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This high performance dual eSATA dock for your 2.5” or 3.5″ SATA HDD/SSDs lets you duplicate/clone an existing hard disk drive without the use of a host computer system, or dock and swap drives from your desktop or laptop computer simultaneously, using a single USB or eSATA port. Versatile Features This standalone USB 3.0 (USB 3.1 Gen 1) dock offers convenient dual-function performance. As a hard drive duplicator, the cloner lets you create an exact sector-by-sector clone from one hard drive to another (1:1), including partitions and boot sector information, ensuring data integrity and consistency for sensitive operations, such as data recovery. As an SSD/HDD docking station, the multiple hard drive copier lets you connect your drives through either eSATA or USB, with each drive slot individually supporting high capacity 2.5/3.5″ hard drives tested up to 4 TB. Fast Performance With support for SATA III (6 Gbps) you can maximize efficiency with duplication speeds up to 22 GB per minute, and eSATA docking speeds up to 6 Gbps. The 2-bay hard drive cloner can also be connected through USB 3.0 with UASP for transfer speeds up 5 Gbps. Hassle-Free Operation With push button operation and plug-and play installation, the duplicator dock has been specially designed for hassle-free operation. This eSATA cloner lets you quickly dock your hard drives or start duplicating hard drives with the push of a button. Chipset ID: JMicron – JMS562 This HDD/SDD duplicator dock is backed by a StarTech..
DUPLICATE AND DOCK SATA DRIVES: This dual bay hard drive duplicator features standalone drive cloning of 2.5/3.5″ SATA drives with no PC required; Docking station also functions as USB / eSATA to SATA adapter for quick access to your drives
DRIVE COMPATIBILITY: 2.5/3.5″ SATA HDDs and SSDs of any capacity; 4Kn Compatible; OS Independent; Compatible w/ SATA I/II/III; Hardware includes 3ft eSATA and USB-A cables and universal power adapter; IDE adapter (SAT2IDEADP) sold separately
DUPLICATION MODE: Standalone sector-by-sector copier is compatible with any file format and copies the entire drive, including empty sectors; Up to 22 GB/min; Target disk must be equal/larger than the source disk; File recovery / Disk mount / Cloning tool
SPECS: External 2-Bay Duplicator Dock SATA I/II/III; USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) or eSATA Device Host Connection (optional); Toolless Design; Top-Loading Toaster Style w/ Drive Doors and Eject Buttons; Multi-function Status LEDs
THE IT PRO’S CHOICE: Designed and built for IT Professionals, this hard drive duplicator cloner dock is backed for 2 years, including free lifetime 24/5 multilingual technical assistance.
Kevin –
Great piece
Over the years, I have seen many product names come and go. So far, everything I have run across from this company StarTech has really been a good quality item for the price.You can find many other cloners and I am sure for a cheaper price, but the experience I have had with ST, i bought this one.- Good quality — Nice and heavy for what looks to be plastic.- No issues, worked like a charm- Tested cloning a 250gb drive to a 500gb drive that was a standard boot mbr. Threw the clone in the machine and it booted up without issues.- Win7 self loaded a driver when hooked to the pc and the device then acts like a dock to access the drives via usb 3.0- Easy to clone. Plug the source in the source slot HDD2 (yes, source is slot 2 in the one i received and i have no idea why they would do that. Logic would have you thinking to clone 1 to 2, not 2 to 1) and the destination disk into slot 1. Make sure the pc/copy button is red for copy and press the button. Wait some time and bam, it is done. Take note that this takes some time. This is not done by wiggling your nose and snapping your fingers. Your fingers will be broken by the time it is done. With 2 drives at 7200 spin SATA 3gbps, the 250gb drive was done in just under 40 minutes by my count. Throw a nice 2gb combo at the same speeds and you might want to just go eat dinner and watch a movie.Only one small thing that is becoming less of a big deal every day; IDE drives. No access to clone older IDE drives as this is for SATA only. At work, I have a lot of older pcs with IDE only. We are using every instance of trouble to simply upgrade pcs which all have SATA anyway but if i needed a quick access to a disk, it would be nice to have it here. There is an option priced on Amazon here at $18 or so that provides a dongle to fit right in this device, giving access to IDE. You need this option, a pair of these might be worth it or then find another option with this built in.Part of the reason i bought this one is that we use the StarTech 2 bay dock to access disks on the desk now as it is and enjoy the quality there as well. I bought this one for the office and may consider one for home with the option of cloning out a large windows drive that is simply ready.Good product and worth the money in my opinion.Update: 12/14/2015 – This device works great, but I did find one snag that most people will not run into, but I sure did; HPA partitions. What you do not see listed is that this will not copy a HPA partition. These partitions are used for older pcs that needed instructions on how to handle larger discs in regards to ATA and were also used for security purposes. If you are trying to clone a disk with one of these and it is the only hard drive left alive with a dead vendor, you are screwed.Now for the good news; StarTech rocks. I only took a survey and man, they were on top of things fast. Not only did they contact me to make sure my needs were fulfilled and why they were/were not, they made the whole situation right by making sure I got the right device that could do so. I offered to send this one back to compensate them back and they said “keep it, you might still use it”.Class company that is certainly focusing on customer service and that says a lot of their character and how they do business.
Alexander Jason –
Great for cloning or copying HD’s — Once you understand the features and the (simple) procedure.
