Ask Mr. Tech

I just bought this neat little gizmo that could come in handy if you ever want to pull data off a hard drive that’s not sitting in any type of enclosure. It allows you to plug either a regular sized (3.5") or notebook sized (2.5") hard drive and connect it to your computer: it has both USB 2.0 and eSATA ports. This will work with Windows or Mac OS.

This is useful if you have any old hard drives lying around, or if you have a hard drive that won’t boot and you just want to see if you can get any data off of it from another machine. It can be used for data transfer, backup, or imaging (cloning).

Connectivity is easy since any computer will have a USB port, but if you have an eSATA card you will get much faster transfer speeds.

Ordering to the US cost me an extra $25 in shipping for a total of $79.00, but I think it’s worth it considering it can be very handy in a number of situations.

Click Here to Order the 2.5" and 3.5" SATA HDD Dock (USB + ESATA)

If you really don’t need the eSATA port, they have another version with extra USB ports to also act as a 4-port USB hub.

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