Make your own external hard drive- by adding a standard 3.5" IDE (PATA / Parallel-ATA) hard drive to this enclosure and you've got yourself have a USB2.0 external hard drive.* Straightforward five-minute installation- unscrew case, fit hard drive, screw case back together* Detachable stand* Data transfer speeds up to 480Mbps (with USB2.0 interfaces, backwards compatible with USB1.1 at reduced speed)* Aluminium chassis* Activity LED lightIMPORTANT: This product requires a 3.5" IDE / PATA hard drive (not included) before it can be used. (IDE/PATA/ATA drives are the older type. This enclosure is not suitable for use with the more modern SATA-type drives. We also stock a wide range of enclosures for SATA drives).OS RequirementsCompatible with these operating systems (plug-and-play auto-install except where noted):-* Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98SE (Second Edition). (Windows 98SE requires installation of downloadable drivers before use).* Linux (most regular x86 distributions based on kernel 2.4 or later, including Ubuntu)* Apple Mac OS (Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X)
