The slot-loading design holds the SATA and IDE drive(s) upright inside the docks, neatly keeping them off the desk, for convenience and a clutter-free setup. USB 3.The UNIDOCK3U USB 3.0 to SATA/IDE Hard Drive Docking Station delivers instant access to 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch IDE and SATA hard drives through two top loading drive slots - one for Serial ATA drives and one for IDE drives - instead of having to mount the drives into a computer or external enclosure/tray. The average Chinese person in Shenzhen has a high IQ and can figure things out, however we Brits need clear instructions for this. Since this is a very simple plug and play product, they probably thought that instructions would not be required. All the DOS partitions on the drive appeared as individual drives. Windows 7 detected the docking station and installed the USB drivers automatically. I decided to connect through another USB port on the front side of the PC and that seemed to work fine. After a while, I managed to figure out that the software was for the one touch backup (OTB) and cloning facility only. Therefore, I inserted the accompanying software CD and decided to read the instruction file, however, all it had was a list of OTB programs. On the front cover of the manual, there is a clear title, 'Hardware cloning manual'.Īt first, when I connected the docking station to the PC, I did not see any new drives appearing in My Computer, therefore I assumed I may need to install a driver. The product is great however the paper-based user guide was very sparse andĪbout the cloning and OTB facility only. Please refer to the table below, which shows the models and their capability. All the models have a one touch backup (OTB) facility, however not all have the one touch cloning (OTC) facility. Many computers provide a socket such as this for connecting external mass storage devices. If you have never heard of eSATA, then it is simply SATA with a special plug and socket arrangement for connecting external storage devices. These docking stations are compatible with XP, Vista, Windows 7, MAC, and Linux operating systems. It connects through a USB 2.0 port, and does not have an integrated card reader. Model 875D is the basic version known simply as 'IDE / SATA Docking'. It is a backup and cloning solution with an integrated card reader, supporting CF, SD, XD, MS, and Mini SD, T-Flash, and Micro SD formats up to 32 GB in size.

The 'All in One HDD Docking' is a docking station, which accepts 2.5' and 3.5' IDE and SATA hard disk drives (HDD) up to 2 TB in size.

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