The "Inateck USB 3.0 to SATA Dual Bay Hard Drive Docking Station in Gamer Style with Offline Clone Function for 2.5/ 3.5 Inch SATA I/II/III HDD and SSD, Support UASP and 8 TB Drives, Black(FD2005)" is to replace an older dock. After upgrading the nearly full system SSD in my desktop, there were requests by others within the wider family to perform similar upgrades on a couple more PCs and this will make the task easier and faster, although likely to continue needing to use a software cloner - that used is highly reliable and worked very well with data drives and the system SSD in my Windows PC. Some adjustments to partition layouts will be later required.
Although offering a Clone function, that is unlikely to prove useful if cloning Windows 10 UEFI-controlled drives. For storage drives, it will be ideal and requires the dock to be off-line and disconnected from USB. There is a small User Guide but it does not specifically address the UEFI conflict issue within its brief help FAQs.
There are two large drive activity lights, one each for the A & B sections, at the front and a row of 5 smaller ones along the top-front edge. The first is Power and the others are progress indicators in 25% steps that are dedicated to the Off-Line clone function. Cable connections are to rear as is the Power switch. The unit is about as attractive as one of its type can be and is sufficiently small to permanently sit on a desk. Unless the user is a technician, it isn't likely to be used frequently and could be set aside on a shelf ready for use.
Used several times in the first days of ownership, all but one attempt to clone a drive proceeded without a hitch; one with recorded 'Hardware Errors' on a certain destination drive (which was later replaced) although the same source drive was previously and subsequently cloned onto other units trouble-free. The dock functions to full expectation and easily. Clone speeds will vary and depend upon the relative capacities of the units to be copied. A data drive was later successfully copied (only for testing) via the in-built Clone function and that resulted in a perfect copy.
| Brand | Inateck |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 18.8 x 17.2 x 7.59 cm; 700 g |
| Item model number | FD2005 |
| Manufacturer | Inateck |
| Series | Inateck SATA Hard Drive Docking Station, USB 3.0 SSD Docking Station,Dual Bay,FD2005 |
| Colour | Black |
| Wattage | 36 watts |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 700 g |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
