Zopsc USB 3.0 SATA/IDE HDD Docking Station Three-Bay Offline Clone HUB Reader 12V / 3A Independent Power Supply External Hard Drive Docking Station(US) 100-240V

I purchased this unit when the firmware in my two backup units were attacked rendering them useless. I could not access the drives in those units any longer. When this unit arrived I slid my drives from the dead backup units into the slots and my drives were useable again. I could not access my backed up data but it saved me from buying three new drives.

The IDE slot is useless because it's almost impossible to align the drive properly. It's all blind trial and error, and even when you think it's aligned, you're afraid to press down and bend pins if it's slightly off. I also had a very old IDE drive with no gap between the connectors, so there's no way to even connect it to this thing. I assume the SATA works much better and the card reader slots are good, but I didn't even try them once I realized the IDE slot won't work. If you need one for IDE drives, go with one of those open 3-way connectors instead. And ensure there's no padding between the main connector and power plug if you have a very old drive.

Its awesome, to conne t multiple HDD at once.

Positive Comment: Made of cheap material. Negative Comment: This device kept running my HDDs even after the computer shutdown. The lights were bouncing left & right like the device was doing some write or read as I walked up the next morning. Both my SATA drives were very hot to the touch and yes my computer was OFF (not asleep). There are no dust flaps to protect the bays. So, when I powered up my computer it could not read one of the hard drives. I did check this drive in other USB docks on other computers with the same result. After backing up the other HDD, I tested this dock on 4 other computers/laptops. This dock exhibited the actions as mentioned above including spinning the HDD after the computer/laptop had been long shutdown. Also had same results regardless of USB 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 and 2.0 connection. Only used 2 SATA drives on this device of which only one survived. Never got to test my IDE drives and glad I didn't. Also never tested any of the front ports either. And never will. Buyer be very aware of this device! Very glad Amazon has the extended returns for purchases during Christmas because this was a present to myself. Guess I'll be looking at HDDs too.

Does the trick if you only need to read 2 drives. The third slot is for the older IDE plug set. So it’s possible for it to read 3 drives but only if one of them is the old old old IDE drive. For most people thinking this can read 3 new type drives it’s not going to be a happy ending.

I bought this specifically because I have IDE drives. Looking at the product, IDE is clearly the more difficult disk to accommodate. The power adapter for IDE is moveable. I moved it a smidge and appeared to be able to plug in IDE with a snug fit. But I never got power to the IDE disk. I tried the SATA slot and immediately you could feel the drive spin up. I returned it. 2 stars because the SATA worked .

i am using it on my Mac. Makes storage and using USB drivers so easy. I have not used the cloning function. Great value

Only two slots can be used in a NAS ! A&B or A&C do not use IDE drive in slot C