OWC DIY Bundle:

Name: DIY KIT: OWC On-the-Go FW800/USB 3.0 2.5" Enclosure + 1.0TB Toshiba Aquarius 5400RPM HDD
SKU: OWCDIYTOSH1.0F3
Price: 124.5 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 4.80 (5 reviews)

1.0TB 2.5" Toshiba 5400RPM 9.5mm HD OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro Quad Kit,
OWC 5 Piece Toolkit & Software Bundle

Mac / PC / USB 3.0 & 2.0 / FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 Backwards Compatible)

The drive and tools you need to upgrade/replace the existing 2.5" drive in your laptop, Mac mini, Xbox, PS3, etc and make the drive being replaced an external storage solution.

Everything you need in one package, immediately ready to assemble and:

Backup and store your data with style and confidence.
Take your data with you - small enough to keep in a pocket!
Easily add additional laptop storage with no AC adapter required.

Examples of how this bus-powered On-The-Go
bundle can be used in real world situations:

Power Users / Travelers: Relocate your "home folder" to your Express and have your files with you at home, at work or on the road without the need to synchronize your machines.

Laptop Owners: Clone your current internal SATA hard drive in your laptop to the new drive. Then install the new, larger drive in your laptop and keep the smaller drive in your Express for additional storage space.

iTunes Aficionados: Keep a copy of your iTunes library on your external drive to play on multiple machines.

Gamers: Add additional storage to your XBox 360 or PS3 game console to store music, media, and other downloads. PS3 even includes a backup utility to protect your internal drive's data.

For Everyone: Have the peace of mind of a complete backup plan. Create a bootable clone of your hard drive at regular intervals so if your computer goes down, your productivity doesn't go down with it. Boot to another computer and keep on working!

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48 Hour Warranty Service

OWC's A Closer Look

Take a closer look at
OWC's On-The-Go Pro.

OWC's Step-by-Step Install Video

How to install a Hard Drive in a
Mercury On-The-Go Enclosure.

Includes

OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro FireWire 800 / USB 3.0 storage solution for SATA 2.5" Hard Drives
1.0TB Toshiba Aquarius Hard Disk Drive
OWC 5-Piece Mini Toolkit

Nylon Spudger
Phillips #00
Straight Blade 1.8mm
Torx T8
Torx T6

15" High Quality Double Shielded FireWire 800 connecting cable (9-9 Pin cable)
18" High Quality Double Shielded USB 3.0 (5 pin mini A - B) certified connecting cable
Carrying Case
Assembly Manual & User Guide
1 Year OWC Enclosure Limited Warranty with 48-Hour Turnaround Time

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1.0TB Toshiba Aquarius Specifications:

Specifications

Form Factor

2.5″ HDD

Interface

SATA 3.0Gb/s

Capacity¹

1.0TB

Formatted Capacity²

930GiB

Rotational Speed

5,400 RPM

Cache / Data Buffer

8MB

Manufacturer Model Number

MQ01ABD100

RoHS Compliant

Yes

Format

Unformatted (Instructions on formatting here)

Physical

Height (max)

9.5mm (0.370″)

Width (max)

69.85mm (2.750″)

Length (max)

100.00mm (3.940″)

Weight (typical)

117g (0.258 lbs.)

Data Heads

Number of Disks

Bytes per Sector

512

Reliability³

MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)

600,000 hours

Warranty

3 Year Toshiba Warranty

Performance

Transfer Rate (Max)

3.0 Gb/s

Track-to-track Seek

2ms

Average Seek Time

12ms

Power

Maximum Start Current, DC

4.5 Watts

Seek Power

1.85 Watts

Read Power

1.5 Watts

Write Power

1.5 Watts

Idle Mode, Low Power

0.55 Watts

Standby Mode

0.18 Watts

Sleep Mode

0.15 Watts

Environmental (Operating)

Shock

400 G max at 2ms

Ambient Temperature (°F)

41°F to 131°F

Ambient Temperature (°C)

5°C to 55°C

Vibration

9.8 m/s² (1.0G) 5 to 500 Hz

Altitude

-304.8 m to 3,048 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000+ ft)

Environmental (Non-Operating)

Shock

900 G max at 1ms

Ambient Temperature (°F)

-40°F to 140°F

Ambient Temperature (°C)

-40°C to 60°C

Vibration

49 m/s² (5.0G) 15 to 500Hz

Altitude

-304.8 m to 12,192 m (-1000 ft to 40,000+ ft)

Acoustics

Idle (Typical)

2.3 bels

Seek (Typical)

2.4 bels

1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
In terms of standard gigabytes, 1GiB ≈ 1.074GB and refers to the actual formatted capacity of shown under Mac OS 10.5 or earlier and Microsoft Windows OS.
Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability rates.

OWC On-The-Go Pro Specifications:

Bus Interface

FireWire 1394B (IEE1394A/B/iLink Compliant), 2 9 Pin (powered) ports
USB 3.0 / 2.0 / 1.1 Backwards compatible 9 pin mini "B" port.

