Sourcingbay USB 3.0 2.5"/3.5" SATA/IDE Dual HDD Docking Station HDD Enclosure HDD Block Offline Cloning for 2.5"/3.5" SATA HDD[6TB Support]

My desktop PC suddenly went unusable last year (probably the motherboard went belly up), so I was suddenly no longer able to access all the data on the drives in my mi-dtower PC case, two of which are EIDE, aka the older type of hard drive that is rapidly being ushered into obsolescence for SATA drives and (SSD) solid state drives.Wanting to be able to access that data again with my laptop, especially some precious digitized audio recordings of my late grandparents, I looked for a docking station that could handle either the SATA or EIDE drives, but all but one of those docking stations of that sort only have USB 2.0 connectivity.USB 2.0 isn't totally inviable, but why limit transfer rates when much quicker can be achieved?This docking station is the only docking station that works with both SATA and EIDE drives that also has USB 3.0 connectivity, so the clear choice was this one, namely for the roughly 10x higher transfer speed.I'm a Linux user, so I didn't even bother with the mini CD-ROM that came packaged with the docking station, a good thing because that disk was somehow shattered.My priority was to see how this works with EIDE drives, because that's where my recordings are and because there is just a bit more involved with using those.The first thing I wanted to mention for those who haven't read the product description thoroughly is that it explicitly states that this docking station is incompatible with Western Digital EIDE drives (possibly because of the power plug orientation), although it should still work just fine with their SATA drives.All of my EIDE drives are either Maxtor or Seagate, so I had no such restrictions.Now, it's important that I explain that the EIDE drive power connector for this docking station inside the slot for the EIDE drive is movable to compensate for slight differences in how far from the data socket the power socket can be from one drive to another.The slider for this power connector is on the bottom of the docking station, so I gently placed my Maxtor EIDE drive in the bay (didn't force it!), then started carefully and slowly sliding the power connector until I could feel it engage with the drive's power socket, then I gently pushed down on the top of the drive until it snapped firmly down on both the data and power connectors.I then plugged everything in and powered it on with the rocker switch on the back of the docking station..Linux initially recognized the drive, but it didn't automatically create its own device file that's essential for mounting any drive.I was stumped until I thought of the jumper on the drive itself that determines whether it's a master, slave, or using Cable Select.Powering down the docking station, then removing the drive from it, I saw that it was jumpered for cable select, so I switched the jumper over to put it as master, then put the drive back in the docking station, and powered it back up.Bingo!Linux recognized the drive and automatically created its device file, just as it should.I mounted the drive, and I could then see all that I files on it.That's the key information to have for anyone wanting to use this with an EIDE drive: make sure that you have your drive jumpered as master.I checked transfer rates, and they're just what I would expect from a USB 3.0 device, without a single glitch or error.Wanting to see if it would handle two drives simultaneously, I powered it down, then inserted an SATA drive (no adjustment necessary...literal plug and play here) to go with my Maxtor EIDE drive, then powered it back on.Linux recognized both drives at the same time perfectly, and I was able to mount both and transfer back and forth to my laptop's hard drive, as well as back and forth between the EIDE and SATA drives.The docking station is constructed of plastic, but solid, and it includes an AC adapter and a USB 3.0 cable.It's also worth commenting that the advantage of a docking station over an external drive enclosure is that the docking station doesn't require a single hand tool, allowing you to instantly switch from one drive to another.An excellent product well worth the money.

Works well as advertised. It has an movable plug attachment for IDE drives that's handy when things don't exactly line up.

The IDE side of the drive does not work.

SATA drives work fine, but many EIDE drives (Western Digital, for example) cannot plug into the IDE slot. Spacing between 40-pin data cable and 4-pin power cable connectors is "adjustable", but will NOT connect. No data cable, no data. FAIL. Very sad design, y'all.

I can confirm that this *doesn't work with Western Digital PATA* drives.*EDIT* It says that right in the description, now. I'm not sure that comment was there when I purchased it.I've tried 3 WD PATA drives and none work.I *does* work with Seagate and Hitachi PATA, and with Seagate and Samsung SATA drives. I don't have a Western Digital SATA to try.Except for the WD incompatibility, it's well designed and constructed, and handy, and runs at 3.0 speed.

Inexpensive and very useful.

Bought this in an attempt to recover a 3TB SATA drive from a failing Buffalo NAS. My previous docks would only allow me to access 2TB but this one did the trick. I was able to recover all of the data minus a few GB where the bad sectors were located. USB3 sped up the recovery dramatically. I don't have much need for the IDE slot but who knows when I'll be asked to work on a really old computer.

I am quite pleased with this rather cheap dual HDD docking station. I currently have a 3.5" Sata HDD docked in it and use it as my primary backup drive for my PC, I leave it on around the clock and have had 0 issues with it so far. It's very fast when using USB 3.0, and has 2 slots: 1 for IDE drives and 1 for Sata drives. It offers a simple plug and play design, and Windows 10 installed it with with no problems. It does what it's suppose to do, and I'm quite happy with the purchase.

Unboxed the item and plugged it into the USB 3.0 port on my Windows 10 Pro x64 PC. Powered it up and was able to read/write individually from both a 2.5" IDE and an SATA hard drive taken out of a long dead music player and a notebook PC, respectively without a problem. I didn't have any 3.5" hard disk drives on hand to try out, so I can't comment on that. Worked very well for what I purchased the item for. Seller definitely aims to provide good service and a product as described.

Overpriced. Unlabeled product. No instructions manual. Identified on packaging as model #YPZ06SI-U3 which corresponds to the PCB number used in this device. Picture on packaging box for this model shows a 3.5 inch Western Digital HDD in the IDE slot and it's also written on box that device is compatible with all discs but we all know by now that this device does not support 3.5 inch Western Digital IDE discs. Main body of this device is a generic ABS plastic mainframe used for all docking stations (all in one, usb2, usb3). Only the plastic trims glued on the sidewalls change for each specific model and the color die and the PCB used. I had too many 3.5 WD IDE discs of all sizes and wanted to know if I could get this device to read them. So I disassembled the device completely and plugged a 3.5 WD IDE disc directly to the PCB and it worked. So like some others mentionned, the problem with the 3.5 WD IDE discs is the main connector being offset by one pin in pitch, that is the body of the disc not going far enough towards the molex connector, because the slot is not wide enough. After confirming that the device did work well with a 5TB sata disc and another 3TB sata disc, I decided to go forward and modify the plastic IDE slot of the device. With a mini file and mini hacksaw blade I cutted out the end wall of the IDE slot. Gain of width was the thickness of the plastic wall and was enough to reposition the 3.5 WD IDE disc correctly on main connector. I then cut out new parts from laptop scrap ABS material and crazy glued them in place. I then epoxied the joints so it could withstand the pressure exerted when pushing and pulling the disc over the connectors. Originally the IDE slot measured 103mm. The width is now 104.75mm after modification. I use a 2.7mm plastic spacer on the left side when guiding a 3.5 WD IDE disc right on the main connector. You can also put a reference marking on the molex slider button underneath for prealignment of the molex connector. Seller couldn't provide adequate instructions for the OTB/OTC functions of this specific device.UPDATE. Seller did provide original user's manual. But instructions found concerning OTB/OTC functions are unintelligible.

good product

Great product, well packaged, exactly what I needed

Excellent produit.