Are there any good hard drive enclosures?

[lti]

I need to get a hard drive enclosure so I can use an old hard drive for backups. I will be using a 3.5" IDE drive, but I might use a newer SATA drive in the future when the old 60GB drive gets full. Does anybody have suggestions for reliable drive enclosures that won't corrupt data or kill the drive?

[Trune]

Re: Are there any good hard drive enclosures?

I've never experienced that with even the cheapest eBay china hard drive enclosures to be fair and I have quite a few.
It's generally the point you don't safely disconnect which corrupts the drive, that or not enough power on your USB bus, which won't be a problem for a 3.5" drive.

[Gariarto]

Re: Are there any good hard drive enclosures?

I have 3 of these Rosewills for SATA drives (Don't know if they offer them in IDE)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817173042

and have used them without issue on USB and ESATA for the last couple of years. I chose them for price, cooling fan and room inside them. They might be a little unnattractive but they haven't killed anything of mine or customers yet... Touch wood. !

This one does both IDE and SATA but I don't own it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817366019

its almost the exact same but branded by Sabrent. Not really a recomendation but its the same base manufacturer I think.

[larrymoencurly]

Re: Are there any good hard drive enclosures?

Maybe one of the NewEgg Rosewill brand enclosures because they're among the few that always include UL approved AC adapters, and I know of 2 non-UL adapters failing; one caused no damage to the hard drive, another burned a 1/4" mark in the drive PCB.

I've seen USB/IDE/SATA combo adapters but not enclosures that support both PATA IDE and SATA, and I don't think many have enough room inside for a SATA-PATA adapter.