Sabrent USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drive Lay-Flat Docking Station for 2.5 or 3.5in HDD, SSD [Support UASP] (EC-DFLT)

We are facing a problem. A small company I work for employs me as an IT person. Having owned this device since November 2017, I have learned many things since then. The purpose of my purchase was to back up my data and make the process of switching over to SSDs much easier. The problem is that it only works about a third of the time. I end up having to go back to my old HDD enclosure to perform the task. Occasionally, the power light will go off (indicating the hard drive is powered), but more often than not, Windows 10 and 7 will say there was an I/O error and they don't recognize the device (so the hard drive isn't recognized). SSDs (Samsung 512, 256, 128) and standard 7200rpm drives all produce the same result. While it isn't entirely useless (it does work 33%), it is not reliable enough for me to use it only for scheduled maintenance or the benchtop. The USB 3 connection keeps being a problem, so I keep on trying. My backup is zero and my primary is two. I don't have a dog in this fight, but I can tell from my perspective that my device is not reliable at any level, and if you don't have a backup plan in case this does not work, I would look elsewhere. Because of the four reasons listed above, I decided to purchase this product. The response rate is over 3000 and the rating is 5 stars. So what am I supposed to do?.

Hunter McClure

| Jan 13, 2021

I liked the look of this enclosure and how easy it was to insert a hard drive. Being able to flip up the I should have read the reviews before buying this. Despite the looks, I'm glad I bought it. Here's some of the problems I encountered after inserting a 4TB hard drive that had already been formatted and was 1* *
In Device Manager, it is listed as Unknown Device. After uninstalling it from Device Manager and unplugging it from the USB 3 port, the issue was resolved. Plugged in the USB 2. 0 port, waited a few minutes, and then reconnect the USB 2. 0 port. Now, it shows up in Device Manager under the Disk Drives category. The second is

2. The PC does not assign a Drive Letter to the drive now that it sees it. opened Disk Manager and saw that the drive was listed as Disk 1, and that the storage was listed Is this worth 2000 GBP? Furthermore, the partition was listed as a GPT Protected For hours, I spent digging through the internet to determine what it meant and how to resolve it. I read a few reviews and narrowed the issue down to the stock firmware of the Sabrent enclosures. You should not do that! Following James Kirk's review, I found out the solution is to download the Jmicron JMS578 Sata USB 3. Find out how to fix your USB 3 problem below. Do a web search for the 0 Controller Firmware update (see the instructions on this website). Activate the enclosure with no hard drive inside, run the FWupdate Tool, and your enclosure is ready to go. Download and run the . exe file. Load it into the tool. Once it's finished, if you power off the device, you can insert the hard drive. I put it in the enclosure, turned it back on, and it worked! Here are my pre-graduation grades Windows File Explorer now shows the drive letter for the hard drive and allows you to access it. The above is way too much trouble for people to go through just to get something that's supposed to "plug and play" to work. It is good that it worked, but I would suggest getting something out of the box that works better.

Jeremiah Conley

| Jun 29, 2021

I replaced my home computer when it crashed and decided not to fix it. This is the hard drive that Best Buy took out and gave to The previous owner of my documents, pictures and music had backed them up when I did, but my spouse didn't. This item was made in the hope that I would be able to retrieve some documents I used and some programs I did not back A very average level of computer literacy is required of me. It was easy for me to slide the hard drive in and place it in an external hard drive. I plugged in the USB connection, connected the drive to the new computer, and turned it on. As a new user of Windows 10, I used my new computer for the first time. The external hard drive was a few minutes away from where I located my computer in windows 7 by going to "my computer" and finding it there. Once located, I could see all the users documents and programs and It was necessary to enter your administrator password in order to access the old hard drive. It was rejected when I entered the password to the old computer, but once I changed it I was able to access the new computer. It is simply the best deal in terms of price and speed. This is a highly recommended backup solution for anyone who does not regularly back things up.

Eliana Pham

| Apr 18, 2021

I don't like the way this is The quality is very poor and the material is very thin. Typically, the power supply can't support running the device and powering the hard drive at the same time. As a result, half of the time, the hard drive isn't I tried it three times on three different machines with three It wasn't possible to work with any of them. In most cases, the drives were barely recognized by the machines. Similarly, if you bump it, it loses recognition of the drive and would drop out. When I called customer service, they were extremely rude and dismissive. This product and the company are garbage. You should steer clear of this item and do not waste currency on it.

Haylee Trevino

| Sep 06, 2020