StarTech.com UNIDUPDOCK User manual

Hard Drive Docking Station

USB to IDE SATA Standalone

Hard Drive Duplicator Dock

UNIDUPDOCK

Instruction Manual

FCC Compliance Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital

device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide

reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This

equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed

and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio

communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a

particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or

television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the

user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following

measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.•

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.•

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver•

is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.•

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Table of Contents

Introduction..................................................................... 1

Packaging Contents.....................................................................1

System Requirements .................................................................1

Product View................................................................................2

Conﬁguration Buttons..................................................................2

Installation....................................................................... 3

Hardware Installation...................................................................3

Driver Installation.........................................................................4

How to Use ...................................................................... 5

Menu Options ..............................................................................5

Duplicator (Copy) Mode...............................................................5

RAID Mode..................................................................................6

Available RAID Modes.................................................................6

RAID 1 Rebuild............................................................................7

Speciﬁcations.................................................................. 8

Technical Support........................................................... 9

Warranty Information...................................................... 9

Introduction

The UNIDUPDOCK functions as both a convenient hard drive copying/

imaging solution and an external USB to SATA/IDE HDD docking

station for 2.5” (up to 500Gb) or 3.5” hard drives (up to 2 TB).

Packaging Contents

1 x UNIDUPDOCK duplicator dock•

1 x USB cable•

2 x 40-pin IDE ribbon cable (female/female)•

2 x LP4 molex adapter cable•

2 x 40 to 44-pin IDE adapter•

1 x Universal Power Adapter•

3 x Power Cords (NA/UK/EU)•

1 x Instruction Manual•

System Requirements

2.5” and/or 3.5” SATA and/or IDE hard drive(s)•

USB operation:• Microsoft Windows®2000/XP/Vista/7, Mac OS®X,

or Linux®

Power connector

ON/OFF switch

USB connector

7+15 SATA

connector

40-pin IDE

connector

LP4 molex

connector

Built-in LCD screen

Conﬁguration

buttons

Conguration Buttons

Button Function

Navigate Up

Navigate Down

ENT Enter

ESC Cancel

RESET Reset duplicator dock (soft)

MUTE Mute buzzer sounds

Product View

Installation

WARNING: Hard drives require careful handling, especially when

being transported. If you are not careful with your hard disk, lost data

may result. Always handle your hard drive and storage device with

caution.

Hardware Installation

Plug the universal power adapter into a wall power outlet and into1.

the DC In connector on the duplicator dock.

If using a SATA hard drive as the source disk. gently slide the2.

hard drive into the 7+15 SATA connector labeled Source-1 on the

duplicator dock. Skip to step 6.

If using an IDE hard drive as the source disk, connect the IDE ribbon3.

cable (included) to the 40-pin connector labeled Source-2. The

connector is keyed to ﬁt only one way.

Connect the LP4 molex cable (included) into the 4-pin connector4.

next to the 40-pin IDE connector. The connector is keyed to ﬁt only

one way.

Connect the IDE hard drive to the ribbon cable and LP4 molex5.

connector. If connecting a 2.5” IDE hard drive, attach the 40 to

44-pin adapter to the end of the ribbon cable and LP4 cable, then

connect the hard drive to the adapter.

NOTE: Only one Source disk and one Destination disk can be installed

at a time. Only connect an SATA or an IDE hard drive, not both.

Follow the same procedure for either an SATA or IDE hard drive for6.

the Destination side of the duplicator dock.

NOTE: SATA and IDE hard drives can be mixed, so one side can be

SATA while the other is IDE.

Slide the power ON/OFF switch on the side of the unit to the ON7.

position, to power up the unit.

Once the unit has booted up, use the conﬁguration buttons and built-8.

in LCD display to conﬁgure and operate the duplicator dock.

If using as an external hard drive dock, connect the USB cable from9.

the duplicator dock to the computer’s USB port.

Driver Installation

No driver installation is required for any supported operating system,

as this hard drive dock is natively supported, so the drivers are already

installed.

How to Use

Menu Options

Copy HDD

Perform a 1:1 sector clone from the Source disk to the Destination•

disk.

Compare HDD

Compares the sectors on the Source disk to the Destination disk.•

Used to ensure that the Copy operation was successful.

Pre-scan

Scans the Source disk for bad sectors.•

Erase

Erase all data/sectors on the Source disk.•

Rescan Bus

Rescans all the hard drive connectors on the duplicator dock.•

Source Size

Displays the capacity of the Source disk.•

Setup

System information and RAID mode setup.•

Duplicator (Copy) Mode

Use the <up> and <down> arrows on the duplicator dock to select

the Copy HDD mode and press the ENT button to activate. The LCD

screen will display transfer rates, progress percentage, amount of data

copied and a countdown timer.

NOTE: As the duplicator dock creates a 1:1 copy, the Destination disk

must be of equal or greater capacity than the Source disk.

RAID Mode

Use the <up> and <down> arrows to navigate to the Setup Mode and

press the ENT button. Navigate to the “Change RAID Mode” option

and press ENT.

NOTE: Changing the RAID mode may result in data loss, so make sure

all important data is backed up, before attempting to change the RAID

mode.

Available RAID Modes

Mode Function

Normal Two independent disks

RAID0

Striped drives for maximum data transfer

rates. Combined capacity will be double the

smallest drive. No redundancy/backup.

RAID1 Mirroring a single drive to create two exact

copies.

JBOD Concatenate two drives to create a single

large disk.

RAID 1 Rebuild

When operating in RAID1 mode, if one of the hard drives fails or is

removed, the duplicator dock will enter a failed state and a buzzer will

sound once per second.

Use the <up> and <down> arrows to display information on either

Drive1 (Source) or Drive2 (Destination).

Reconnect a hard drive to the appropriate Source of Destination side

and the duplicator dock will automatically prompt for a rebuild.

The progress of the rebuild will be displayed, including the transfer

speed, percentage complete and a countdown timer to completion.

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