Are you able to connect two (2) drives at the same time and have them recognized by the system via the one USB 3.0 out cable?
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Have not tried that, my guess would be no, though if you had the right connectors, it may be possible, not sure. I know it works real well as to recovering from one drive.
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The description says "allow to operate one IDE and one SATA HDD Simultaneously".
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You can only have one drive hooked up at a a time. I don't think you can use it to hook up a boot drive. I haven't tried it though.
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But how would you add more than one external drive? Would you just use a USB hub?
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I do not know--this was so unreliable I have stopped using it. It did not matter what drives I used--none would stay connected. Also, realize you can only use one at a time.
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Each drive shows up as usb1,2,3or4 according to which port you plug into. Each drive is accessible separately.
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The connections are the same, I plug USB 2.0 into the 3.0 ports all the time. I assume they are compatible the other "direction."
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It does work with only one drive. I have not add the second drive after using it over a year.
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Yes, two hard drives are accessible at the same time with this device; it works great!
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In Front, there are 2 USB 3.0 & 1 USB 2.0. In the back, there are 2 USB 3.0 & 4 USB 2.0
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I am not sure and this is difficult to test. There are plastic shields that cover each end of the drive and in order to connect one, you have to slide it back and it covers the other, so it would be difficult to connect both ends. You would be better off with a micro USB to USB cable that costs $2.00.
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The device is USB 3.0 equipped, so as long as (in the case of two separate enclosures) they're both connected via USB 3.0, yes. If you're asking whether it can copy between the drives in its own bays via USB 3.0,the answer is also "yes." USB 3.0 is backward-compatible with 2.0, so it will copy via either.
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Hi Joel, Sorry I have no idea if you can connect and operate more than one. If there is a way to select which USB port the software is connecting to then it might be possible.It is a good question. I am curious why do you want to connect more than one?Regards,Chris Schene
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One drive-likely no problem. You could try attaching 2 drives and might be fine, I am not sure. Again, to be safe, buy a "powered"hub.
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I do not think so. This device scans ports 2 and 3 for status of individual drives before starting the copy. You will need to buy a duplicator with more slots if you want to do more than 2 at a time.
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No. They don't see each other's drives. what you can do is to create an array on each of them and then in the OS use them as a single drive.
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My similar drive (5TB) is also equipped for USB 3, but it works great on my 2.0 ports. I assume it could transfer faster on 3.0, but there's no incompatibility.
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it only recognizes one external drive ,they both would work but you couldnt open both to transfer data between each other