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Question: Can I download  data from an old sata to my pc from this device? Does it work as an external drive? Update: THANKS for all the great answers.
Document: This device works well for recovering data from corrupt Hard drive or for mounting old hard drive. I use it for a cheap external drive made from an old hard drive I had sitting around. While it doesn't look great with a drive sticking out of the top it is a versatile piece of hardware. I've used it for 2.5&#34; and 3.5&#34; drives and they've all worked great with no drivers required.
LucidPort has since come out with a newer firmware update, version 2580. Most people will probably not need this update but I like keeping current with all technical revisions. You can find the 2580 update by putting "plugable-usb3-sata-u3-2580.zip" into Google(without the quotes). I could only find this driver at third party websites. Why Lucidport or Plugable do not have links for download on their websites is a mystery.
This device is a must have, as another person reviewed I too used it to recover data from a sata drive that would not detect or spin  in any machine, the people I recovered for were elated and saved them hundreds.
The dock works great, and for the price, it's hard to beat. I use it as a backing up device. In other words, I have my multiple SATA drives, and I drop them in there as needed to back up  my files.I'm not sure I'd want to use the station as a more "permanent" external drive, working off of one drive for long chunks of time. Perhaps it would work totally fine.
I bought this item not really sure if it would work for my old sata hard drive (7 years old), but the price was right. It works like a charm! One of the easiest tech items I've ever bought. I HIGHLY recommend this item!
I bought this because i figured it would be much cheaper than  buying an external hard drive, my desktop pc had to be reformatted ,so instead of reformatting it i just used the hard drive from it and put it in this docking station and just copied everything from it onto my new computer  ,works like a charm ,in fact i,m going to buy one  for my son in law  who is a computer tech,he has borrowed this from me  and loves it as well great product and recommend it.
Awesome docking station... 0 issues, had 11 older sata drives that i needed to double check.. all in all what could be done i did without having to open my pc and use it's own sata port...Right now i have it hooked up to my router and am using it with an older 320g sata drive as a network drive, while not fast at all, it has been hooked up and running now for over a month, in a cabinet.
Worked great right out of the box. Installation was a snap. I bought this to replace a Dynex enclosure (Bestbuy housebrand). Much easier to use, worked fine, no issues. Used to recover data from an hdd removed from a dead pc.
I have another docking station that works well on Windows XP but not on Windows 7. I purchased the Plugable USB 3.0/2.0 SATA Hard Drive Docking Station with the hope it would work on Windows 7, which it does, very nicely. I could initialize a hard drive, load data and access data without losing connection to the device. Wonderful. Oh, and it works well on Windows XP, too.
Update -It did go back, and the replacement is working so far. It doesn't drop off the USB like the last one.I how have an external HDD with the same speed as my internal laptop HDD, but with much more storage.The customer service was quite excellent through the whole thing.Consider me a loyal customer!Original Review -I want to love this device, I really do, but the device has disconnected from USB3 on too many occasions now.
Answer: Yes, you simply take the internal SATA hard drive and seat it into this device.  Then connect this device to your PC using the provided USB cable.  Assuming your PC is Windows XP or later, it should automatically detect this internal hard drive as an additional drive and you can use it just like you would an external hard drive.