StarTech USB 3.0 SATA Duplicator Dock

StarTech USB 3.0 SATA Duplicator Dock

The USB 3.0 standalone duplicator and eraser dock lets you connect your 2.5-inch/3.5-inch SATA HDDs or SSDs through SuperSpeed USB 3.0, with the ability to swap drives in and out as needed. The dock also functions as a standalone drive duplicator and eraser – an efficient and versatile solution for external drive management. Featuring standalone Sector by Sector hard drive duplication with built-in LED progress bar, and support for 2 drive single pass over writing this duplicator is a user-friendly all-in-one solution for any application requiring hard drive duplication or erasing. With support for SATA I/II/III, and large capacity drives (tested up to 4TB) this HDD/SSD docking station is compatible with virtually any SATA hard drive, and greatly increases the storage/backup capabilities of your computer. Extend the value of this hard drive docking station further with the addition of StarTech's SAT2IDEADP (SAT2IDEADP), allowing easy insertion of any 2.5 or 3.5-inch. IDE hard drive into a SATA hard drive dock.

Applications

Suitable for data recovery specialists who need quick access to drives to recover/retrieve data, system administrators who need quick access to drives for imaging, and technicians who regularly test or benchmark different hard drives and need to swap between them. It is also suitable for forensic investigators who require disk sector imaging/cloning to create an exact replica of a source drive onto a different drive. Professionals who require identical backups for when data integrity is crucial, such as data recovery. It also allows cloning hard drives that contain hidden partitions, that some software disk cloning programs may skip. It is also useful for IT administrators that wish to quickly clear/erase a drive in preparation for use in other applications.