InateckRGB SATA to USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station with Offline Clone, for 2.5 and 3.5 Inch HDDs and SSDs, UASP Supported, Black SA02003

Overall this is a great piece of hardware. It did exactly what I wanted it to, which was cloning my original 3.5" 1.5TB HDD to a new 2.5" 2 TB SSD. There are a few things to note however.If you are trying to clone one 3.5" HDD to another 3.5" HDD, this most likely will not work for you. I tried this initially since I had purchased a spare HDD years ago identical to my original HDD. This docking station does NOT seem to have the power to supply both drives at once for cloning. It will power cycle on and off. It did not let it do this for very long in fear of it messing something up. I noted at least one other person reviewing this item had the same results when trying a clone of two 3.5" HDD's.Another issue that I only found out in the fine print AFTER purchase was that your destination drive must be as big or bigger than the source drive, even if your source drive is only partially full. I originally purchased a 1TB SSD to clone to. I thought this would be enough since my original 1.5TB HDD was not even half full. Instructions state that this will NOT work, so I did NOT try it. I did not see this information advertised anywhere when looking at this item on Amazon. I may have missed it though.So I purchased a larger 2.5" 2TB SSD and cloned my original 3.5" 1.5TB HDD to it with no issues. It did take some time (About 4 hours) but for me this isn't a big deal. I just set it up and did something else. The unit does get warm while cloning, especially when it takes hours. I had a small fan nearby to keep the electronics cool.Overall I am VERY happy with this device. It did exactly what I needed and was extremely affordable. The colored lights in the base are a nice touch too....they are almost mesmerizing.For the average person who only needs to do the occasional clone, this will work well for you (As long as you read the exclusions I mentioned earlier).

Love this product works great very easy to understand and use simple. love it

If you clone hard drives and SSDs in order to preserve data and files, this is a very good solution.I tried it out in "Solo" mode, not connected to a PC, and it took a little over an hour to clone a 1TB hard drive to a 1TB SSD. This was for an old Windows Vista operating system, which can be a pain in the neck if you try cloning it on a PC with a modern version of Windows. No big deal, no issues. It just did what I wanted.The "light show" at the base of the unit seemed like over-kill, however, it also shows if the data transfer is going smoothly. Super fast, one day, delivery by Amazon.Highly recommended.

Pros:- Straightforward physical/hardware setup- Usable in a standalone mode- No additional software required- No data lostCons:- Does not provide indicator (light, sound, or otherwise) when a problem is encountered during cloning operation- Does not supply tactile or other positive signal that HDD or SDD has been seated in a slot properly- Insufficient progress status, particularly in standalone modeAlthough the instructions state that a corrupted or degraded drive may not clone properly or at all, there was no feedback from the device (particularly in standalone mode) that the cloning process was partially successful, stalled, or unable to be completed; the status lights suggested that the cloning process was continuing without issue, despite not changing for over 24 hours. Subsequent power off and evaluation of the drives indicated that only partial cloning was accomplished due to errors encountered with the drive being cloned. Fortunately, the drive partition containing the operating system was cloned successfully. The use of separate backups and manual file transfers to recover all personal data was performed, and thus, no loss of data overall occurred.I will use this device in the future primarily for healthy, non-corrupted drives to create backups for safe-keeping.

Works great as advertised.

I wanted to updated the harddrive in my computer, but I didn't want to mess with reloading the OS and all the programs and files. The obvious way to do this is to clone the drive. You'll find programs to do this, but few are free and most are complicated. All I wanted to do was clone the drive. I ran across this unit while I was looking for an adapter and it sounded too good to be true but just what I needed. I ordered it and a Samsung SSD. Today I took the computer apart and followed the instructions for cloning a drive found in the instruction book. It was impossibly easy: remove the harddrive from the computer, plug it into in slot A and plug the new SSD into slot B, turn it on, and push clone! It takes a while, about 2 and 1/2 hours for my drive, but hours less than reinstalling everything would take, not to mention absolutely no effort. I installed the SSD and turned the computer back on. It was just like before, except things loaded much faster with the new drive. I can't believe how simple it was! If I ever need files on this or another computer, I can plug the old harddrive into slot A and connect it to any computer with the included USB 3 cable. Frankly, I don't care if I never need it again; it did what it said it would do and did it perfectly. I highly recommend this for anyone wanting to clone a drive!

I bought it to clone a SATA to a SSD, and it didn't work and got stuck at 25%. I think it was a defective source SATA because it wouldn't clone on another brand either which stuck at 75%. If your present SATA is having issues, you might not be able to simply clone it.Other functions seem ok, I might use it in the future to back up data.

Couldn't find the info when I was purchasing this dock but took a gamble anyway. This dock works with my Seagate Exos 24TB drive.I like the overall design. USB-C connection is really convenient and the RGB lights on the bottom are actually kinda understated and not too distracting.