Customer Reviews for StarTech SDOCK2U33RE USB 3.0/eSATA to 2.5/3.5" SATA HDD/SSD Duplicator Dock
Item # : IM1VW2478
Model # : SDOCK2U33RE
Clone a 2.5in/3.5in SATA drive without a host computer connection, or dock the drives over USB 3.0 or eSATA for easy access
- Standalone sector-by-sector hard drive duplication with speeds up to 22GB per minute
- Supports both 2.5" and 3.5" form factor hard drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD)
Price is $144.22
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19 reviews
Most helpful positive review
Posted Feb 5, 2017
Essential tool for any IT person
I have been using this product for a few weeks now to duplicate drives and connect drives to my computer via USB. So far everything has been working well. I have used this device with many different sizes, types and brand of drives. The duplicator came with USB and eSATA cables for the computer as well as power adapter with ends for multiple countries. The cables are on...
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Posted Aug 29, 2015
Cheap, doesn't work
Just got this today, pulled it out the box, plugged in a hard drive, and noticed the following: 1. You CAN'T TURN THIS OFF with the power button. 2. The copy light stays on no matter what you do! The only way I can turn this thing off is pull the power, and I CAN'T turn off the blue copy button, which is stupid because it would be very easy to have two drives in the uni...
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DerekC
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Posted Aug 29, 2021
Waste of time and money
I bought this for the purpose of cloning hard disk. i.e. migration from tradition hard disk to SSD thinking that hardware cloning probably faster and more reliable than using opensource software like Clonesilla. And I am so wrong. The same drive pair with Clonesilla, it took about 15 minutes or less to complete the cloning whereas with this hardware, eventually I had to...
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jackie28
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Posted Nov 15, 2019
Documentation needs updating
I'm trying to clone a drive. HDD2 shows Blue and a flashing Red. HDD1 shows flashing Red only, no Blue. Manual doesn't say what this means... Serves purpose as dock, not as clone.
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Humby_G
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Posted Oct 11, 2019
Super fast and Easy to Use
We bought this unit to clone our office PC hard drives before they start to crash and some that started to act up. After cloning a number of drives, we have had no issues. Cloned WinXP, then Win 7 and Win8 and now a few Win10 systems. Keep up the good work.
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tekeek
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Posted Feb 20, 2019
Will not clone correctly
Our company has purchased about a dozen and neither will clone our drives to where they will boot and if they do it BSOD after a bit or system errors start popping up and also Outlook breaks in some cases. We turned around and used an older and a newer Kanuru to clone those same drives and they work flawlessly other than re-activate Office and that was in both cases. Mg...
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JoeTroi
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Posted Jan 6, 2019
Dead out of box. Let’s see what their support does
I was excited to get a new one. Had the older model for years but this one arrived dead. Could be the power adapter or the mb. Idk. Going to see what hoops I have to go thru with their support. If they send out a new one without me having to send this back first, then I’ll change my review.
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BobMont
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Posted Dec 22, 2018
Stopped Working!
I bought this in July and it worked fine until today. It no longer works. The Blue and Red lights come on but when I press the "Start" button nothing happens. Tried it several times with same result. It is not working!
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sgto416
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Posted Sep 14, 2017
Duplicates hard drives in no time!
At work we have had some people using laptops that were using 5400 and 7200RPM hard drives and with how economical solid state drives are these days the upgrade for the productivity gains of endusers just makes sense! Depending on how much data is on a hard drive I have cloned drives in as little of 12 minutes and some have taken 25 minutes. The SDOCK2U33RE eSATA / USB ...
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Luis
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Posted Feb 27, 2017
Good for the price
I got this From Startech to test and I'm impressed with the product based on the price. It took a while to get it working but after I followed all the instructions,I got it going and the only thing I didn't like was the time it takes to clone 1TB hard drive if I compare to Startech UNIDUPDOCK which is a little bit more money and faster. If you are looking for a duplicat...
