This hard drive has been used for a little over a year, and then the son of the cable have crumbled. I had been seduced by the design side and the USB cable included, but by dint of pulling and hand it over (although thin matter), there has been breakage and contact was lost. I tried to repair the wire, but it was too light. I ended up buying a new housing (USB 3 this time) and I put the SATA HDD inside.