StarTech - SATDOCKU2EU - USB to SATA External HDD Docking Station for 2.5 or 3.5in Hard Drive

This external hard drive docking station functions as a SATA HDD dock - providing full, instant access to any 2.5in or 3.5in SATA (SATA, SATA II, SATA III) hard drive or solid state drive - without having to mount the hard drive in a computer or install it in an enclosure! Large capacity drives (tested with up to 4TB 3.5" and 1TB 2.5" drives) can be used to greatly enhance your computer's storage/backup capabilities.

Simply connect the HDD docking station to a host computer through USB 2.0, then insert a SATA hard drive into the dock whenever needed. To uninstall or swap the hard drive, just remove it from the dock!

The USB to SATA External HDD Dock Adapter supports plug and play hard drive installation on most operating systems, and offers data transfer speeds of up to 480Mbps - providing a convenient alternative to external hard drive enclosures and saving the time needed to prepare the drive for conventional installation. Double the value of this hard drive docking station, using a SATA to IDE hard drive adapter (SAT2IDEADP), which enables you to use any 2.5 or 3.5in IDE hard drive in a SATA hard drive dock slot.

StarTech.com Advantage

• Access either 2.5" or 3.5" SATA drives from a single drive dock over USB 2.0
• A top slot-loading design provides quick and easy access to the data without having to install the drives into an enclosure or tray
• Backed by a StarTech.com 2-year warranty and free lifetime technical support

Features

• Top slot loading design with drive door
• Power/Activity LED indicator
• High Speed USB 2.0 compliant host interface, with support for transfer rates up to 480 Mbps
• Compatible with SATA revision 1/2/3 (1.5/3.0/6.0 Gbps) drives
• Supports 2.5" or 3.5" form factor hard drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD)
• Plug-and-Play and Hot-Swap compatible
• Compact desktop style form factor

Applications

• Access spare or removed 2.5/3.5" drives quickly to retrieve data from
• Data recovery specialists who need quick access to drives for imaging
• Backup data quickly to an external drive for archiving
• Technicians who regularly test or benchmark different hard drives and need to swap between them
• Take advantage of new laptops and desktops with USB 3.0 connectivity