GODO USB 3.0 to SATA III Mini Dual Bay External Hard Drive Docking Station for 2.5/3.5 inch HDD SSD,Support Offline Clone,Hot Pluggable,UASP (5 Gbps) and Max

Needed to clone an existing drive to another drive and this item made the job easier than opening the computer and installing the drive internally.

Ok

This works well when you want to use it as a docking bay for hard drives. But once you try and clone or move files from the docked bay to any other drive you will corrupt both drives. I used this for a few weeks for my Plex server to store my movies on a spare drive I had. when I needed to swap out the spare drive with a larger one I tried the clone feature and it took forever, then when it was done I went back to file explorer and both drives were corrupted. I tried it with another drive and same thing both came back corrupt. I would never buy this brand again unless I planned to use them as just a dock. Even then I would be hesitant since when I tried to copy larger files boy was it terribly slow im talking 25mbps slow when its rated for 5gbps. I have never seen any thing go that slow even on HDD's its insane. wouldn't recommend this to anyone wanting to clone drives or move larger files maybe use for file/photo storage but even then the risk of all your stuff getting corrupted is not worth it.

Good Job

Great item for the price! It reads the hard drives quickly and take no time or drivers to use. I can load the files and contents of the drives with ease. As for build quality, it doesn't feel that durable and it is relatively light. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is that it doesn't like to be quick about moveing files to drives, it works fine to retrieve them. All in all, you aren't going to do better for the price.

Buen producto, funciona correctamente, buena presentación

Purchased the single bay device so that I can image my main PC. For that, it seems to work fine. I connected it to my high speed USB port, and when imaging the PC using Macrium, I get around 330-380mbs/sec. That might be slowed down due to compression. Will have to test w/o compression. So, for backing up my C:\ drive, it works fine.The SAS drive connected does get pretty darn hot! Admittedly, maybe I was pushing it too hard, as the first backup attempt took 25 hours. The job failed after 24 hours and the drive was so hot it could no longer be recognized. I took it out, tried some other drives, and they all recognized. After letting the SAS drive cool for a few hours, it worked fine. I ran a smaller job only backing up the C: drive of the main PC, and the job went fine.So for now, i don't recommend keeping a drive connected to it 24/7 unless you have some form of cooling.The USB cable that plugs into it kept coming loose. It took me a few tries to get it to stick into the cradle. I recommend that once you get it connected, leave the USB connected and never disconnect it from the cradle. Just remove it from whatever PC it's connected to.Edit: A day after writing this review, I went to use the device again and it would no stay connected. As soon as it started writing it would disconnect until restarted. Tried 2 computers. Sent device back for a refund.

Best product I have purchased. I cloned 2.5 and 3.5 hard drives perfectly and without a hitch. My PC recognized it quickly and operates perfectly. It also copies HD's without a PC so it coould be used two different ways. It is also reliable and copies quickly. Great product. I highly recommend.