes in the front and back of the unit so the fan can push better air flow. There is a black plastic sticker film inside that separates the drives area from the electronics, and the fan. So what point is that to have a fan but the air can't flow past the hard drives. I removed that too.So now, the fan spins fine, there is adequate ventilation to push through the hard drives. It's still a little hot but not so bad. The functionality isn't the best. You can't format a drive IN the enclosure and then remove it and expect it to work solo in the PC, because it uses virtual block sizes or something with the crappy Jmicron chipset. There are ways to get THAT to work but it's very complicated.The other thing I didn't like was it's constantly powering down (and up) every 10 minutes or so, with no way to turn it off. The firmware is stuck on power saving mode after 10 mins. Does not matter USB power saving settings. I got around it by creating a cron job in linux (which it was connected to) to touch a file every 5 minutes. If you like it powering down every 10 minutes more power to you, but I find that something will poll the USB bus, or poll the attached hard drives, especially in Windows and constantly spin up down up down up down the drives in the enclosure and that creates a lot of wear on the drives, so be sure they have a good warranty and you're using RAID 1.I'm a little harsh on my 1 star review but to be fair I DID have to open it, mod the fan to make it work, mod the case to make it vent air, and use tricks in the OS to keep it from powering down. It's not worth any more than $30, and that's mostly for the cost of the aluminum LOL.

Easy to mount, smaller than other 3.5" cases. Fast 3.0 usb, plug and play.Nice product for your high capacity storage.

Many parts to put togetherNo light to show that it’s onOnce it’s installed works goodCreated 2 partitions working great