Addonics Hard Drive Enclosure Kit

Computers have changed little since the time IBM created the first PC Clone. New features on the motherboard bus have made managing computer files a whole lot easier, however. USB was a small revolution in the way computers manage data from the cell phone to the iPod. Using this versatile bus can mean the difference between recovering data quickly or having to manually extract a hard drive from the system.

This tip from a tech’s tool box can help make the difference between recovering your data in a convenient and manageable way.

Note: Disks that have password protection in WIN XP will have many of its core files protected. The ability to recover password protected files is not covered in this article.

Tech’s Tool Box

Drives a tech is most likely to come across in the field are IDE and SATA drives. Addonics makes versatile hard drive enclosure kits for both standards. The unit has dual external and internal drive capabilties with a free drive bay and add-on component. The advantage is ease of assembly and quick use of your computers USB bus to recover data. It can be also be used to store important files and utilities for troubleshooting. Addonics also makes a slim 2.5 in. hard drive enclosure which would be ideal for a field tech. The ExDrive35 is so versatile it can be used in a variety of ways and use various bus types like USB and FireWire including Addonics Pocket CD, DVD, CD-RW, or DVD+/-R/RW devices. This modular unit is so versatile and useful it retains a permanent place in this tech’s tool box.

For more information and to get detailed information on the IDE ExDrive35 and SATA ExDrive enclosures for desktop and laptop computers visit: Addonics

Addonics Console ExDrive35