Since SATA drives have become the dominant style on the market today they've effectively kicked the IDE style drives to the side... Now, beat down, homeless and with no PC to call home these drives are trying to find a new life, a new purpose to keep spinning, they're looking to prove that they can be useful once more. I'm glad to say that most of those old IDE drives can have a new purpose, be useful and get a nice new home in a brand new portable enclosure. With a nice hard drive enclosure you can bring new life to your old IDE drive, and give it a new purpose in life, it can be used as a backup to store your important data, or as a secondary drive for whatever your needs, and since these enclosures are meant to be portable you can then take your data with you to share with other. I guess we could call them mobile homes for IDE hard drives...

Up on the review block today is a product from EagleTech that is meant to give new life and new meaning to those old discarded IDE hard drives since you've upgraded to the new SATA versions; it's the Consus N-Series IDE to USB Enclosure and it's exactly as it sounds, an enclosure that turns your IDE hard drive into a portable USB hard drive. The Consus N-Series Enclosure is very nice, it's well made, and it even has thumbscrews for easy access to install your IDE hard drive.

So continue on to check out a great new home for your old IDE hard drives...

Eagle Consus N-Series IDE to USB HDD Enclosure Reviewed

Author: Kristofer Brozio

Sponsor: EagleTech

Tech Specs,Features or the Basic Info:

Eagle Consus N-Series IDE to USB HDD Enclosure

[ET-CSNU2-BK] Eagle Consus N-Series IDE to USB External Storage System - Black

OVERVIEW:

The Eagle Consus N-Series external storage system is the ideal storage solution for value users without compromising quality. Turn you internal hard drive to external hard drive instantly! Designed to stand vertically and horizontally, you can easily use more than one - just stack them up! This value kit lets you easily backup all your data, music, picture, video and more. Plus, the stylish aluminum side panels keep your hard drive working and looking cool. High quality chipset and rigorous thermal testing ensures peak performance and rock solid stability.

FEATURES:

* Works with 3.5" IDE Desktop hard drive

* Stylish aluminum side panels

* Thumb screws for easy assembly

* Fan-less design (noise free, maintenance free)

* Plug-n-Play USB 2.0

SPECIFICATION:

* Internal Interface: IDE

* External Interface: USB 2.0

* Transfer Rate: 480mbps (USB)

* Supported Hard Drive: IDE (PATA)

* Power Source: External Switching Power Adapter (5V/12V 2.0A)

* Power Input: 100~240VAC, 50/60Hz

* Certification: FCC, CE Certified

* Microsoft O.S. Support: Vista/XP/2000/ME

* Others O.S. Support: Mac OS 9.0 or higher

* Dimension: 8-2/3" (L) x 4-3/4" (H) x 1-1/4" (W)

PACKAGE CONTENT:

* Eagle external hard drive storage system (ET-CSNU2-BK)

* Certified USB 2.0 cable

* Power adapter

* Eagle Resource CD

* Quick User Guide

* 1 Year Limited warranty

*Lifetime Tech Support