The average Chinese person in Shenzhen has a high IQ and can figure things out, however we Brits need clear instructions for this.
Since this is a very simple plug and play product, they probably thought that instructions would not be required. All the DOS partitions on the drive appeared as individual drives.
Windows 7 detected the docking station and installed the USB drivers automatically. I decided to connect through another USB port on the front side of the PC and that seemed to work fine. After a while, I managed to figure out that the software was for the one touch backup (OTB) and cloning facility only. Therefore, I inserted the accompanying software CD and decided to read the instruction file, however, all it had was a list of OTB programs.
On the front cover of the manual, there is a clear title, "Hardware cloning manual".Īt first, when I connected the docking station to the PC, I did not see any new drives appearing in My Computer, therefore I assumed I may need to install a driver. The product is great however the paper-based user guide was very sparse andĪbout the cloning and OTB facility only. Please refer to the table below, which shows the models and their capability. All the models have a one touch backup (OTB) facility, however not all have the one touch cloning (OTC) facility. Many computers provide a socket such as this for connecting external mass storage devices. If you have never heard of eSATA, then it is simply SATA with a special plug and socket arrangement for connecting external storage devices. All In 1 Docking Station for 2.5'/3.5' HDD Sata/ide Hard Disk box USB2.0 Card Reader External Storage Enclosure for Computer ,2.5/3.5 SATA Multi-Function HDD Docking Station SATA Hard Disk Base. These docking stations are compatible with XP, Vista, Windows 7, MAC, and Linux operating systems. It connects through a USB 2.0 port, and does not have an integrated card reader.
Model 875D is the basic version known simply as "IDE / SATA Docking". Dual Fan Cooling System RGB tactile hybrid keyboard with macro function 1.85 KG. It is a backup and cloning solution with an integrated card reader, supporting CF, SD, XD, MS, and Mini SD, T-Flash, and Micro SD formats up to 32 GB in size. Our passion lies in creating the perfect system for each user. The "All in One HDD Docking" is a docking station, which accepts 2.5" and 3.5" IDE and SATA hard disk drives (HDD) up to 2 TB in size.