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NickD_CA2
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Posted Feb 5, 2017
Essential tool for any IT person
I have been using this product for a few weeks now to duplicate drives and connect drives to my computer via USB. So far everything has been working well. I have used this device with many different sizes, types and brand of drives. The duplicator came with USB and eSATA cables for the computer as well as power adapter with ends for multiple countries. The cables are on...
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Andrew11
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Posted Feb 1, 2017
Does exactly what it says
This is a great device for cloning HDDs/SSDs for upgrades. Take the time to read the manual; there aren’t a lot of buttons and it takes a bit of planning your first time out. I took some old data drives to try out first, just to get the hang of the process. I’ve now done HDD to HDD upgrades, and HDD to SSD without issue. This will undoubtedly find a place in my IT toolb...
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ABThompsons
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Posted Jan 24, 2017
Good product - works as advertised
This product includes the docking station, USB 3.0 cable, eSATA cable, and power adapters The encasement is bulking looking and not a modern looking design. The unit has 2 drive bays which can be used to clone a 2.5 in. or 3.5 in. hard drive without a host computer. Note that it duplicates the entire drive and you cannot be selective by partitions. The two bays are labe...
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Starr
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Posted Jan 19, 2017
Simple and Easy
If you are looking for a solution that is very simple and easy to implement then this SATA Duplicator Dock is what you need. I had a laptop 2.5in hard drive that had some back sectors on it so I needed a way to duplicate the data to a new drive. I had never used this device before but it was as simple as taking it out of the box, plugging in the power cord, inserting th...
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Brian_S
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Posted Jan 12, 2017
does not work.
copied seveal small boot SSD drives to larger ones. Data copied , but were not bootable. The M.2 Adapter would not read any of my M.2 sticks. I will be boxing it all up to return it.
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James H
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Posted Jan 3, 2017
SATA Duplicator Dock Made Easy
I have been in the technology business for over 35 years and for the past 20+ years I have been asked to provide unbiased reviews of various products from both the AV and IT world. In review of this product I have found that it works with both 2.5" and 3.5" SATA Drives as well as HDD and SSD. The unit works with Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 R2/7/8/8.1 b...
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Tazbier3
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Posted Dec 30, 2016
Easy to use Duplicator Dock
When typing in the part number to review the dock I also saw the other options Startech makes like the 4 bay Hard Drive docking station. The information panel on the Drive is easy to use and well thought out. Showing source and target and what percent is done. On the outside of the white box packaging, I saw a label VI so my guess is this is the 6th generation of the Du...
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AnkorJuglor
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Posted Nov 29, 2016
Does what they say!
I bought this little box some time ago now when I needed to replace a HDD which had become too cluttered with all my photos. I bought at the same time a Seagate Hybrid Hdd/SSD of 1TB. Stuck both drives in the unit as instructed, switched on and in no time at all I had cloned the 1TB Hybrid with all my data, put it into my laptop and was back on with my toes hardly touch...
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Konstantin
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Posted May 31, 2016
Nice stuff but little bit slow
Its nice if you works with HDDs and SSDs. Just plug in and done. You can see all the data of multiple HDDs and copy them between them. I'm satisfied. But about duplication, it is a little slower that i was thinking. Did clone HDD to another one of 500 GBs and its took about 2 with half hours... If i was using some desktop with 2 disks, both connected over SATA III, it w...
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lonerock
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Posted Feb 18, 2016
Sanity Saver
As an old IT retired guy I had my PC loaded with windows 10 and years of stuff I wanted to keep and I had Win 10 backup with .Iso file . A malware attack and my data is toast so I think no problem, I have a backup on an external drive with Win 10 .iso. I tried to use the Win 10 iso fiie and could not get the thing to work it continues to error out about 20 min. into the...
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meagant
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Posted Aug 29, 2015
Cheap, doesn't work
Just got this today, pulled it out the box, plugged in a hard drive, and noticed the following: 1. You CAN'T TURN THIS OFF with the power button. 2. The copy light stays on no matter what you do! The only way I can turn this thing off is pull the power, and I CAN'T turn off the blue copy button, which is stupid because it would be very easy to have two drives in the uni...
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