Docking Station Decision

[Iceboy]

Still undecided where to get my docking station from?..Seen them on ebay and ebuyer...ebuyer seems a tad more expensive..but
are ebays reliable.

 

[bassfisher6522]

I got mine from newegg.com. What kind of docking station are you talking about?

 

[Iceboy]

I just want one that I can format my hard drive and transfer data to

 

[Grizzly]

I have this one:

Amazon.com: Inateck USB 3.0 to SATA Dual-Bay USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station with Offline Clone Function fit 2.5 and 3.5 inch HDD SSD SATA (SATA I/II/III), Support 2X 8TB and UASP, Black FD2002: Computers & Accessories

Amazon.com: Inateck USB 3.0 to SATA Dual-Bay USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station with Offline Clone Function fit 2.5 and 3.5 inch HDD SSD SATA (SATA I/II/III), Support 2X 8TB and UASP, Black FD2002: Computers & Accessories

www.amazon.com

and am very pleased with it. It also can clone drives without using a computer... has served me well so far..

 

[Bighorn]

I have 2 BlacX docks and 1 EaXer dock, work fine. But a docking station may also be a device a Notebook plugs into that provides connections for all the usual things that connect to a Desktop.

Docking station - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Iceboy]

I saw this on ebay

 

[Grizzly]

Question is if you actually need a IDE port in there as well. These are sold on ebay.com as well (send out of China for $38.99). I personally hardly ever use my other docking station that has an IDE and a SATA port. Most of the time you can only access either one of them but not both. Since most drives nowadays are all SATA, it might be better to have two SATA ports instead of IDE/SATA.
The decision is yours though depending on YOUR needs.
Why is the price in British pounds and not in Euro. Does the UK has gotten back to their original currency?? Just curious...

 

[Iceboy]

Why are the sata docking stations "Dual"?...is it for laptop drives as well.
We stayed in this currency, probably because we had no intention of staying in the EU bloc lol

 

[Grizzly]

that one has a SATA and IDE port, maybe its called DUAL because of it. The one I mentioned earlier has only two SATA ports (for desktop and laptop drives).
The bigger question is if you need the IDE port (which can be used for desktop AND laptop drives).

We stayed in this currency, probably because we had no intention of staying in the EU bloc lol

maybe someone should tell Google

 

[Iceboy]

No I think they're both sata...thanks...google searches usually end up showing the shop or product you want from the USA, they think everyone lives there and showing the wrong currency on most searches.

 

[Iceboy]

I'm assuming that I can format my windows 7 hard drive in what I'm going to buy?.

 

[bassfisher6522]

I'm assuming that I can format my windows 7 hard drive in what I'm going to buy?.

Yes....I have the Wavlink Red docking station and it works as if I had my HDD/SSD mounted inside my PC. That's the beauty of these devices.....they are meant to use drives as if they are mounted internally in ones PC.

I have a half dozen 2.5" HDD's, a half dozen or so 3.5" HDD's and a few 2.5" SSDs.....no issue(s) with any drive being detected or accessed using that station.

 

[Iceboy]

Thanks everybody for putting me at ease with this issue

 

[Iceboy]

Actually just had a second look, and the other is a Pata drive.