Chipset

Oxford 944 and ASMedia 1051e FireWire/USB chipset

Max Data Transfer Rate

FireWire 800 - 800Mbps (or 100MB/sec)
FireWire 400 - 400Mbps (or 50MB/sec)
USB 3.0 - 4000Mbps (or 500MB/sec)
USB 2.0 - 480Mbps (or 60MB/sec)
USB 1.1 - 12Mbps (or 1.5MB/sec)

UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) Compliant

Macintosh System Requirements

Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2 compatible, OS X 10.1.x and later. (10.2 or later required for FW800 and USB 3.0)
FireWire 800: Macintosh with FireWire 800 interface, either built in or via PCI FireWire 800 card.
FireWire 400: Macintosh with FireWire 400 interface, either built in or via PCI FireWire 400 card.
USB 3.0: Macintosh with USB 3.0 interface, either built in or via PCI USB 3.0 card.
USB 2.0: Macintosh with USB 2.0 interface, either built in or via PCI USB 2.0 card.

Windows System Requirements

FireWire 800: PC with FireWire 800 interface, either built in or via PCI FireWire 800 card.
FireWire 400: PC with FireWire 400 interface, either built in or via PCI FireWire 400 card.
USB 3.0: PC with USB 3.0 interface, either built in or via PCI USB 3.0 card.
USB 2.0: PC with USB 2.0 interface, either built in or via PCI USB 2.0 card.

Power Supply

Bus Power via FireWire 800 supported on all models equipped with an available FireWire 800 port either factory stock or via add on FireWire 800 PCI Card.
Bus Power via FireWire 400 on all models made in 2001 or later via Factory ports or any model with add on FireWire 400 PCI Card.
Bus Power via USB on most computers with USB 3.0 port factory stock.
Optional AC Adapter* (available as a separate purchase here)

Drive Requirements

Any 2.5″ SATA hard drive or SSD up to 12.5mm size. Use of 12.5mm size drives requires Installation Support Kit.

External Case Dimensions

3.5" (W) x 5.5" (D) x 1" (H)
88.9mm x 139.7mm x 25.4mm

Total Shipping Weight

6.8 oz. (.19kg) bare enclosure

Product Manual

Assembly Manual & User Guide

Operating Environment:

Temperature

Dependent on mechanism installed

Relative Humidity

Dependent on mechanism installed

Vibration

Dependent on mechanism installed

MTBF (hours)

Dependent on mechanism installed

Warranty

1 Year OWC Enclosure Limited Warranty

View more information about the 1 Year OWC Enclosure Limited Warranty

Manufacturer provided specifications for Other World Computing p/n OWCDIYTOSH1.0F3 UPC#: 812437027389

Reviews/Awards

"The specific unit reviewed is a 1TB drive and it's a great addition to anyone's hardware setup, particularly if you're a road warrior." — Dave Taylor, Ask Dave Taylor
"OWC has created an upgradable enclosure solution with their Mercury On-The-Go Pro that is Mac and PC compatible and it can handle drives with terabytes of storage or a fast SSD." — Chris Rauschnot, MacTrast
"This versatility and size make it a great accessory for laptop or desktop computers." — Tom Piper, AppleJAC
"Performance is generally very good... clocks in at well over 40MB/s... " — Christopher Phin, Mac Format
"Performed very well... topped the chart among pocket-size portable external hard drives" — CNET, Rating: Very good
"The Best of Both Worlds: Performance and Portability." — The Mac Observer
"Small, Lightweight, Very Rugged and Priced Right" — Scott Kelby, Photoshop User
"A Little Powerhouse In Your Pocket" — Ko Maruyama, Creative Mac
"Highly Recommended."
"Faster Than Most Pocket-Size Drives." — PC Magazine
"Nice Package... Solid Components in a Great Looking Acrylic Case... I Carry This With Me All the Time" — PC Magazine
"Among The Fastest External Drives We've Tested" — Macworld
"The Powerhouse of Storage Systems" — Linsey Knerl, Tom's Guide
"That drive is great... it's my favorite enclosure... it looks AWESOME!!" — Leo LaPorte, Andy Ihnatko, MacBreak
"Very Fast - Faster Than My Fastest Hard Disk." — Marshall Clow, MacNN
"An Ideal Storage Upgrade Situation." — John Guilfoil, BlastMagazine.com
"Blazing Transfer Speeds" — Roberto Baldwin, MacLife
"Plenty of Oomph" — Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News
"I Am Very Satisfied With this Enclosure...I Like the See-Through Case...The Ports Are Laid Out Nicely." — Bryan Sherman, The Gadgeteer
"This Enclosure Has Never Failed Me" — Terry White, Terry White's Tech Blog
"MyMac recommends all OWC On-The-Go external bus-powered drives… conversation pieces and workhorses for eleven years. That's an impressive lifespan for an external hard drive." — John Nemerovski, MyMac.com - On-The-Go Pro 240GB SSD Triple Interface & On-The-Go Pro 500GB SSD Triple Interface
"...fast ...speed cuts down working time and waiting time. ...it's hard to find any fault..." — Marshall Rosenthal, GadgetReview
"...converting my old internal drive as an external one with the Mercury On-The-Go-Pro was a snap" — Michael Grothaus, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
"... performance of the drive is among the best in its class ... this latest product among a line of consistently quality products from Other World Computing, receives a solid five stars." — Randy Yagi, Examiner.com
"This is 1.5TB, which is huge, it can have full length feature films on it." — Amy Scalia, "Queen of Chic", Fox 28 News

