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Startech - HDD Hard Drive Duplicator Dock eSATA USB to SATA
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(5 Reviews)
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Customer Reviews for Startech - HDD Hard Drive Duplicator Dock eSATA USB to SATA
Customer Rating
5
Worked For Me!
on May 22, 2016
Posted by: ClarkB
I purchased this product in March 2016. My intention was to clone a WIndows 7 Pro home system O/S and data drive. Both were 1TB drives. (Other cloning methods proved unreliable.) SATA drives of the same size or larger as the machine drives works.
To clone the operating system drive, simply place the master drive in the back slot, and the target drive in the forward slot. Turn on and push a button per instruction manual. A 1TB dive copies in a few hours, so I let it run overnight. Swapped drives; the cloned O/S drive booted perfectly. The old OS drive got stored for backup.
The data-only drive is a little more involved. Place the master in the back slot and the target in the front slot. Place the included USB2 cable between dock and a port on the powered-on computer. Follow the instruction manual. Cloning the 1TB drive to another 1TB drive started and completed in a few hours. The cloned drive appears normal in every way.
Like other writers stated, the instruction manual could be more informative. This product is good for a few computers and backups done monthly or so. It may not be real speedy, but cost just a bit over $100 to arrive at my front door. Knowing I have a good backup is well worth the minor cost of this product.
Written by a customer while visiting startech.com
Customer Rating
5
Amazing time saver!!
on April 26, 2014
Posted by: markland425
Bought this a few months ago. This is a great disk duplicator! I havent had any issues with it and it seems to be working great!
Only thing I find as a downfall is that it wont remember the last setting (PC mode or COPY mode) after you turn it off.. But I can live with that...
Written by a customer while visiting startech.com
Customer Rating
5
Did the job!
on December 13, 2015
Posted by: rph195618
A few days ago Windows informed me that my hard drive would soon fail. I called some local repair places and found that no one would clone a hard drive. I did some quick research and found the Startech SATA Hard Drive HDD Duplicator Dock. It had the features that I needed and was very reasonably priced. I attached the old drive and a new drive and a few hours later I was back up and running as if nothing had happened.
My only quibble is that the users manual had very little in it. At one point, it appeared that something was not working correctly. I had to go to an online chat with a Startech rep to determine what was going on and what to do. Brian, the rep, did tell me what the issue most likely was and what to do to finish the cloning. (I would give him 5 stars as well)
Written by a customer while visiting startech.com
Customer Rating
5
Worked well
on February 6, 2017
Posted by: Ken Wade
I bought this last year and just had the opportunity to use it to duplicate a drive.
The only thing I didn't like were the HDD LED's did not light as explained in the manual.
Like others who reviewed this product the LED's lit blue and red (violet), but the LED progress bar flashed and I waited to see what would happen. I calculated a 500G drive would take ~2hrs at 72Mbp/sec. After 2 hrs the progress bar was lit 3 bars (not 4) and stopped flashing. I installed the duplicated drive and it was fine. I did have to reinstall the anti-virus software again but that was to be expected.
The only thing I didn't like were the HDD LED's did not light as explained in the manual.
Like others who reviewed this product the LED's lit blue and red (violet), but the LED progress bar flashed and I waited to see what would happen. I calculated a 500G drive would take ~2hrs at 72Mbp/sec. After 2 hrs the progress bar was lit 3 bars (not 4) and stopped flashing. I installed the duplicated drive and it was fine. I did have to reinstall the anti-virus software again but that was to be expected.
Written by a customer while visiting startech.com
Customer Rating
5
Hi it is good
on August 16, 2022
Posted by: Ov boy
Hi it’s great but I did not get the psu could you send one
Response from startech.comBy Atha, Customer Support, August 30, 2022
We apologize for the inconvenience as the SATDOCK22RE includes a power supply. If you did not receive a power supply, we recommend contacting the original place of purchase to facilitate a replacement for the SATDOCK22RE itself.
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