This Startech HD duplicator (SDOCK2U33RE) worked well. (BTW,I have found all the Startech products I’ve used over the years are good quality.)I used it to clone a 4GB drive, a process that took about 7 hours. The cloned drive was perfect. And the process was easy once I understood how to do it.My one criticism is that I think the instructions could be made more clear and I do not understand why Startech doesn’t have short video on their website that explains the process. It would have made it so much easier to get started and to understand how to use this device. Everything is very simple — AFTER the first time you use it.Here are two things that I did not fully understand:1. You cannot clone a drive unless the drive is REMOVED FROM THE COMPUTER. A computer is not involved in the cloning process. You just insert your old HD into slot 2 and your new drive into slot, push a button to get into the right mode (red light on) and then push “start.” (Just to be clear: “Cloning” is a process to create an identical copy of your old HD. My computer had a drive that was getting flaky so I removed it, cloned it, and installed the new HD back into the computer and got back into Windows without any problems or blips.)2. The unit can be connected to a computer to copy files — but not to clone a drive. So, you can use it to backup files from your computer onto another HD — which is a great feature.You should also note that while cloning, the drives got quite hot. I used a small desk fan to keep them cool. Not required but a good idea.
Amazon Customer –
Cloned a 14tb hdd
Used it to clone a 14tb hdd. It took about 20 hours to complete but I ended up with an identical drive with no data loss. Just make sure the source and target drives are in the appropriate slots or you’ll have a very bad day. I did a practice cloning of 2 much smaller drives (before cloning the 14tb) to make sure I was doing it correctly. HDDs got very warm during the cloning but caused no issues afterwards.
Streborg –
Remove one HDD disconnects the other, even if active.
I does connect and work as described for mounting and access hard drives. Unfortunately, there is a single USB bus and if you eject one HDD the other is disconnected even in use. On Mac this results in volume improperly ejected messages. The only solution is to complete work on both HDDs, eject both, turn off the unit, swap the HDD(s) and turn the unit back on. This does not fit my work flow requirements and I will be returning it. I did not test the stand-alone duplicate feature.
Luis Reynoso –
Facil de usar,cumple con las especificaciones
MR JOAN GIRAL –
– Pas besoin de formater au préalable le disque de destination au même format que le disque source ( GUID ou MBR ), le duplicateur s’en charge. C’est un duplicateur bit à bit, donc tous secteurs sont copiés, y compris ceux de démarrage et de partition.- La vitesse de duplication est conforme aux spécifications (Sata III 6 GB/sec) et le fonctionnement très simple à comprendre, même s’il n’y a pas de notice en français dans la boite. En mode UASP entre deux SSD, la vitesse est maximale (impressionnant !)- Toutes les connectiques sont livrées (câble USB 3.0 et e-Sata), et même les embouts d’alimentation européens et américains, bravo !——-Retour d’utilisation sous OS X (Mavericks): duplication d’un SSD de 250 Go avec 2 partitions(Yosemite et el Capitan) sur un SSD de 500 Go- Les partitions sont toutes parfaitement clonées, y compris les partitions EFI et de récupération d’OS X.MAIS, si vous clonez un disque de 250 Go sur un de 500 Go, il vous restera 250 Go non alloués sur votre nouveau disque, et vous devrez étendre la dernière partition (ou créer une nouvelle partition) avec l’application “Utilitaire de disque” d’OS X.——Retour d’utilisation sous Windows 7 intégrale: clonage d’un disque dur classique de 500 Go vers un SSD de 500 Go:- Les partitions sont toutes parfaitement clonées, y compris la partition de récupération HP.- Le SSD est reconnu et immédiatement démarrable après avoir été re-installé dans le PC.—-Usage en mode “Dock”: fonctionne normalement, tant sous OSX que Windows. Vitesse nominale avec les SSD puisque ce boitier est compatible UASP.- Un seul port e-Sata et USB 3.0, donc la bande passante sera partagée si vous connectez deux disques simultanément.
Mohd Rashid –
Very good duplicator, able to use stand-alone mode like the 5 way model.
Andres Ortega Alvarez-Ossorio –
Muy útil para los que nos gusta cacharrear. Mejor conectarla por eSATA (y si es a una controladora que soporte varios discos a la vez, mejor aún) que por USB 3.0. Como clonadora física de HDD independiente del ordenador funciona perfectamente; eso sí, a los impacientes les aviso que para 500 GB tarda sobre los 50 minutos.Como pequeña pega, que los rótulos no están recomendados para los que ya vamos sufriendo presbicia; son chiquititos chiquititos, hay que asegurarse varias veces de cual es el slot para el disco original y cual para la copia. Cuidadín cuidadín 😉
Dr A P Maskell –
So far, I have only used this in copy mode. It made a complex job of repeated swapping and copying my boot drive using software into a simple one-step process. In response to other reviews, the manual is simple but that’s because the device operation is so simple – plug in the source and target drives, switch on, select copy mode and press start! It took 3hrs 15mins to replicate my 1Tb HDD on to a 2Tb SSD and a few minutes more with a partition manager to extend the boot partition to use the additional space.Maybe those who found the lack of instructions daunting might consider whether they have the necessary skills to handle precious disk drives! To me, this is a perfect solution for one-step disk replication that saved me hours of fiddling about in the back of my laptop.Update – I’ve now cloned my fourth drive. 1Tb Samsung 2.5” SFSE Momentus HHD laptop drives on to WD Blue 3D Nano SSD took 3.25 hours each. 2Tb WD 3.5” Black Enterprise HDD desktop drives on to the same WD Blue SSD took 4 hours each. Surprisingly, the 3.5” HDD drives generated the most heat so I took the precaution of keeping them cool with a fan. So far the clones have worked perfectly, albeit with a simple software partition adjustment to use the extra space for the laptop drives.