2.5" IDE External Caddy

2.5" Caddy (IDE)

These caddies or enclosure's as they're sometimes known. Take a 2.5 inch IDE/ PATA Parallel Hard Drivelaptop style IDE hard drive. There are huge benefits to these small caddies, some of which are that they are small, self powered via a USB port, light and extremely portable. With the added benefit that the actual costs of 2.5" hard drives are now coming in line with the large relatives the 3.5" hard drives.