Kingwin HDCV-1 2.5" to 3.5" SSD & SATA HDD Converter Box for Internal and External Use (Black)

I have a love/hate relationship with this adapter. It does absolutely work as advertised. I purchased it to work with a  Crucial 128 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT128M4SSD2  and it pops right in (no tools). I then hooked it up to my MacBook Air via the included USB cable and installed Lion to it. I then disconnected from the Air and installed it inside my old iMac (replacing the spinning HD and resulting in a huge performance gain). The combination external / internal use is awesome and it worked perfectly both over USB 2 and SATA. So why only 3 stars? Because the mounting screw holes on the side were too small to fit the screw in posts (one side) and screws (other side) of my iMac. Since these screws came out of the existing HD, I have to conclude that this case was defective. As it was I was able to make it work by drilling out the holes (it's just thin sheet metal) and letting the screws tap themselves.In short, the electronic part of this device is awesome; the metal case mounting holes not so much.

Well not to much to tell except that it doesn't have two colors to show it's on, and the one it does have to show it's on (one light for both) blinks while accessing the Drive also the SSD is very tight to insert and will Fly across the room if you let it when released. I would have like to seen two different color lights and not so tight insert/eject system but it does what it needs to do. Additionally this converter box fits well in all the Kingwin devices those being, The Kingwin KF-1000-BK & The KF-4000-BKand all the kingwin devices I have bought the HDCV-1, KF-1000-BK and The KF-4000-BK all have the activity lights work thru the 15-pin power connector.they are split down to 4 wires device power and the other 4 wires for the activity lights green = power on & orange Hard Drive Activity, instead of all 15 pins supplying power while making the Active/HD lights work in another way.Each Drive pocket has the "On Light" and "Hard Drive Activity" but no separate on/off button but does have 15 pin sata power connections for each drive on the back.

Pros: * Hard protective aluminum enclosure * Internal SATA connectivity AND for External enclosure use a USB 2.0 connection * Easy push to eject button * Use your hard drives like floppy disks! * Uses 2.5/3.5 SATA Hard drives and Solid State Drives that are usually installled internally for laptops (think small) * Hard Drive protected much more than a HDD Dock. * Any OS recognizes, I have tried on both OSX & Windows, I have heard it works for Linux as well (don't take my word for it though) * Indicator LED hard drive activity * $aving$$$$$$$Cons: * Only small 2.5 and 3.5 SATA hard drives will fit that are used usually for laptops so no old IDE drives nor thick Sata drives from some older Desktops * Indicator LED only shows one color and only if there is activity, not if connected correctly or some other external enclosures offer (if you have some common sense you can figure it out pretty quickly though) * Hard drive does not go completely in (the butt still shows) very much like a floppy disc drive used to work (like I mentioned before, could see this pro or con really)Notes:I purchased this because I thought that the idea of using full hard drives like cd's or floppy discs was an amazing idea and have been searching for such a product for weeks before I found this product here. I find this to be a better solution than an external hard drive dock because it still protects the hard drive all over rather than leaving it exposed to possible terribleness waiting to happen. Also 15 bucks for this thing? I have seen simpler external hard drive docks that look way cheaper but cost 30 to 60 dollars! More protection, more savings, no complaints here. Would suggest (and have) this product to others.PS: I have not installed this to use for internal use, this review is how I am currently using this device for an external enclosure that hot swaps HDDs, but am eager to try it out!

I have KingWin KF-1000 3.5" Single bay Internal SATA Trays installed on several computers. I use them move and backup large amounts of data and media files, mostly on 3.5" HDDs. However, over time I ended up with several spare 2.5" HDDs. To use them I would've had to install 2.5" trays on all computers.This gem saved me money and hassle. As and added bonus it also serves as usb HDD enclosure. What more could I want?The only negative: the eject mechanism is a bit clunky. Caution advised.

I'd been trying to find treasures for the Bay area of my Cooler Master COSMOS II for months. Then, I saw this item. It was cheap with great reviews, so I bought it. It's one of the best purchases of mybuild... (slightly exaggerated). Oh, that build included things like Intel's i7-3770K CPU, ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe Mother, Crucial M4 SSD (a pair for RAID0), .... etc.COSMOS II onwers should buy it, especially if they plan to use those 3.5" Drive Bays. This item allows you to install well-protected SSDs in them.

I had an old laptop that died on me. The 320GB hard drive was still very useful so I wanted to keep it in my new desktop build along with the new 1TB HDD I was putting in. I had a 3.5 External Bay and this thing fit in there perfectly, giving me a front side 2.5 hard drive bay that I could eject and plug in as I needed. I love it! Definitely a great buy for those wanting portability or hardware disk switching. Buy this, you won't be disappointed.

This one worked great for me, I purchased 2 of them! It has SATA and USB interfaces that I could easily use it as a portable external drive! Well built too.Removing the drive from the enclosure only needs pushing of a button. I am using it as a SATA external hard drive rack and external USB drive.The price was great.

Does it's job. I love that it is compatible with hotswap bays, and can be used as a USB enclosure too. USB 3 would be nice but the SATA is just a basic SATA 2 pass through. It takes you 2.5" drive and relocates the interface to where it should be on a 3.5" I got two of them and both continue to work years after the purchase.