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Azio ADP-SU33 2.5 / 3.5 inch SATA to USB + eSATA Hard Drive Docking Station w/ one touch backup (Black) - Retail
Manufacturer: Azio
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Product Description
Access your SATA 2.5" and 3.5" hard drives instantly with an AZiO ADP-SU33 hard drive docking station. Just grab a drive, plug it in, and start transferring data within seconds. Forget about removing the casing of your computer or even the panels of an external enclosure?? Just plug it in and play! Use it to quickly access your library of documents, photos, media files, or backup all of your valuable data with just one touch of a button. This external hard drive docking station is easy to install, is plug-n0play, and is back by AZiO Corporation??s 1-year limited Warranty. Features: Model: ADP-SU33 Supports all 2.5?? & 3.5?? SATA Hard Drives up to 1TB Dual interface: eSATA & USB 2.0 Plug and Play without rebooting your PC Backup files instantly with one touch of a button Access HDDs without opening up your PC or external enclosure Specifications::: Interface: SATA to USB + eSATA Drive type: 2.5" or 3.5" SATA HDD. Material: ABS plastic One-Touch backup: USB 2.0 Only (eSATA not supported) Transfer Rate: USB 2.0 up to 480 Mbps; eSATA up to 3 Gbps Support OS: Windows XP/2000/Me/98SE/ Mac OS 9 and Above Dimension: 3.4 X 5.4 X 3.2in (L x W x H) Contents: Hard Drive Docking Station USB 2.0 Cable eSATA Cable Software CD Quick Start Guide Power Adapter

Product Details
  • USB + eSATA Combo, ADP-SU33
  • Hot Swappable
  • Plug & Play
  • Applicable for PC, Mac

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WORKS PERFECTLY
 
Review Date: January 20, 2010
Reviewer: BOB, LOS ANGELES, CA

I migrated from the Apricorn active cooling enclosures several years ago for this HDD dock. I have three of these for multiple PC's and a plethora of hard drives of varying capacities. Basically, I have found these Azio docks to be well-built and trouble-free.

I run it in eSATA mode, but it also has USB2.0. Due to the lack of support for USB3.0 in Windows, which MS will not support until Win8, I passed on the few newer USB3.0 docks, as the drivers are lackluster and do not provide much (if any) real world increased thruput over this device's eSATA speed, but can cost up to four times the price.

I have never used the "one-touch" backup feature or SW provided with this drive, so I cannot comment on it.

This product supports HDD's only up to 1TB. I have stayed away from +1TB drives due to well-documented failure rates; I have multiple 1TB Seagate HDD's, and have never suffered a bad drive.

I use a small case fan pointed at the rear of an inserted drive to provide further cooling. There is a definitive difference in the temperature of drives operating in the dock with this method, and I recommend it highly. A good friend is an ex-Seagate mechanical engineer, and he concurs: Anything that can be done to reduce the operating temperature of the drive is a good thing.

I have seen the Azio's on DealNews periodically for <$15, sometimes with rebates.
Use for backup only
 
Review Date: February 9, 2010
Reviewer: Danny Chan,
The device works as expected, after inserting a 3.5 inch drive, format the drive, and the drive appear. You will then able to copy files to the drive. However, once you insert the drive, it is running at full speed and never stop until you turn the drive off. Hence, my review title 'use for backup only'. My original intent was to get a router with USB, plug this in and use it as a cheap NAS, but since it does not have a standby mode, I will have to opt for a 'real' external disk drive.

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