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- Compliant with Serial ATA II Electrical Specification 1.0
- Compatible with all 2.5"/3.5" SATA II Hard Drives up to 1TB
- Compliant with USB 2.0 and 1.1 Specification and USB Mass Storage Class
- Supports Plug & Play and USB/eSATA Hot Plug feature
- Power ON/OFF Switch with LED indication plus external power supply provided
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Manufacturer's Description
The NEWLink Docking Station allows 2.5" or 3.5" SATA Hard Drives to be used externally. It can be placed on your desktop for easy access and it is connected to your computer via the High Speed USB 2.0 or the External eSATA Interface.
It Supports 2.5" HDD up to 500 Gigabyte (GB) and 3.5" HDDs up to 1 Terabyte (TB). The Docking Station can be used to transfer files from your computer, for backing up or it can be used as additional storage.
Product Description
The Desktop docking station allows users to connect a 2.5 or 3.5 SATA Hard Drive of up to 1TB to a High Speed USB 2.0.
Features
Compliant with Serial ATA II Electrical Specification 1.0
Compatible with all 2.5/3.5 SATA II Hard Drives up to 1TB.
Supports eSATA connection
Compliant with USB 2.0 and 1.1 Specification
Compliant with USB Mass Storage Class
External power supply provided
Supports Plug & Play
Supports USB2.0Hot Plug feature
Power ON/OFF Switch with LED indication
Specification
Supports High Speed USB 2.0 Data Transfer, up to 480 Mbps
Supports SATA II transfer rates up to 3.0 Gbps
Interface: Serial ATA, USB 1.1 / 2.0, eSATA
Supports SATA (Hot Plug) feature
Compact size docking design
12V/2A Power Adapter
Power and Operation LED Indication
Requirements
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win7
Mac OS 10.x
Available USB 2.0 Port
Features
Compliant with Serial ATA II Electrical Specification 1.0
Compatible with all 2.5/3.5 SATA II Hard Drives up to 1TB.
Supports eSATA connection
Compliant with USB 2.0 and 1.1 Specification
Compliant with USB Mass Storage Class
External power supply provided
Supports Plug & Play
Supports USB2.0Hot Plug feature
Power ON/OFF Switch with LED indication
Specification
Supports High Speed USB 2.0 Data Transfer, up to 480 Mbps
Supports SATA II transfer rates up to 3.0 Gbps
Interface: Serial ATA, USB 1.1 / 2.0, eSATA
Supports SATA (Hot Plug) feature
Compact size docking design
12V/2A Power Adapter
Power and Operation LED Indication
Requirements
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win7
Mac OS 10.x
Available USB 2.0 Port
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
First sample returned as the disk access LED did not work (it only works with the USB connection BTW) and was quickly replaced by Amazon.
The unit is well made and functions as intended. I use the eSATA connection which operates at the native speed of the drive, rather than the significantly slower USB connection.
The power switch is at the rear and can be a bit fiddly. It is important to use this to power down the drive before ejecting it from the docking station. An alternative would be to issue a spin down command from suitable software on the PC (a pity Windows doesn't do this when you issue an eject removable media command!)
The only other thing to be wary of is that the disk drive will become warm or even hot after an hour or so as there is no forced cooling, so probably a good idea to configure power saving on the PC to turn off unused drives after an hour.
The instructions are useless and the leads are too short! but otherwise this is a very useful device.
The unit is well made and functions as intended. I use the eSATA connection which operates at the native speed of the drive, rather than the significantly slower USB connection.
The power switch is at the rear and can be a bit fiddly. It is important to use this to power down the drive before ejecting it from the docking station. An alternative would be to issue a spin down command from suitable software on the PC (a pity Windows doesn't do this when you issue an eject removable media command!)
The only other thing to be wary of is that the disk drive will become warm or even hot after an hour or so as there is no forced cooling, so probably a good idea to configure power saving on the PC to turn off unused drives after an hour.
The instructions are useless and the leads are too short! but otherwise this is a very useful device.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I bought the NEWlink USB 2.0 /eSATA Docking Station for SATA HDDs product because I was disillusioned with previous external HDD caddies for my SATA drives - I was tired of waiting considerable amounts of time for files to transfer between hard drives . I then took the plunge into enabling esata both on my pc and on my laptop(by using a pcmcia e-sata card on there) and I can only say , WOW , this kit is what I had been waiting for all along . It's small , cheap , has both usb 2 and e-sata ports on the back and acts as a USB 2 hub with 4 ports on the front too - the HDD hot swapping is a godsend . It is definately worth the money. my need for speed and thirst for cheap have been quenched !!!
Great product at a phenomenal price !!!
Great product at a phenomenal price !!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I have just installed this caddy on a machine which usually very flaky (Dell Precision M4400 running XP64 but intended by dell to run Vista originally), but it is formatting OK as an e-sata device as I write.
So that's a thumbs up for the Newlink.
The reason I'm writing this now is because of the stick it is getting in other reviews for short cables. Now, USB2 aside, e-sata is *supposed* to have short cables. It was designed that way to get the sata data rate, but outside the box.
So that's a thumbs up for the Newlink.
The reason I'm writing this now is because of the stick it is getting in other reviews for short cables. Now, USB2 aside, e-sata is *supposed* to have short cables. It was designed that way to get the sata data rate, but outside the box.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Why 1Tb HD Limit
Why does this device state a 1TB Hard Drive limit? - I can't see the HD size is relevent to the way this device works??? I want to use it with a WD 2TB drive.
Published 4 months ago by MrPestle
Best value for money single drive external docking station I've used
Good build quality, without the "drive wobble" that I've had using other external caddies. I especially like the locking switch which prevents accidental removal. Read more
Published 8 months ago by M. Appleby
works flawless
bought this as back up drive and first used in usb mode which works great and decided to try esata being faster this also works flawless and handy feature is 4 usb ports added on... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr. C. Ayliffe
Does exactly what is states
Easy to set up and use. Works very well with a range of different disks withe the added bonus of additional USB and USB powered slots. Good value!
Published 20 months ago by BJ
Not working
Is not being detected as a hub and therefore is useless. Can't speak for them all but I would look around and read up before purchasing.
Published 23 months ago by Mr. Colin S. Harris
Review
This device is fine, it is (obviously, as described) intended for SATA hard drives. It is not designed for PATA hard drives as fitted to older laptops (which are more likely to... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2010 by Donald Sang
Does its job
This docking station does exactly what it says on the box, faultlessly. However the build quality is nothing remarkable considering it is expensive compared to others. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2009 by B. Cox
Hard disc as an archive medium. Are we there yet?
Okay, I've had one of these for about 9 months and it works flawlessly - so no hesitation in recommending it. I'm certainly going to buy more of them. Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2009 by AlanMusicMan
Spot on!
Brilliant bit of kit, Simple and effective. I have not got the e-sata to work, but I think this is a mobo issue not the Docking station
Published on 30 Jun 2009 by A. Duffield
Poor item
I purchased the docking station to access a bunch of old hard drives so that I could use them as backup drives. Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2009 by D. A. Parry
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