Tccmebius Hard Drive Docking Station, TCC-S867-US USB 2.0 to 2.5 3.5 Inch SATA IDE Dual Slots External HDD Enclosure, for 2.5" 3.5" IDE SATA I/II/III HDD SSD

I used this dock to help me wipe 15 hard drives on old computers. The dock accepted every hard drive I had, even older drives, and had a USB cable that allowed me to connect to my current computer and run disk-wiping and formatting software to clean off any and all sensitive data on my old drives, allowing me to recycle them securely. I also retrieved old pictures and files. No extra software was required. It was all plug-and-play. The dock was easy to use and came with a movable positioning switch just in case I ran into a proprietary engineering issue with the connections. It served my needs elegantly.

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The only thing keeping this from being a 5 star rating is the USB connection is a 2.0 and not a 3.0. When the speed is not a concern you should be happy.

My unit died after about 2 hours of use. The transformer light is on so there is power going from the outlet to the unit but the unit lights no longer light up and the drive does not spin. Before it died, I connected 2.5" and 3.5" SATA drives. They connected easily, spun up and I was able to read/write the drives on Windows 10 without a problem.I was not successful in getting my IDE drives to work. As others have mentioned, it is quite difficult to align the adjustable power connection on the bottom of the unit. After many tries, I was able to plug the drive in. I turned on the unit and the drive spun up but Windows 10 did not recognize it.I also had another IDE drive but was unable to connect it because the power slider on the unit has limited range and my drive has data and power connections that are very close together (see picture). I was going to try to connect it to the unit with cables but then the unit died. I returned this item and purchased a non-toaster type dock with separate data and power connections which should make connecting easier and more flexible.

I've had half a dozen HDDs sitting around from PCs I've scrapped. Not having a working IDE system and not wanting to shove old SATAs into my newer setup, this docking station was the perfect solution.Plugged it in, no software required to be installed. Attached the drive, turned it on and the drive shows up on my computer.Deleted and formatted everything after pulling off files i thought were long ago lost. Now i can use the largest drive for storage. This thing is great. Even trashed the old PC parts i had saved with the intention of building a system to put these drives into.Worth every penny.