Integral Hard Drive Copy Station Review

Everyone knows the importance of backing up our important files and data; photographs of memories and loved ones and children growing up simply cannot be replaced. Those years of work and memories stored on your trusty PC which just died and refuses to start with unpleasant clunking noises proclaiming the hard drive is has deceased; these are all scenarios we dread, and a few have learned from (you only need to lose your data once to NEVER make the mistake of not making back-ups again). External hard disks make important backup management much easier to manage, they can also be stored in a separate location to your computer for even more security.

This Hard drive Copy Station does all of the above, and more besides. This unit features both USB and eSATA connection to the PC (many SATA systems have an external SATA connection at the rear of the PC, but you can get a connector to fit a spare SATA socket on the motherboard and exit at a plate at the back of the case, with the expansion cards) . However, it also allows copying of data from one hard drive to another without even being connected to the PC, with a simple one touch button press, allowing a new much larger hard drive to replace your existing drive, exactly duplicating your entire system to the new drive for seamless upgrade (no more losing device drivers or having to re-install programs!)

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If like me you keep bare hard drives for backup purposes (I plug them in as and when in the system to add to or retrieve) this will be a breeze, as you can use this as a docking station for any 2.5” or 3.5” drive.

In conclusion, you have a very usable gadget here, a hard disk copier which is stand alone and can be used to either backup data drives or transfer your system to a larger drive without the hassle of reinstallation and correcting driver loss and other anomalies that often happen when you put a shiny new large drive in place of the original, and a simple docking station, which allows an otherwise redundant drive to be used as an external data or backup drive.

Features:

• One button copy - Easy to use, No PC or Software required
• Make an identical copy of your hard drive at the touch of a button
• Perfect for backing up or copying data when upgrading your hard drive
• Just add drives and the Copy Station can also operate as a USB or eSATA external storage device
• Compatible with 2.5" and 3.5" SATA drives
• Copy HDD and SSD drives
• Copy in any combination (target drive must be of equal size or larger capacity than master, 2TB maximum)
• Works as an external storage device with USB or eSATA connections. Just plug in any compatible drive
• Windows XP/Vista/7 and Mac OS X 10.1+ compatible for use as an external storage device
• Perfect for personal, IT department and business use

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