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     The inside of the Kingwin enclosure reveals a very simple design. the majority of it is the circuitry to convert IDE to USB and the LED's. simple thumbscrews keep the assembly together. Installation required the use of a Phillips screwdriver and that's about it. For WinNT/200/XP users its simply a matter of plug it in, initialize the drive in administrative tools and you're good to go. I used an existing drive I had data on so formatting wasn't necessary, I just had to reboot my computer after plugging in my USB cable.

A closer look at the assembly.

The Deathstar is ready to go!

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Here you can see that Kingwin is the first to give us the ability to stack one external drive upon another.

Here is the drive initializing after plugging in the USB cable.

     I truly think that this enclosure is a must have for those of us that have extra drives just laying around needing to be used. I have several ghost images on it, and since my Soltek motherboard has the ability to boot a USB from DOS I'm good to go. I can think of so many uses for having an external drive, and seeing as how this drive is USB 1.1 compatible I can transfer files from other systems as well. I can even carry it around with me to a buddies house to share files too. The Kingwin is just a great product and a must have for $35...