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The Addonics Combo Hard Drive is one of the most flexible IDE and Serial ATA hard drive kits in the market that enable the hard drive to be used as an External hard Driver or an internal hard drive. As an External Hard Drive, the Combo Hard Drive for IDE hard drive can be connected to any computer or equipment via USB 1.1, USB 2.0, Firewire, PCMCIA or Serial ATA interface or other future interface standards. All is needed is to attach the appropriate Addonics USIB interface cable to the Combo Hard Drive enclosure. By installing the Combo Hard Drive Drive Cradle that comes with the package into a 5 1/4" drive bay, you can use the Combo Hard Drive as a removable IDE hard drive. You can attach the Addonics IDE-Serial ATA converter to the Drive Cradle and turn an ordinary IDE hard drive into a high performance hot swappable Serial ATA hard drive. It does not stop here, you can pair up two Combo Hard Drive kits and turn them into a high performance RAID system. External Hard Drive or Removable Hard Drive or RAID System Addonics has also implemented the Combo Hard Drive concept into its newly released Serial ATA hard drive kit. The unique enclosure design coupled with Addonics Serial ATA hard drive power adapter turn any Serial ATA hard drive into a hot swap removable drive or a high performance hard drive via external Serial ATA connection. The Combo Hard Drive is just like a Swiss army knife. You can use it on a Notebook, Desktop, Server, Industrial PC, PVR, Vehicle PC, or other storage applications that you can never imagine possible. The Addonics Combo Hard Drive kits currently offer solution for three common hard drive standards:3.5" (Desktop) IDE hard Drive, 2.5" (Notebook) IDE hard drive and 3.5" (Desktop) Serial ATA hard drive