Wish List: HDD Docking Station

At least once a quarter I need to remove a hard drive from a computer and put it in an external case to get some one's personal photos and music and whatnot. Having one of these would make that job MUCH easier. And who can say no to more USB ports.

Not only does it still take 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA drives ... there's an added 4-port USB hub on the front. Because if you're going to take up one of your machine's precious USB ports for something, it's even better when that something gives you 3 extra ports in return

And this isn't the only model that's available. This one has a "2.5- and 3.5-inch disks on top, but ditches the FireWire connectivity on the back in exchange for a card reader and two-port USB hub on the front -- perfect for plugging in storage of the smaller and quieter variety."

This one holds 2 HDDs at once.


This one holds a single HDD but is a media player with remote.
So there are more options for external enclosures than the typical ones you screw into a box. One of these in your IT department can improve data recovery immensely. Don't think you can't afford one either. All of the one's I've listed here are under US $100.

Here's a search result from Gizmodo.com