3.5'' Hard Drive Docking Station

My desktop computer recently decided to stop working. I was able to get it to boot up once in every three or four tries, but the system would then crash within five minutes. I had most of my files backed up to the cloud - except for over 200 movies I'd ripped from DVD in order to stream them on Plex. Recovering those files became critical. This external hard drive dock worked perfectly. My laptop quickly recognized the docked hard drive and read all the files I had feared were lost forever. It couldn't have been easier - truly plug-and-play. I didn't experience any loud noises mentioned in other reviews, and had no issues with my 2 TB drive. Heat was dissipated efficiently and the dock never got hot. This external dock is a lifesaver.

I’ve been using the ORICO Hard Drive Docking Station for a while now, and it’s been excellent. Setup was quick—just plug it in and go. It reads both 2.5” and 3.5” drives with no issues, and the USB-C connection gives solid, fast transfer speeds. The build quality feels sturdy, and it’s perfect for backing up files, cloning drives, or recovering data from old hard drives. No overheating, no random disconnects—just smooth performance every time. If you want an easy, dependable way to access SATA drives, this is a great choice. Definitely worth it!

I’ve taken to calling this thing my “drive toaster,” and honestly, it’s been a solid tool. I’ve only used it as a dual-bay HDD dock (haven’t tested the offline cloning yet), but it’s handled heavy lifting without breaking a sweat—over 30TB of data moved and not a single hiccup. Speeds were consistent, plug-and-play worked as expected, and it’s saved me a ton of time. Two gripes keep it from 5 stars: • The buzzer is absurdly loud. First time it went off, I thought the smoke alarm was yelling at me. I ended up cracking it open and hot-gluing the speaker just to get it down to a tolerable level. • The drive slots are a bit roomy, so 3.5” drives wiggle more than I’d like. I’ll probably shim them with some heat-resistant plastic to tighten things up. Overall though, it does its job well and is a cost-effective way to wrangle bare drives. Just be prepared to do a little DIY if you’re sensitive to noise or picky about fit.

I bought this drive dock for one simple purpose: to securely erase the dozen or so old hard drives I had lying around. Mostly WD and Seagate drives from RAID enclosures. I just hook this dock to my Mac mini (the dock comes with an AC adapter that is needed), insert an old drive, then use a simple Terminal command (sudo diskutil secureErase 1 /dev/diskX for 1 pass for disk numbered X), to secure-erase the drive. A 2TB 5400RPM magnetic-platter drive takes about 5 hours for one pass. The only downside, for those looking to use this long-term, is the dock uses an uncommon USB B cable (aka printer USB cable) with A on the host end, instead of the now popular C-to-C interface. If you lose the cable that comes with the dock, you'll need to find or buy a new one.

My 2010 Mac Pro would not run the software I use because of the aging OS. So I purchased a new MacBook Pro. But migrating my users to the new MacBook Pro can be difficult from an old hard drive Mac. My first attempt was by WiFi, I cancelled. Huge mistake, was going to be around 2 days to finish. So I searched for a Thunderbolt/USB-C solution. This was reasonably priced. Pulled the Time Machine drive from the old Mac Pro and dropped into this. Worked like a charm. All users, applications and data transferred to my new MacBook Pro, just like it always does with Mac-to-Mac. Because I invested so much into my old Mac Pro, I turned it into a server. This is a no-brainer if you have an old Mac with removable hard drives moving to a new Mac with only thunderbolt ports. I haven't tried the cloning functions yet. Hint, set the switch in the back to 'PC' before turning it on. Leaving the switch to 'Clone' will not work if your just using this to connect a SATA drive.

Model: DD18U3-US I bought this in June and it seemed to be decent quality at first. After a few months it started to crap out on me. I had a weird issue where this would stop working, then the rest of my entire USB subsystem stopped working. Through process of elimination and many frustrating reboots (where I could only access my computer via remote desktop), I pinpointed my failures to this enclosure. On my last attempt recently, this would show up for a second in windows then immediately disconnect. When connected to a linux pc, it just spits out device errors. I tried multiple drives that all work fine in another dock, tried different cables, multiple computers, etc. I just reached out to their support and will update this with a couple stars once I am able to get a replacement but I would still recommend a different dock since I imagine the replacement will suffer the same short term lifespan.

Tried with 1 Seagate Exos 14 TB. Need to connect directly to motherboard USB port for USB3 speeds. Use of extension cable dropped the speed to USB2. Currently able to write ~200MB/s. Only gripe is the loud beep when it got disconnected or connected.

very easy to use; great product for utilizing old hard disks, retrieving data, archiving, extra storage.

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It works and shows quickly when you insert an HDD