UGREEN2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure USB 3.0 to SATA III Adapter Supports 2.5 Inch SSD & HDD 9.5mm 7mm External Hard Drive Enclosure with UASP Compatible with WD Seagate Toshiba Samsung Hitachi - Black

If you're like I was, and had harvested a hard drive from a dead computer which had important files which couldn't be retrieved through conventional means (like the document browser in your OS) or the os can't be accessed at all, then this device will make things a lot easier. The device will accept any of those standard external drive chords, which has a USB end on it and will plug into anything with a standard USB input. Two separate medium-high end laptops were able to recognize this with no problem and I was able to access the drive as a spare drive in my computer. Haven't tested with a desktop yet but I suspect the performance is just as good. I then transferred 16,000 music files from a drive through serato to my other laptop and it only took about 30 minutes. Transfer speed is no issue, it's certainly faster than my 500gb Seagate external drive which usually takes over an hour to do such tasks. It has a convenient blue indicator light which isn't intrusive and will blink when it's connecting, sometimes reading tasks, and turn solid blue when it's running the drive at full speed, full efficiency. I've been using it for about two days now, have used two separate 2.5 inch drives and initialized one through disk manager, the other I'm still repeatedly connecting and disconnecting to my computer to analyze files until I'm ready to wipe it and initialize as well. Overall for this price you cannot go wrong, I love this already and it's everything I needed. No need to mess with those cheaper versions which certainly look alot worse, some can snap/bend your pins on your drives and don't even encase your entire drive or SSD into the enclosure safely like this will do. This is much better, much more stable, much more convenient. I would suggest a dedicated version of this for your bigger 3.5 inch drives, as this simply doesn't take that size. Unless you're willing to just spend more on a different device entirely which reads both, this is an amazing device for any smaller drive. It will give easy plug and play access to any 2.5" drive, any standard size SSD, or turn them into a reliable external drive entirely. I've even tossed it around with my 500gb WD blue drive inside it, and the drive is still perfectly safe and reads with no issues. Definitely one of those things I'll keep finding uses for, and Im very happy to have this as a convenient little tool for data retrieval and many other things I can't even think of at the moment. Thanks for reading and I hope you'll enjoy this too.

Worked flawlessly. So far anyway. My last one also worked great for about 5 months. I will update in a few months as to the longevity. That said, this one is much sturdier and has decent foam to prevent the drive from moving around. Very happy that my files were saved and accessible. It was plug and play, I am running WIN 11 and no drivers were needed. Just plugged it in and my files came right up.

Works great, super easy

Working great so far with my PI4. I'm only mounting a /var for all my logs and docker containers. I don't think it's really necessary in my case to run the entire OS off of this drive. I decided to use ext4 with the mount flags sync and noatime to hopefully avoid corruption. I am using an SSD. This gave all my applications a pretty massive performance boost. I run Debian as a server with no desktop. I'm not using a powered USB hub and still keeping an eye on it to make sure it doesn't draw too much and cause the PI to crash but so far it has not.

Bought this UGREEN 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure to repurpose a 1TB SSD from an old laptop, and it works exactly as expected. Setup was easy, and it runs smoothly as a backup drive.Pros:✅ Easy to Use: Just pop in the drive and plug it in.✅ Good Performance: USB 3.0 speeds work well with SSDs.✅ Great for Repurposing Old Drives: Turned my laptop SSD into a backup drive with no issues.Cons:❌ Plastic Housing Feels Flimsy: It’s lightweight, but I wouldn’t want to drop it.Final Thoughts:If you need a simple and affordable enclosure for an SSD or HDD, this gets the job done. Just don’t expect a super sturdy case. Great for backups or repurposing old drives! 🔄💾

Easy to use and they work

Use it for Xbox one and computer, SSD and HDD works great! Only up to 6TB.

Great price point and very easy to assemble. Quality is good and feels solid. We have purchased several these and have had no issues.