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CoolMax HD-211
5.0 out of 10

CoolMax HD-211

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Reviews and Problems with CoolMax HD-211

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Overall 4
4.0

Wouldn't work for me...

Eugene A. Grinstead, Amazon
9 March 2006
  • Summary: I was looking for a simple solution to backup some files onto an old 2.5 inch hard drive. This product would have been the solution if it had worked.
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Overall 10
10

Does So Work On Macs

Chris Garay "mister-x", Amazon
13 November 2005
  • Summary: Not sure what kind of Macs these other reviewers are talking about, but I've used this enclosure on everything from G3 iBooks to G5s without a single problem.
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Overall 2
2.0

Tried it, returned it

Max Lamer "M@x La|\/|3r", Amazon
25 September 2005
  • Summary: I recently bought this on Amazon. After it arrived, I could hardly force the hard drive in, small items were falling out during this process.
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Overall 10
10

good

greg, Amazon
14 September 2005
  • Summary: Bought this when I upgraded my Toshiba notebook's hard drive. I placed the new drive in the enclosure and copied my original drive over.
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Overall 2
2.0

Firewire does not work for Mac

marta, Amazon
10 August 2005
  • Summary: I should have checked the review here before buying one: I got in the same situation as "kmaletsky". This works with Mac via USB.
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Overall 8
8.0

Updated review - Good but. Aluminum PowerBook problems.

M. Mangano, Amazon
6 June 2005
  • Summary: This drive is supposed to be able to draw power through a 6 pin Firewire cable on Macs and some PCs (most PCs use 4 pin - no power), but it does not work on aluminum
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Overall 2
2.0

Forget it if you have a Mac

K. Maletsky "kmaletsky", Amazon
19 April 2005
  • Summary: I have a Mac, couldn't get the FW to work, tried everything. Returned it for another one, still couldn't get it to work. No answer from Coolmax.
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Overall 10
10

Like it

Eugene Nesterenko "eenest", Amazon
25 March 2005
  • Summary: The main difference of this product is that they are using the standard USB cables. As for the other features - the fact that this enclusure built from aluminium is...
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