Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a must for us who ticker with computers who just want to clone someone drives to a new drive. Easy No PC needed. You can connect it to a PC via USB 3.0. The file transfer during cloning is slow due to the large number of files that have to be moved from one hard drive to another! The build quality is nice. High impact plastic. Inserting HD is super easy and works for both tower hard drives or notebook drives. I did 3 clones in a row without errors. The laptop drive booted up each time easily. Also works with SSD hard drives which transfer rates are their quickest! You have indicator lights on the unit to tell you the progress of the transferring of files. The USB 3.0 from the computer has the fastest transfer times. This unit allows for hard drives to remain very cool during this operation due to its open-air design. Everything about this unit is nice. I was not able to find any cons during my testing of the unit. I am very impressed with this product.

Worked great. I needed to save information off of a few laptop harddrives, where the laptop itself wouldn't boot. Removing the HDDs and plugging them into this worked so I could move data off those drives without problem

This product is a little bulky and requires an additional power source to run the full sized hard drives that can be plugged into it but other than that this product is easy to use and can swap out both 3.5 inch hard drives and the 5.5 drives. If you are trying to backup files or even consolidate files, this is a good buy

I recently had to take apart my WD MyBook and was looking for a way to still be able to access the drive. I went into BestBuy and saw this item and thought it would be perfect. After speaking with a representative from GeekSquad they confirmed this would work and they were correct! Saved me $$$ in the long run as I was able to access the files and reuse the hard drive as an external drive. I can now access all our old/new drives & use them as external storage, specifically for backups. Works like a charm & we reusing the old hard drives! I do agree with another reviewer that this item should (or needs) a protective cover to keep the dust out, especially for those of us that use it daily. Maybe they don't have it becuase then the drives would become very hot, but I'm sure they can figure something out. Overall, great product and so glad it was avaialble to suit my needs perfectly!

Super easy to use. Just put the drive in the slot, connect to your new computer, and the power and press the on switch. A minute later my computer had installed the drivers and I was able to get to all the files on my old drive.

The "toaster" as it is nicknamed works exactly as it is advertised. Quick setup, and plug and play access. Great to access a drive out of failed PC or I guess to use to store/backup data. Well worth the price.

Being able to access HDDs and your SDDs to check what you have in the storage without having to open your PC up evertime saves a lot of time and saves a lot of headaches.

Its easy to connect to your device and easy to use. The price was awesome, and Best Buy associates are well knowledged

I absolutely love this product if you are looking to transfer, replicate, or format new hard drives for either desktop or laptop use this is an absolute must have. Very simple to use and doesn’t take up much space. Inserting and ejecting the drives can be done in a matter of seconds.

Very happy with this docking station. It works with any USB ported computer of the PC type running SATA ports. Don't know about others.

Does whatbit says it does . Haven't had any problems with it.

Useful if you need to access various drives without the hassle of drive enclosures.

Very easy to install/hook up. Worked right from bootup no software or driver installation (I know thats very old school, but so am I). I found all.my old stuff I was seeking and even got to reformat the drives for later use.

[Employee of bestbuy] I have personally used mine to format, clone, and consolidate steam game data across several drives and it has worked flawlessly. Even going from SSD internal to External SSD, the read/write speeds were in spec for USB 3.0, so transfers are pretty quick. If you need something to quickly clone images for deployment, wipe old drives, etc... this does the trick. It even has another 3.0 port on the back so you can add another drive or daisy-chain them. But do note, bandwidth will cap out depending on what the drives are doing, and this guy requires a power adapter. Which, luckily, it includes.

Great little docking station able to handle 2.5 or 3.5 SATA drives. USB 3.0 interfaces with 2.0 backwards compliant. Easy to setup and use. I used clonezilla and also easeusbackup for disk duping.

I bought this to try and recover data from a failing 3.5'' SATA Hard Disk. It is very compact and supports both 2.5"(laptop) and 3.5"(desktop) hard disks. Good product. Very much does what is advertised. All my old hard drive are read without any problems.

[Employee of bestbuy] Overall, I am thoroughly satisfied with my purchase of the 2-day HDD docking station. It has simplified my data management tasks significantly and saved me a lot of time. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, IT professional, or just someone who needs an easy way to access and manage multiple hard drives, I highly recommend this product. It's reliable, efficient, and a great addition to any workspace.

Love this! It's quick and easy to use, no software needed. I use it to back up my drives on a couple of PC's. I have a 4TB drive I use for the back up and this is much quicker than the dedicated back up drives.

Nice way to power up my external hard drives. I usually keep two 3" drives in this and ready to use. You can easily swap drives as need though. Very convenient.

Very efficient and easy to use to be able to access my pc hard drives from my laptop.