USB 2.0 & eSATA Docking & Cloning Station for 2.5" & 3.5" SATA Hard Drives

Dual bay hard drive docking station with stand-alone cloning feature!

This handy cloning station is ideal for system builders/integrators, computer technicians and IT departments. As well as acting as an external hard drive for 2.5" and 3.5" SATA hard disks it is also a convenient cloning station. It easily makes bit by bit clones (including Operating System and Partitions) of source HDDs onto target HDDs making it perfect for upgrading to larger capacity HDDs!

The docking functionality allows bare HDDs up to 3TB in capacity, to be connected to a computer via eSATA (3Gbps) or USB 2.0 (480Mbps). Data recovery and backups are done without the hassle of installation. The dual bay design allows two hard drives to be connected simultaneously, so that data can be copied between multiple drives of different types as 2.5" and 3.5" SATA drives are supported natively.

• Standalone cloning functionality, no computer required
• Full bitwise cloning including MBR and EISA partitions
• Dual Bay design accepts either 2.5" or 3.5" SATA disk drives
• High speed USB 2.0 and eSATA interfaces
• Power supply and connection cables included

• Advanced Format 3TB support

• Compatible with Windows ME/2000/XP/Vista/7 and Mac OS 8.6 & above

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As well as receiving 5 Stars by Computer Shopper the LINDY USB 2.0 Docking & Cloning Station was also awarded their Best Buy Award. Read the full ExpertReviews review here

• Supports SATA HDD capacities up to 3TB
• High speed data transfer: up to 480Mbps (USB 2.0), 3Gbps (eSATA)
• Connects to the computer via USB Type A or eSATA connection
• USB and eSATA cable lengths: approx. 1m
• External power adapter: 100 - 240V AC, 12V DC 2A & 5V DC 2A
• Supplied with UK power supply cable, 1m

• For correct operation, the target drive should be unformatted and without any partitions
• Older drives up to 10GB, and drives with older 28 Bit LBA addresses are not supported

• In general older hard drives with 512B sector size cannot be cloned to new hard drives / solid state drives with 4kB sector size
• Newer hard drives with 4kB sector size can be can be cloned to other hard drives with 4kB sector size
• SSD drives can be cloned to others SSD as long as they use the same controller.
  
  For more information see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Format or contact your HDD / SSD manufacturer.