StarTech.com Standalone Hard Drive Duplicator - External Dual Bay HDD/SSD Cloner/Copier - USB 3.1 (10Gbps) to SATA III HDD/SSD Docking Station, Hard Disk Cloning / Recovery, Disk Cloner (SDOCK2U313R)

Good product fast delivery works well thanks will buy off you again thanks 😊

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.

I ordered this to use for business purposes. Obviously I was not planning to use the dock too frequently, as this product doesn't last as long with continued use as more expensive products, which I already knew before purchasing.I tested it out on an SSD hard drive which I knew had issues, just to bench test it and see what it could or couldn't do. Doing so bought up two key issues...the instruction manual, and also the labeling available on the front of the device. When you first start using this device, the instructions are pretty bare. I had to use a few YouTube videos just to compensate for my lack of knowledge and, gain a bit of confidence before using it.Once confident enough, the first thing I wanted to try was the erase method. There was not a lot of input on the internet surprisingly about how to erase an entire hard drive. My intention was to place the hard drive to a starting point where it may be possible to restore to it's original settings, before faults occurred by erasing the faults and any other information that maybe still be on the hard drive that was preventing it from functioning, where I had already tried check disk and disk management, which had already failed to this point. This is where I found the issues with both the manual and the labeling on the device as they both supply such basic of information where further research was required.After attempting completion of erasing the entire hard drive, needless to say this had not worked. The hard drive had too many errors before the dock was able to complete the task in hand. Also to note that all the lights had gone out on the device, to the point where I did not know if I had any power going to the device. This resulted in me having to turn the dock off and on just to see if I hadn't broken anything. Everything was good.The dock function was the next bench test. Due to my particular model of laptop, I found the dock had to be switched off before the laptop could find it. It was no good having the power switched on while the laptop was starting up, You had to turn the dock completely off, wait for the operating system to load, then turn it on. *NOTE: this was for my particular model of laptop. Other devices may have a different reaction, and also the hard drive was still in place within the dock before it was switched on.Everything on the dock method worked fine and even disk management was able to find the hard drive.The duplication method works as described. Currently running my original operating system on a new hard drive as we speak, and it's as if nothing has changed. All my settings, and programs are in the same space except now I have more space available. You will need to go into disk management to extend the hard drive, but that is probably the only minor thing you will have to worry about.It only received 4 stars as the labeling on the dock and the instructions within the manual are basic and for something that would have such a huge impact on most devices, I would've thought StarTech.com would've put more effort within these particular areas despite it being a budget device. But saying that, for the price offered and the fact it is a budget device and you get what you pay for. It is still a very useful piece of equipment and I would recommend this item to any start-up business, gamer and also to anyone who would like a useful method to back up their information and memories, delete sensitive information, and also use as external dock for more storage space if required.

Very reasonably priced for the peace of mind you get knowing that you can keep a copy of your hard drives, should your originals fail.Quick and simple to use, sturdy and well made, there is nothing that I can think of that could be improved , Brilliant Product !

When my hard drive started to show signs that it was failing, this device came to the rescue. I made a new copy of the drive and installed it in my computer and it has run perfectly ever since.

1. The StarTech cloning dock (SATDOCK2REU3) is well made and nicely labelled for ease of use. This replaces my earlier model (SATDOCK22RU3) which would not transfer data from a Seagate HD to the new SSD Samsung 850 Pro. See my review of the Samsung SSD 850 Pro regarding problem and what not to do. StartTech, who by the way are outstanding with their prompt and comprehensive replies to even minor questions, advised the SATDOCK2REU3 uses a completely different chipset compared to the SATDOCK22RU3 (Prolific - PL2775 vs. the older JMicron - JMS551).2. Using the SATDOCK2REU3 enabled the transfer of data from the Seagate Barracuda HD to the Samsung without problem. However, there is one issue that could be addressed by StarTech. This concerns the docks inability to transfer data from a higher capacity to a lower capacity drive! With the Samsung Data Migration V.2.7 software, drive capacities are irrelevant; what counts is the amount of data actually needed to be transferred. A source drive, for example, of 500Gb containing just 85Gb data will transfer to a 250Gb drive (anything on the receiving drive is automatically erased). This is something seriously needed for standalone cloning docks.3. Otherwise, the StarTech dock is king and warrants 5-stars! If you need it - definitely buy it.

This is a brilliant device to backup your hard drives.

I've only duplicated 2 drives with this but its worked flawlessly so far. I used never to be able to trust copying widows drives and they often failed when the replacement target disk was inserted back into the system in question. However so far all good with this little box of tricks. I've copied a fast ssd onto a larger 7200 rpm hdd and also a small 5200rpm hdd onto a larger and faster hdd. In both cases I turned on the computer with the new replacement disk and they just worked first time.Speed is also good. Second time around I set the box to copy just before leaving home for an hour and a half and when I returned it was done (we are talking about a 150/200gb fairly slow hdd 2.5" drive). That kind of speed is fine for me.