Customer Ratings

Write a Review 4.8 / 5 5 out of 5 (100%) reviewers would recommend this product

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: GiantSalamander Location: New York City Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 When replacing laptop drives, always consider a bundle like this March 16, 2017 My 500GB SSD drive (which I purchased from Other World) filled up and I needed more internal room in the laptop. I went with a hybrid drive to economize as SSDs still get very expensive above 500GB. The 1TB drive is fast and I see no change in doing most tasks or programs. There certainly is a change with boot times on start-up with the 1tb taking a few minutes to fully boot where the SSD was ready under a minute. Oh well, but with the enclosure I now have a really zippy 500GB external drive and that's nice.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from DIY KIT: OWC On-the-Go FW800/USB 3.0 2.5" Enclosure + 1.0TB Toshiba Hybrid SSHD. Customer Videos:

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Philippines Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 4/5 More storage + Enclosure August 22, 2014 Mercury on the Go Enclosure is great, nice design, cool looking. Only issue is the bottom part gets really hot when transfering a large files back and forth, put my stock apple HD in there.

HGST 1.5gb hdd, wow perfect for my media files and documents, Time Machine backup, and mutiple virtual machines for development.

-1 star for not including the software bundle and made me email them, but the support team always there for your concerns and they give me the link to download the bundle.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from DIY KIT: 1.5TB HGST TravelStar 5400RPM 9.5mm SATA HDD + OWC On-The-Go FW800 & USB 3.0/2.0 Kit.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Cleveland, OH Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Very good product June 8, 2014 Easy to follow video and written instructions. Drive works as advertised.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from DIY KIT: OWC On-the-Go FW800/USB 3.0 2.5" Enclosure + 1.0TB Toshiba Hybrid SSHD.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Age: 45-54 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Works great and was easy to install May 29, 2014 Once I verified which drive I needed to order for my MacBookPro version, the rest of the process was easy. My order arrived quickly and the toolkit made replacing the hard drive very easy.

I would recommend this item to a friend!

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: N.C. Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 4/5 Great - but September 22, 2013 The kit is just what I wanted to upgrade my Late 2011 17" MacBook Pro. There were two problems. First, the software was not included with the kit. There was a slip of paper that said the software was pre installed on the new drive, but the new drive was unformatted, no software. It took some communications with support, but I finally was able to download it, after three days. The second problem was the torx driver supplied with the kit did not fit the mounting studs in my factory drive. Fortunately I had s torx driver that was almost the correct size, good enough, by very little, to get the studs out of the old and into the new. Overall, the drive gave me an extra 750 GB in my MBP. I only had 80GB left on the factory drive before the upgrade. This review is being prepared with new drive in operation.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from DIY KIT: 1.5TB Toshiba Aquarius 5400RPM 12.5mm SATA HDD + OWC On-The-Go FW800 & USB 3.0/2.0 Kit.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: DriveUpgrade Location: Salt Lake City Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: over 6 months

Rating: 5/5 Excellent product idea; excellent result June 25, 2011 This was a great way to upgrade the internal drive in my MacBook Pro, and end up with another excellent FW/USB portable external drive using my previous drive. Worked out very well. I mainly want to complement OWC on their excellent service to me over the years, there very searchable and well-organized website, and their useful and adaptable product line.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from DIY KIT: OWC On-the-Go Pro FW800/USB 3.0 2.5" Enclosure + 500GB HGST Travelstar Z7K500 7200RPM HDD.

OWC DIY Bundle:

1.0TB 2.5" Toshiba 5400RPM 9.5mm HD OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro Quad Kit,OWC 5 Piece Toolkit & Software Bundle

Includes

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1.0TB Toshiba Aquarius Specifications:

Specifications

Physical

Reliability3

Performance

Power

Environmental (Operating)

Environmental (Non-Operating)

Acoustics

OWC On-The-Go Pro Specifications:

Bus Interface

Chipset

Max Data Transfer Rate

UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) Compliant

Macintosh System Requirements

Windows System Requirements

Related Items

Power Supply

Drive Requirements

External Case Dimensions

Total Shipping Weight

Product Manual

Operating Environment:

Temperature

Relative Humidity

Vibration

MTBF (hours)

Warranty

Reviews/Awards

Customer Ratings

1.0TB 2.5" Toshiba 5400RPM 9.5mm HD OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro Quad Kit,
OWC 5 Piece Toolkit & Software Bundle

Reliability³