iodd ST400 Variations (2TB SSD)

This enclosure is great. It keeps your information secured until you provide the key and provides a great peace of mind for protecting your data in the event that you lose your device. The device comes with USB C which is a welcomed addition compared to some of their other product offerings.The enclosure is a good value if you are looking to have an added peace of mind if you ever lose your drive. While it won't prevent someone else from being able to use your drive, It will prevent them from being able to access what you lost.Drive powers up and is readily available for pin entry in less than 5 seconds from when the device is powered up. I do find that most computers will post and begin booting before you even have the change to unlock the drive and mount the ISO. Also, some computers interrupt USB power during a soft reset which can sometimes make it complicated to get your ISO to mount. There is a function that keeps the password cashed for two minutes which aims to alleviate this but I found that entering bios or pressing the pause print screen/scroll lock on the keyboard sometimes will pause the power on self test. This gives me time to enter my pin and mount my ISO. Or likewise, i'll enter the bios setup utility (mount my ISO) and immediately exit it without saving changes and my device will be ready to boot from.Something to keep in mind but all in all, a very useful enclosure and it does make safeguarding my files convenient.

Works like a champ. Encryption is a little challenging to setup initially, but worth the minimal effort.BTW (for the one fella with the _ancient_ 64GB SSD)... dropping $100 on the enclosure to just try and stick a ridiculously small capacity SSD in it... yes, YOU would be much better off just sticking with your USB thumb drives and SD card readers, this device and its capabilities are obviously beyond your comprehension.

Ever heard of Rufus? Windows app that makes it quick and easy to copy ISOs and images to a USB stick. Good for making Windows or Linux installers.Notice how you can only do one OS at a time?Ever heard of Ventoy? It’s a mini Linux bootloader that allows you to just drag and drop ISOs, VHDs, images, and etc to the usb drive, and boot from them in a list. So much more convenient, but then you have to hope Venroy both supports the ISO you’re trying to boot, AND hope it plays nice with your computer’s BIOS. Ventoy needs to be updated on the usb stick to ensure compatibility.Notice how that adds a failure point and more finagling?Here comes IODD with the easiest, yet most powerful, boot tool ever made. Slap a 2.5 inch drive in it (or perhaps an M.2 with a Sata adapter) and connect. The onboard screen will show you all the folders and files present. Select an ISO, VHD, image, or bin file, and it’ll put it in a virtual CD drive attached via USB. Boot from that natively, and you’re good to go!You can drag and drop any file just like Ventoy. Use ISOs alongside your documents and data.You can encrypt the drive with built in hardware acceleration. You can emulate floppy disks and internal AND external storage. You can set multiple users and add or remove access.No IT tech should go without their IODD.

This is super-handy for keeping a cache of ISOs on hand, ready to boot whenever you need it. In fact, the last couple of times I wanted to install Ubuntu Linux, instead of burning the ISO to a bootable USB flash drive, I just copied the ISO to this and let the machine boot from it that way.I installed a Samsung 870 EVO in mine. The USB 3.1 is no joke, as copying files or booting from images are as fast as can be, so I'm quite pleased with its performance.I've used it several times without any trouble, including switching between mounted ISOs -- everything worked perfectly.My only complaint, and it really is trivial, is that there's not much of a substantial feel to it (just as other reviewers have said). Something about it feels cheap, but I'm not sure what. I do appreciate the included sleeve, for sure. But the device works very well, and that's what matters.

It's very amazing item with quality and helpful tools for any IT persons