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Looks like a good price - just keep in mind it says it ships from overseas.
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I bought one but buyer beware: “Any bad sectors may prevent duplicator and cause overheating, which damages to the station.”
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Thanks op. In for one for the clone function.
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Surprised it’s not front page yet.
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Whether a drive is a member of a raid or not is irrelevant when it comes to cloning. Anything which is performing a true clone of a drive is making an exact copy sector by sector which will include...
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Is this a good deal?
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...unless your bread has bad sectors.
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Not hardware RAID. You could probably do software RAID but the design of this doesn't lend to a more permanent setup like that. It is oriented toward easy docking and removal.
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Does this need to use the power adapter if you're doing something as simple as connecting an SSD just for an external drive?
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No reviews? How do we know this is a "good deal"?! And furthermore why is it front page?! This thing could be complete junk.
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For a laptop an external device is only option. https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Adapter-Cable-Support-Black/dp/B07S9CKV7X/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2E3LKZF2LLPFU... This will only work for 2.5" laptop hard drive.
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I got a few of these last year. They work really good. Built well. I got them off of amazon; regular price was like $19 each. No way was it near $79.98 what a lie
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I forget the manufacturer but Newegg has a black one and a red & black one with maybe some yellow on sale for $20 every so often.
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At my work I have 2 regular sata cables and sata power running out the back of our desktops with the bios set to Sata hot swappable. Its not pretty but it works.
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Bought it on Amazon for 29 since I need it anyway. If Newegg pops back in stock, will swap.
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Plug regular sata cable into the existing sata ports on the motherboard. Get sata power extension cable plug into your power supply if the existing ones are not long enough. Or just buy this....
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Was going to get one of these, but I have a few seagate and WD external drive interface circuit boards that I plan on hot swapping all my drives with. Hopefully they'll read my 8tb drives.
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Would something like this Sabrent EC-HD2B be a better alternative or were you just talking about having a drive with a bad sector?
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Amazon's got it for $29 with a $6 coupon clip FYI Unitek Aluminum USB 3.0 to SATA Dual Bay External Hard Drive Docking Station with UASP for 2.5 / 3.5-inch HDD SSD, Hard Drive Duplicator/Offline...
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For the experts here, is this item safe to use if I just want to mount hard drives and SSD to view and or modify files on them?
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Yes. There is no danger in using it as an external drive caddy, and I usually use these in lieu of a traditional external drive enclosure.
The discussion is about cloning and the possible issues...
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I know the sale is over, but just wanted to reply - the Sabrent is pretty much the same thing. Don't worry about all the talk about cloning a bad drive - that went off topic really fast as this is...
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I've had one of these for a long time but just picked up this aluminum one. The cloning feature is really cool, but the USB cable must be disconnected for it to work. I did have one drive that had...
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This is not a toaster.
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Does it have RAID features?
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I'd be seriously concerned about bad sectors depending upon the cause of those bad sectors. Bad sectors are even present from the factory and naturally occur on an aging drive. The drive will just...
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Time to move on to nvme
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I have two similar items. I forget who made them. I think one is USB2.0 only and one is USB and ESATA. Neither has the clone feature. I use an ExHDD enclosure with the cover off it and Acronis to...
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Load times definitely improved!
I'm seeing on minimal 60% improvements and some even more.
Not much improvement elsewhere as far as I can tell, but I don't have to wait around watching the load...
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Good deal. I used these to clone my Xbox X drive to SSD so I could upgrade to avoid manually setting up the drive by hand using tools.
If these does make exact copies. Then I did power up the...
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That is an awesome idea....wish they had gone with ssd to begin with or make it easier to swap. Tempted.
Now the magic question.. what type of improvement are you seeing .. in the os mostly and...
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Ordered one since I am running out of things to plug into my computer.
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Which of the two is better than the other?
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The aluminum one already sold out.
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No soldering. In fact they sell boards that are like pcie cards but use the internal connectors for data and power and have ports on the back for esata and power. So if you want a clean look you...
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Lowest price ever have seen. thanks OP!
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Oh, for a desktop mini tower. Anything for laptop?
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Newegg has UNITEK Aluminum USB 3.0 to SATA Dual Bay External Hard Drive Docking Station with Offline Clone Function, For 2.5 3.5 Inch HDD SSD SATA I/ II/ III up to 2 x 8TB & UASP on sale for 16.99
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Unitek via Newegg has Unitek Aluminum USB 3.0 to SATA Dual Bay External Hard Drive Docking Station on sale for $16.99. Shipping is free. Thanks mchlbus36
Unitek via Newegg also has Unitek USB 3.0...
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