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Vantec NexStar 3 Hardfile enclosure
Easy to install with prior reviews regarding cables needing to be moved and compressed when adding to case. Up and running in less than 15 minutes. No problem with heat buildup listed in other reviews. Well worth the money and it looks sharp in blue.

Exactly what I wanted!
This HD enclosure is fantastic.. I would absolutely buy it again!

It was a snap to get hooked up and XP recognized the drive automatically. Once installed, my drive is in there securely and the whole thing feels very sturdy. The color is not quite as deep as I thought, but it is still pretty sleek-looking and shiny, plus there is an electric blue LED on the front panel that blinks when the drive is working.

As far as temperature goes, I've been really impressed so far. I ran my drive overnight and another time while I was away at work, and both times the case was just barely warm to the touch, not hot at all. My laptop gets hotter, by far.

All in all, a great buy! I highly recommend.

Worked right out of the box
I pulled an older Maxtor 80 gig hard drive from an old desktop PC taking up space in my home office. Within minutes I had it installed in the Hard Drive enclosure, plugged into an electric outlet and the USB port of my laptop. I'm running Vista SP1 64 bit, which recogonized it immediately and gave me no fits of rage. After a re-format to rid the drive of old un-needed programs and documents, I was moving files. No case issues as some have talked about, no excessive heat, just pure ease of use. The case it's self is as I expected it to be and still have not cracked open the manual or driver disk. Life is good.

EXCELLENT product!
I bought this Vantec hard drive enclosure shortly after the motherboard on our old XP tower failed. I wanted an economical way to get to the data on the undamaged hard drive. Set-up was extremely easy, you just slide the case open (watch out for the LED connector, which might be connected, mine was not), connect the hard drive, slide the case closed again and screw it shut. Hook in your power cord and your USB cable and you're ready to go. I was accessing the data on my old hard drive within minutes of opening the box. This unit works great with Vista, as it loads all of the drivers for you, you won't even need to load the driver CD. Heat hasn't been a problem yet, the aluminum case does a good job of dissipating the warmth generated by the hard drive's operation. Comes with a nice little stand and the blue color really stands out.

Update: Works great with the Mac OS as well. Hooked this baby up to my iMac and it recognized the drive immediately.

Highly recommended!

All Around Great Product
Great product. Up and running in less than 10 minutes. First backup was 80+ GB and the metal case was warm, not hot (exactly like it is supposed to work). Very stable on desk. I have had no problem with tipping over on the desk. Even if this is an issue, lay the drive on it side. For me, this was a inexpensive way to turn a hard drive that was unused into a perfect drive to backup my laptop.