Icy Dock MB448UR: 2.5'' IDE Removable Hard Drive Rack

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Imagine if your laptop suddenly died due to an overheated processor or a burned out
motherboard or a broken AC adapter. What are you going to do with all that precious
data on the hard drive? Well, the first thing you'll probably do is panic. Then,
maybe you'll kick yourself, and maybe even swear some profanity to the laptop maker.
And all because you're not doing a routine backup of your data. Okay, after all that
panic and all that anger is released, it’s time to find a solution to retrieve your
valuable data. One solution would be to take your laptop to data recovery
professionals and have them charge you an insane amount of money just to retrieve
your data. Or you can just buy a laptop hard drive converter which allows you to
read the hard drive data on your desktop either via the USB or IDE. Well, that’s
exactly what the ICY Dock’s MB448UR comes to play.

The MB448 is actually a line of the laptop hard drive enclosure which ICY Dock
currently carries. The differences among different MB448s lie on the internal host
connectors (either via 40 pin IDE or USB) and external connectors (USB). The
enclosure is designed to accommodate 2.5’’ IDE hard drive. The MB448UR that we will
be looking at today is their most versatile 2.5’’ enclosure as it functions not only
as an internal enclosure, it can be used as external enclosure as well, so it can be
used as a portable storage device.

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