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Review on ๐Ÿ’พ ORICO USB 3.0 Dual Bay External Hard Drive Docking Station Enclosure for 2.5 or 3.5 inch HDD SSD with Offline Clone/Duplicator Function - Supports up to 20TB by John Rocha

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Not quite what I had in mind but in the end does what I needed

The product name here on Revain was "Dual Bay External Hard Drive Docking Station" showing that the cloning of hard disks is possible. . But the box I received has "Hard Drive Duplicator" written all over it without mentioning the docking station. I thought of sending it back because I need a docking station for two old hard drives, but after testing it I figured it would still do what I needed. Of course, the installation in Windows 10 was literally "plug and playโ€. Nothing to install or tinker with. In this case, my computer immediately recognized my two old hard drives. But after leaving it alone for a while while doing my work on my computer, I noticed that the hard drives sound busy. I looked and saw that one of the small LEDs was blinking. I then checked the windows file manager and found that the "target" disk was almost completely erased. It seemed that it was being prepared for replacement with the "original" disk. I pulled the plug but it was too late - now I have 452GB of 465GB free instead of 0GB of 465GB which I have had for several years. Not happy about that. But now I know better. Now when I turn on the device, I only leave one hard drive plugged in at a time, so there's nothing else to clone. And this is how it works perfectly. It's fast. It's pretty inexpensive. It's super easy and convenient. A great way to access old hard drives or use them as an external backup.

Pros
  • Delivery was very quick
Cons
  • Modern