Does this also clone drives?
1940856
If you had software that supported drive cloning yes, but the device by itself does not do "push button" clones.
1940857
I use it for direct drive to drive copies. It doesn't cone with cloning software. I've never tried
1551812
Yes, it essentially turns the new drive into the old one. I did this on a Acer netbook and it worked fine after swapping to the cloned drive.
251147
I have used the docking station to clone a drive , but physically put both the drive to be cloned and the new drive in the docking station. I use Acronis to clone a drive that has not been removed from the computer. These two methods work great for me.
1501845
Yes it will. Copying from a smaller drive to a larger always works. It's the other way around that it will not. To clone a larger to a smaller drive you would need to use software like Paragon which will allow you to not copy certain files.
1972178
No it does not, but if you goto the seagate website you can download the data transfer program from their website to clone your old drive to this drive. Just get an external enclosure(they are very cheap, 8 dollars) download the software, hook up the drive, run the program and go from there. The cloning software is free as long as you use a seagate hard drive.
2153142
Yes, you can do it if the SSD has the same size of your partition on HDD that you are doing a clone. For example: SSD=256Gb and HDD = 256Gb, OK! But, if SSD=256Gb and the HDD=320Gb, no possible to make a clone.
2094243
I have no idea but I am sure it will clone to a smaller drive. My machines are Windows 7.
2080021
Yes you can, it will depend on which program you use. I use a paid program, Paragon Migrate which will do it with both drives installed and in use, other programs such as the free version of Macrium Reflect will and I believe paragon backup and restore will. Some programs such as Acronis, will begin with the drive in use then tell you to reboot and do the actual clone during the reboot. With the Thermaltake Black X you can clone to the Black X or with the drive installed, and is easier when connected by eSATA but will do USB also.
1327278
Yes, everything would be copied ... as long as the drive you are copying to is the same size or larger than your original
1372210
I'm using it with two 4TB drives and it does stand alone clone though it does take 6-8 hrs to do so. So far pleased with the product.
485034
No. This docking station has to be connected to a PC. It does not clone drives. Using windows or another operating system, you can copy files between the two drives but that is not the same thing as cloning a drive.
599799
Yes it does clone the OS, I clone my Windows 8 from Toshiba HDD to OCZ SSD 60GB, I am running the same now.
1997055
Yes your system supports this drive. It does not come with any software for copying your old drive. You have a older PC, is it worth putting money into it?
535701
No, the new hard drive has to equal or larger size than the original if you are going to clone without computer. However, there is a way to clone partitions from the old drive to the new one if you use the free Home edition of Mini Tool Partion Wizard 9.0. Hook up the new drive to Port A and connect the included USB cable from this device to the computer that has the drive that you to clone. Do some research on web on "how to" so you don't mess up your original drive! GOOD LUCK on tinkering with it.
1510475
Theoretically, you can since the dock mode presents the two HDDs in JBOD layout from my understanding but I've only used it to clone HDDs. Please confirm with StarTech instead, I'm just one of the many customers.
1508983
The Vantec NexStar USB can clone one drive to the next and works really well as long as you have the same size drives or a smaller first drive and larger second drive.
1619214
it is both clone and enclosure. You have a switch on the back of this unit. Drives should show up as soon as they are mounted (I had a defective unit that worked only for one day)