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Removable Hard Drive

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RAID System

As an External Hard Drive, the Combo Hard Drive25 can be connected to any computer or equipment via USB 1.1, USB 2.0, Firewire, or eSATA interface or other future interface standards. All is needed is to attach the appropriate Addonics interface cable to the back of the Pocket ExDrive enclosure. By installing the Pocket ExDrive drive cradle that comes with the package into a 3.5" drive bay, you can use the Combo Hard Drive as a removable IDE hard drive. You can also attach the Addonics IDE-Serial ATA converter to the Drive Cradle and turn it into a high performance hot swappable Serial ATA hard drive. It does not stop here, you can also pair up two Combo Hard Drive25 or mix and match with the Combo Hard Drive II kits and turn them into a high performance RAID system.

To provide shock protection against the hard drive and ruggedness as well as support for 2.5" SATA hard drive, a new Jupiter series has been introduced that features tough anodized aluminum housing, shock mount and choice of hardware encryption. Please visit the Jupiter drive kit section for more detail.

Product Features

• Turn any 2.5 hard drive into external hard drive or removable hard drive in three easy steps.
• Connect to your Desktop or Notebook computer via either USB 2.0/1.1, Firewire/iLink, Serial ATA port or any new IO interface standard
• Powered from your Notebook PC (through the USB port, PSII Port or Firewire port*),
  
• Use as a removable IDE Hard Drive on Desktops PC with the included drive cradle.
• Use as a hot swappable high performance Serial ATA hard drive by attaching the optional IDE to Serial ATA converter to the drive cradle (1)
  
• Plug & Play Operation under Windows 98SE, 2000, Me and XP,
• USB version is also Sun Solaris ready
• Compact: 5.4 x 3.3 x 0.9 in.
  
• Portable: Fits any Briefcase or Notebook PC Case
  
• Compatible with the latest Ghost 2003 backup software
  
  *for the second generation of 2.5" Combo Hard Drive with various improvements, click on the link for the Jupiter Combo Hard Drive Kit

(1) Serial ATA hot swap feature works only with controllers basing on Silicon Image chip set from our inhouse testing. Other controllers that are not Silicon Image based may not support hot swap. You may consider adding one of the Addonics Serial ATA host controllers to your systems to ensure the hot swap capability. New controllers from Intel and other suppliers may finally support this feature. Please verify with your controller manufacturer if you need to have hot swap in your application. Hot swap is supported in Windows 2000 and XP only. On other OS, drive can be removed without crashing system. But replacing with a different drive can result in crashing the OS.

Content of Basic Kit

• One drive enclosure and one drive cradle. Choice of ivory or dark brown color

Drive enclosure	Drive cradle
ivory color (AAEXDCASE25W)	ivory color (AAMB25BY)
black color (AAEXDCASE25B)	black color (AAMB25BYBK)

• 110/220 5V power adapter USB 2.0 power cable
• Driver CD
  
• Installation guide

Depending on the model, one or more of the following components is included:

Model and Price

Model	Description and Package Content	Click shopping cart to check price and order online
Ivory color
AEMED25UW	Combo Hard Drive25 with USB 2.0 interface cable Package content: Pocket ExDrive enclosure, Pocket ExDrive drive cradle, USB power cable, USB2.0/1.1 interface cable, 110/220 AC/DC adapter	$65
AEMED25FW	Combo Hard Drive25 with Firewire interface cable Package content: Pocket ExDrive enclosure, Pocket ExDrive drive cradle, USB power cable, Firewire interface cable, 110/220 AC/DC adapter	$95
AEMED25SW	Combo Hard Drive25 with Serial ATA interface cable Package content: Pocket ExDrive enclosure, Pocket ExDrive drive cradle, USB power cable, Serial ATA interface cable, 110/220 AC/DC adapter	$79

Model Description and Package Content Click shopping cart to check price and order online black color AEMED25U Combo Hard Drive25 with USB 2.0 interface cable Package content: Pocket ExDrive enclosure, Pocket ExDrive drive cradle, USB power cable, USB2.0/1.1 interface cable, 110/220 AC/DC adapter $65 AEMED25F Combo Hard Drive25 with Firewire interface cable Package content: Pocket ExDrive enclosure, Pocket ExDrive drive cradle, USB power cable, Firewire interface cable, 110/220 AC/DC adapter $95 AEMED25S Combo Hard Drive25 with Serial ATA interface cable Package content: Pocket ExDrive enclosure, Pocket ExDrive drive cradle, USB power cable, Serial ATA interface cable, 110/220 AC/DC adapter $79

Equivalent Jupiter model: Jupiter Combo Hard Drive AJCHDIU $65 Jupiter Combo Hard Drive for IDE hard drive with USB 2.0 interface Package content: Jupiter IDE drive enclosure (AAJIDECSB), 2.5" IDE Drive Cradle (AAMD25BYBK), USB 2.0 USIB interface cable (AAUSBC-309), 110/220 AC/DC adapter (AAPAC5V) AJCHDIF $85 Jupiter Combo Hard Drive for IDE hard drive with Firewire interface Package content: Jupiter IDE drive enclosure (AAJIDECSB), 2.5" IDE Drive Cradle ( AAMD25BYBK), Firewire-USIB interface cable (AAFWC406), 110/220 AC/DC adapter (AAPAC5V) AJCHDIS  $75 Jupiter Combo Hard Drive for IDE hard drive with eSATA interface Package content: Jupiter IDE drive enclosure (AAJIDECSB), 2.5" IDE Drive Cradle ( AAMD25BYBK), eSATA USIB Interface cable (AASAC-605E), 110/220 AC/DC adapter (AAPAC5V)

Accessories - for additional enclosure, drive cradle, interface cable and other related parts

Specifications

Note:
1. Some Notebook may not provide adequate power through the PCMCIA slot or USB port to power the external hard drive. The 4-pin Firewire port, also commonly known as DV port or iLink port, does not provide power to external device.

* Addonics has successfully tested the Pocket ExDrive using Direct power or BUS Power from USB, PCMCIA or Firewire or PSII port on various brands of Notebook and Desktop computers. It is recommended that you choose a hard drive that is rated with 500 mA or less to ensure reliable operation using BUS power. In any case, Addonics does not guarantee the Pocket ExDrive to work with just the BUS power as the amount of power from these different ports do vary from different system manufacturers. iLink is the Sony Firewire standard and does not provide power to the peripheral device. Check with your system manufacturer for detail specification of your Firewire port.

Information subject to change without notice.

System Requirements

• PC/AT or Compatible System
• PCMCIA Type I or Type II Slot, USB or Firewire equipped PC.
  
• One free IDE port if drive cradle is installed (for Desktop use)
  486, Pentium or greater
  
• Minimum memory 32 MB RAM
  
• Minimum free hard disk space 10 MB
  
• One of the following operating systems:
  
  • USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 - Windows 98SE, Me, 2000 and XP, Sun Solaris 8 10/00 or later release Mac OS 9.0 and higher and Linux kernel 2.4 and above
  • Firewire - Windows 98SE, Me, 2000 and XP, Mac OS 9.0
  • Serial ATA - DOS 5.0, Windows 3.1, 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, Linux (kernel 2.4 & above) or Mac OS 8.6 and above