Product Details
- Product Dimensions: 7 x 6.5 x 5 inches ; 14.6 ounces
- Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
- ASIN: B002UAR8JY
- Item model number: UNIDOCK2U
List Price :
Price : $48.73
You Save : $25.26 (34%)
Product Description
The UNIDOCK2U HDD Docking Station delivers full, instant access to any 2.5" and/or 3.5" IDE or SATA hard drive without having to mount the drive in a computer, or install it in an external enclosure. Connected to the host computer through a single USB 2.0 connection, both an IDE hard drive and a SATA hard drive (SATA, SATA II, SATA III) can be connected to the HDD dock simultaneously - a convenient solution for migrating data from an IDE drive to a SATA drive or vice versa, or simply harnessing fast and simple access to the contents on both hard drives. The hard drive docking station provides the ideal solution for any laptop or desktop application, with support for plug and play hard drive installation on most operating systems to ensure easy hard drive swapping and convenient access to valuable data.
Technical Details
- Connect a SATA and IDE hard drive at the same time to a computer or separately, through a single USB 2.0 connection
- A top slot-loading design and unique drive ejection mechanism provides quick and easy access to the data without having to install drives into an enclosure or tray
- Backed by a StarTech.com 1 year warranty and free lifetime technical support
- Top slot-loading SATA drive connector
- Front panel IDE data and power connectors
- Combined power switch and status LED
- High Speed USB 2.0 compliant host interface, with transfer rates up to 480 Mbps
- Patented drive ejection mechanism
Costumer Reviews
I ordered this docking station to use my old 2.5 inch SATA hard drive. I also had a requirement to recover my old crashed IDE hard disk. I need to try my hands on that(IDE recovery) to see whether it works!
The product arrive on time and was intact. The product includes power cords for US, UK and Europe. I plugged this docking station into my laptop running vista. The product was installed automatically as Vista has built-in drivers for it. I haven't tried this on Linux / Mac. But it should work (as the manufacturer claims that it does).
As soon as I docked my 2.5" SATA hard drive it was recognized and the partitions of hard drive appeared in "My Computer". I haven't bench marked the data transfer speeds but it is decent enough.
The docking station is a bit bulky, so the 4 stars! Overall I would recommend this product for anybody who want to use their old hard drives(SATA and IDE both) as spare drives for backup and restore. This can also be used if you are replacing your hard drives on your PC or if you are migrating from IDE to SATA.
The product doesn't include the IDE connectors and LP4 power cords. So 4 stars for that as well!
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I bought this hoping I would be able to rescue data from an external HDD that could no longer be accessed through it's USB connection. Once I opened up the case that the HDD was in, I connected it to the docking station and it instantly installed the drivers and within a minute, I was able to get back my data I thought for sure was long gone.
I was also able to connect two other internal HDD's that I had in an older PC and transfer important data onto my netbook flawlessly. Having both connections types (SATA ; PATA) is a major plus, being that both older HDD's were the latter.
Also, being able to connect 2 HDD's to the docking station simultaneously (one of each connection type only) makes transferring and recovering data a breeze.
I would highly recommend this this product to any consumer in the market for a docking station.
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