Inateck USB 3.0 Hard Drives Docking Station for 2.5 Inch and 3.5 Inch HDD SSD SATA I/II/III, Support UASP and 10TB Drives, Optimized for Ssd(Fd1003)

Bought the FD1003 single-drive docking station to rescue some files from a salvaged hard drive. I had just installed a nice Inateck USB 3 card in my old Dell, so I plugged this in but couldn’t get the computer to recognize it no matter what. This was with Win 10 64 Pro. Darn! So I plugged it into a USB 2 port and it worked fine. Later I read (WRT another product) that if Windows doesn’t recognize it on USB 3, use it first on a USB 2 port and then it’ll work fine. So I plugged the docking station into my USB 3 card again and – glory of glories – it works fine now. The docking station itself does exactly what it’s supposed to do. It’s very lightly built and may not take much rough use, so be a little careful with it. The power supply cord is a good length and the USB cable is much longer than those included with some other devices, which is nice. The instructions are not terribly clear and printed in microscopic type, but probably aren’t needed. For the price, it does the job well. I’d buy it again. So, this gets five stars.

This is the simplest solution when backing up to internal hard drives on Windows 7 and 8.1. I plugged in the USB and pushed the power button, it recognized all my internal hard drives instantly. For convenience, the activity light and power button is placed on the front, and the eject button makes un-docking easy. There are four rubbers on the bottom to keep the dock from sliding off my desk. One thing I dislike about the dock is that 7mm and low profile hard drives sway when inserted because the door flaps are not wide enough to keep the drive firm. But it stills works flawlessly because it keeps connected to the SATA interface. I haven’t noticed any disconnects or speed drop while backing up. If you need a solid fast hard drive docking station, I recommend this one.

-------- UPDATE NOTICE ------ Important note: this docking station is NOT compatible with Windows10 (Windows10 does not detect the presence of this unit under any conditions) (I changed my previous rating of 5 stars down to 4 stars) ------ ORIGINAL REVIEW ------ This docking station is simply fantastic. (although my desktop doesn't "see it") Before buying this unit, I used an inferior connection kit from Sabrent which I had to connect a USB cable to the computer and connect the SATA to the hard drive, then plug in a brick AC adapter (power) and then connect the other end of that cable to the rear end of the hard drive. They have slightly improved the setup, but it's still prehistoric compared to the Inateck docking station. Another BIG plus is that you can drop in a 3.5 or a 2.5 drive into this Inateck. (SATA or SSD) Happy computing!

I use this drive docking station to playback and edit 4:2:2 1080I broadcast quality HD video that is recorded onto a SSD drive at a data rate of around 100mb/s. I'm using a 64bit Windows 7, I7 computer with Adobe Premier 6 to edit with. Unlike previous experiences with similarly priced docks, which constantly kept disconnecting for no reason at all, this dock simply works perfectly and stays connected. I'm able to move 100gb+ size files back and forth using this dock without any hiccups at all. It also allows me to source directly from the SSD without copying the files to my local HD. The transfer rates are around 43mb/s, but I know my video rates for playback are around 100mb/s, so I think the slower transfer rates are due to my local HD being fragmented and perhaps a slower write speed on my local HD. The 100mb/s playback video has no issues at all. I would highly recommend this docking station for heavy users. FYI I'm recording my video with the BMD Hyper Deck.

Very easy to use (on Windows 7 laptop). Drivers automatically installed. I had no problems plugging in the new SSD (120Gb) which I bought with this. I used the EaseUS software to clone my laptop's drive and this device help me do that directly from the old HDD drive directly to the new SSD. This thing is solid construction, comes with plugin power supply and USB connection cable and works great. When you push the drive into the device a button pops up for later ejection help and that button works well too. I'm very happy with this device and am sure I'll use it often in the coming years to upgrade / clone my own drives and to help others.

I am very pleased with this SSD/HDD dock. My previous dock, a Thermaltake unit, was no longer satisfactory due to its 2 TB drive limit. I have tested this Inateck dock with a 10 TB drive and it works great. The specs for transfer speed are overstated. Over a USB 3 connection I am getting 243 MB/s sequential reads and 82 MB/s writes on HDD's. However, that's fine for what I am using the product for. The unit is very well built and reliable. I have had no issues with my computer recognizing a number of SSD's and HDD's via this dock.

Works like charm!! Both windows and mac. Have no issues so far, using it regularly.

Technically it is great. Works very well. But I bought it from Japan, and it is manufactured in China. Amazon needss to sort out the pricing - it cost me a fortune!!

Very happy

Ok and worked when I put on laptop the only wish was it had a ide port

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