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Inateck Dual Two Bays USB 3.0 Hard Drives External Docking Station Support Online and Offline Clone Function for 2.5 Inch & 3.5 Inch HDD SSD SATA (SATA I/ II/ III) Support 2 x 4TB, Including USB 3.0 Cable and External Power Supply 12V 4A, Comaptible with Windows XP / Vista / 7/8 / Mac OS 10.8.4 [ Tool-free, Black ]

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  • Boxed-product Weight: 762 g
  • ASIN: B00D1NR9MA
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 3 July 2013
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (149 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 33,022 in Computers (See Top 100 in Computers)

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5.0 out of 5 starsInateck Cloning & Docking Station FDU3C-2.
By WGR_7811 on 10 Sept. 2013
Colour Name: Online+Offline Clone/ Dual Bay/ FDU3C-2 Verified Purchase
This is an excellent device.
I have a Dell desktop PC nearly 5 years old, which is still running well but the hard drive was showing signs of wear when monitored.
I used the Inateck (offline clone) to clone the 500GB hard drive onto a new 640GB drive, which when inserted into the PC now works perfectly.
The old drive can also still be accessed if necessary using the Inatek Docking function to USB.

I think that the Instruction Manual could be improved with a little more advice about the indicator lights on start-up and with some information about approximate time required to clone discs; such as :-
- Load source in bay A, target in bay B, turn on power.
- Power light and both bay indicator lights should be on. If not, switch off and check the seating of the disks in the connector sockets, then try again.
- Press and hold the clone button for about 3 seconds until the indicator light comes on. Then release the clone button and re-press quickly before the indicator light goes off. The 25% light should then start flashing immediately showing that cloning has started OK.

The time taken to clone my 500GB disk was about 1 hour 50 minutes.
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5.0 out of 5 starsSolid performer
By Antoine HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWER on 22 Dec. 2013
Colour Name: Online+Offline Clone/ Dual Bay/ FDU3C-2 Verified Purchase
With the SSD market booming, I was on the lookout for a unit which would facilitate hard disk cloning and data migration. The Inateck grabbed my attention due to the fact that it also doubles as a docking (hot swap) station.

• Pros: Does what it says on the tin

• Cons: Offline cloning mode needs to be monitored, as the drives keep spinning even after the cloning process is complete... futher information in review.

Summary: After reading some concerning reviews regarding HDD heating/overheating I decided to run and see the results for myself. I tested the worse case scenario, cloning a full 2 TB hard disc using sector by sector clone in offline mode (drives keep on spinning) for 2 hours. To the touch the drives were getting hotter, yet logging temperature results using a Fluke meter revealed that the max temp of 49 degrees C peaked after 45 mins and remained steady for the remaining 75 mins. Electronic components are designed to handle much higher temperatures, so IMHO this should not be much of a concern. What really concerns me is leaving the hard drives attached and powered in "Offline" mode, which could cause unnecessary wear due to continuous spinning of the drives.

When the unit is used as a docking station (connected to a computer) the drive enters sleep mode if it is not accessed for a matter of a couple of minutes. When in sleep mode the drive's temperature does not increase, in fact the temperature returns to normal room temperature. (Tested on Windows 7, yet I will be testing this on Vista too should I have any requests).

Conclusion: The unit itself looks quite plasticky, yet it gets the job done. Insertion of hard drives is easy and straight forward.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent product from Inateck, does exactly what it says on the tin!
By Coaster8717 on 30 Aug. 2013
Colour Name: Online+Offline Clone/ Dual Bay/ FDU3C-2
Over the past few years I have owned many HDD docks, ranging from poorly built, not working products to those also in a league of their own with brilliant finishes and top quality parts. When I received the Inateck docking station in the mail, I was impressed at first glance. It looked like a sturdy, well built product with the added bonus that it was USB3.0 and also had a clone feature that could be used offline.

Using the dock was an effortless process, you simply plug the dock into a USB port on your computer, hit the power button and the hard drives will instantly show up in My Computer. The clone function is similarly easy simple to use and full instructions on how to do so are included in the box that the product arrives in!

Now normally I do a positive and negative section at the end of my reviews, but on this rare occasion I really am finding it hard to find a negative point. As much as I try to find one there really doesn't seem to be any flaws with the design, or even the product itself, and for that reason I think this product is worth every penny of the £38.99 it costs over at Amazon.co.uk.

So if you are looking for a HDD docking station, but also the capability of cloning drives if one happens to blow on you, then look no further than the Inateck USB3.0 Dual SATA HDD Docking Station with Clone Functionality.

Features:

Supports offline duplicate function, all data or system files copy into your target hard disk by pressing one simple button.
Accept 2 x 3.5″ or 2.5″ SATA HDD plug-in one compact unit, data can be transferred between 2.5″ and 3.5″ SATA HDD.
Two hard drives can read & write at the same time
The dual bay docking station connects to the computer via USB3.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat gadget for the price
By John Neale on 2 Feb. 2014
Colour Name: Online+Offline Clone/ Dual Bay/ FDU3C-2 Verified Purchase
I bought the dual hard drive external docking station which I have found to be very useful and easy to use. If you require to clone a hard drive to a new larger drive you can either put both hard drives in the docking bay without connecting to the PC and by pressing a button for 3 seconds then once again, it will clone to your new drive.

It is easy then to partition the additional unallocated area of the new hard drive by using the Disk Manager within WINDOWS.

You also have the other option of installing the Cloning software CD which comes with the package which enables you to easily clone the hard drive in your PC to the new hard drive placed in the docking station.

You also have the third benefit of placing an older SATA Hard Drive in the docking station and recover data. Do note that this docking is only useful for the SATA Hard Drive, no use to the older PCs which has different connections.
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