CnM USB SATA Hard Drive Dock And Card Reader

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The HDD docking station is the perfect device for accessing your desktop (3.5") and / or laptop (2.5") SATA hard drive. With its USB 2.0 connection a fast read / write speed of up to 480Mbps can be achieved. Its compact size and patented eject mechanism enables ease of use and fast accessibility.

The HDD Docking Station has been specifically designed to work with the most popular and frequently used operating systems including; Windows 98 SE, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7
  • Supports: 3.5" Desktop SATA Drives / 2.5" Laptop SATA Drives
  • Features: USB 2.0 connection / LED indicator for working status / Front facing multi card reader
  • Card Reader: SD / MMC / MS / CF / MD / XD and 2 port USB 2.0 HUB

customer Reviews

 Average rating (8 reviews)

 Support for Mac? Are you sure about that?

| | See all GClark8888's reviews (1)

Ordered a few days ago and received this morning. I was initially impressed by the packaging and quality look of the dock to start with, and that's why it get's two stars. When it came to connecting to my MacBook Pro, running 10.6.2, there was nothing to be impressed about. Notice that the description states that it supports Mac OS 10.3 and above.

I have a 500GB hard drive containing two partitions. One being my Time Machine back up, the other as external storage. When I plug the hard drive in, 9 times out of 10 nothing will happen. Unplugging the device and plugging back in, or taking the hard drive out and re-connecting it sometimes sparks it to life and it shows up on my mac, but is painfully slow! The two partitions on the drive show up one at a time, about a minute apart! The card reader and USB ports only work when the dock makes a connection to the computer.

I ruled out faultiness of the dock because I connected it to my brothers laptop, running Windows 7, and it connected straight away, every time.... including the USB ports and the card reader.

Another annoyance is that the instructions explain very little other than "Insert SATA Hard drive, connect to power supply, connect USB 2.0 cable".

In summary, I would be more than happy with this drive, even giving it 5 stars, if I had a windows machine only. But I have a Mac, and for a device to claim compatibility and then let down like this is just not right.

 Great unit works really well.

| | See all SethRo's reviews (1)

Play delivered in record time. Item is perfect.
Written and read loads of data no problems.
Unit recognised without any software.
Very reliable and well made.
Easy to use

 Works with Windows 7

| | See all Happy4achange's reviews (3)

I have not used the software, but just pluged it in to my Windows 7 and it worked.
I have used it to read the hard drive from my broken Windows Vista computer, and back up my computer.
Only things I dont like is it looks cheaply made and the harddrive is not help securley, BUT FOR THE MONEY ITS GREAT

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