Turn your 2.5 inch hard drive into an external hard drive with this chic SATA 2.5 inch Orico 2189U3 enclosure. This chic and elegant hard disk enclosure can read both HDD and SSD disks via the SATA interface on the panel. Simply connect the hard disk enclosure to a free USB port on your laptop or desktop. With USB 3.0 now you can enjoy a Super Speedspeed of up to 5Gbps with this hard disk drive! That is no less than 10 times faster than USB 2.0.This 2.5 inch housing is made of temperature resistant ABS plastic with brushed black finish. No technical knowledge required and no tools required. First you open the housing. After that you place your hard drive of 7mm or 9.5mm in the housing, after which you can easily slide it again. Connect the hard disk to your laptop or desktop and it is ready for use. As soon as the drive is connected and working, the LED indicator lights up blue. The housing is compatible with SATA I, II and III and also with Solid State Drives (SSD) and supports the UASP Protocol. No driver is required and you do not need to restart the computer or laptop when connecting. Works with Windows 10/8/7 / Vista and XP, also works with Mac OS 9.1 and higher, Linux and UNIX. USB 3.0 is also backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.1. The housing supports 2.5 inch hard drives with a maximum capacity of 2TB. The Orico 2.5 inch hard disk enclosure has a Multi-Safety security system which protected against over-voltage, over-current, short-circuit, leakage current and overheating.