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Introduction

There seem to be so many different ways to protect and house all your important data in this day and age. Throwing in the need to transport that same data makes the options much more numerous. From the smallest flash drive to the largest file server you can surely find some form of data storage to suit your needs. One alternative that has been popping up lately has been hard drive docks or pods. These little docks make it incredibly easy to retrieve data from a hard drive.

Vantec, a company known for different forms of external storage, is the next in line to release a pod. The NexStar Hard Drive Dock is an incredible looking device that will take any 2.5 or 3.5 internal drive and make it external. And all this is done without having to disassemble anything. All you have to do is drop the drive in the top of the dock, give the drive a second to be recognized by Windows and you are ready to read and write all your data.But how is this unit different from the one we previously reviewed a few weeks ago? Well, read the next few pages and find out.

Vantec words on the NexStar Dock

The Vantec NexStar Hard Drive Dock is a complete and easy way to add or swap hard drives to your computer.  It gives you the flexibility of connecting any SATA I/II hard drive to your computer via USB 2.0 or eSATA connection without opening up your computer case or installing into an enclosure.  Simply just insert any 2.5” or 3.5” SATA I/II hard drive into the NexStar Hard Drive Dock and you are ready to transfer, copy, or backup files.  Quick and easy, the Vantec NexStar Hard Drive Dock is the perfect solution to access your hard drive in seconds.