“I've attached the docking station to my laptop using the usb port and attached the docking station to the power supply, but the laptop does not recognize the device. Is that because I haven't put the hard drive into the docking station yet?”
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Yes, theirs nothing to see if there isn’t a drive inserted into one of the ports. I currently use two of these docks, one attached to my Workstation, and one attached to my NAS, you don’t see the docks, but the laptop will recognize the drive once inserted, if once you insert the drive you don’t see it connected within a minute, you should look in Disk Management to see what problem there is with the inserted drive, NOT a dock issue. The drives will connect as a typical USB device, and you should see the drive notification detected as a typical USB device connected, and can “eject the drive” from the Laptop with the sys tray app as usual. Hope that helps.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It should read as a generic USB device until the hdd is docked.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, you need to put in a hard drive. When you do, it will get an assigned drive letter and you should see it and be able to use it.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, you need to insert a drive then Windows (or Mac) will discover the drive and give it a drive letter.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, mine when I put a drive in a bay recognizes the drive as a hard drive but not the empty docking station.
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