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Vantec NST-D100UFS NexStar Hard Drive Dock - SATA to USB 2.0 and eSATA

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Vantec NST-D100UFS NexStar Hard Drive Dock - SATA to USB 2.0 and eSATA
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, eSATA, or Firewire 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.


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Features:
  • Install and Access Hard Drive in Seconds
  • Simple to Use Design; No Need to Add Enclosure or Open Case
  • Eject Button for Easy Removal of Hard Drive
  • Compatible With Any 2.5” or 3.5” SATA I/II Hard Drive
  • Add Storage to Any System with USB, eSATA, or Firewire
  • Plug & Play
  • Attractive Blue LED Power & HD Activity Light
  • Transfer Rates Up to 480Mbps w/USB 2.0
  • Transfer Rates Up to 3Gb/s w/SATA
  • Transfer Rates Up to 400Mbps w/1394a
Specifications:
  • Model: NST-D100UFS
  • Device Support: SATA Hard Drive
  • Device Size: 2.5” or 3.5” Hard Drive
  • Internal Interface: SATA
  • External Interface: USB 2.0/ eSATA/ 1394a
  • HD Capacity: Up to 1TB
  • Power Supply: Dual 5V/12V 2A
  • Material: Plastic
  • Dimension: 136x83x87 mm
System Requirements:
  • Windows 98/SE/ME/200/XP/Vista
  • Mac OS 8.6 & above
Package Contents:
  • NexStar Hard Drive Dock
  • USB Cable
  • eSATA Cable
  • SATA to eSATA Bracket
  • Firewire Cable
  • Power Adapter
  • User Manual
  • CD Driver

What You Should Know
Even The Best Hard Drives Die.  Do You Back Up?
Businesses of all sizes are witnessing an explosion in the volume of data they hold. Whether it is the result of the Internet, email, or increasingly heavy and media-rich application software, there is a massive growth in the volume of data all around. Conservative estimates place data growth at approximately 80% per year. Data is increasingly being recognized as one of the real assets of a company, and losing this data would cause severe damage to any organization.

Data loss can be very costly, particularly for organizations in the small and medium business (SMB) market where the difference between survival and closure can rest on the ability to recover from a disaster. At the very least, critical data loss will have a financial impact on companies of all sizes:

Data type Time to re-create 20 MB Cost
Sales and marketing 19 days $17,000
Accounting 21 days $19,000
Engineering 42 days $98,000

The financial impact on a company is a combination of loss of business, low productivity, legal action, and the cost of re-creating data. A study showed that the cost of re-creating just 20 MB of data can be extensive!

Your best solution, is an external drive as a backup.  You can have multiple drives, and it is much easier restore from a portable external drive, as opposed to CDs or DVDs.

Why Do I Have Less Drive Space?
Your hard drive may show less space than the published specifications due to a number of reasons.
  1. The way size is calculated and displayed.
  2. Any "Partitions" on the disk will change the total in a specific partition.
  3. Hidden files and folders decrease available space.
  4. Compression increases the apparent size, but not the physical size.
  5. Drives larger than the OS or Drivers natively supports.

First, the definition of a megabytes (or gigabytes) is a unit of data storage capacity measured in 1,048,576 bytes (or 1024KB). The larger the numbers, the more apparent the size difference will be when listing the size as megabytes (or gigabytes) versus bytes. Actually, both numbers are correct. The noticeable difference is due to the 1024KB definition of a megabyte. This is why a 95.3GB hard drive can also be listed as having 102 billion bytes of total space.  Just think of it as "round off"  In the screen shot at right: The first number is the total number of bytes, the second number is based on the number of megabytes or gigabytes.

Second, some computers have a non-DOS hard drive partition that is used for features such as Save to Disk, Hibernation, or Recovery. This partition is not normally reported by the operating system, although it can be viewed using a disk partition utility.  This is very common on desktops and laptops.  NOTE: Partition information will be created or formatted automatically during initial system setup and a system recovery.

Third, by default, all system files are hidden and cannot be seen. This may adversely affect the reporting of available hard drive space. You can set your Folder Options so you view system and hidden files and folders, but do be careful as changes to system files can adversely affect your system.

Fourth, if you turn on Compression for a drive, it will increase reported free space and used space, but since compression is based upon the actual contents, this number is not fixed, but will change as files are added or changed.

Fifth, older operating systems did not support some of today's larger drives, so the total space reported may be much smaller than the drive specifications.

It is also worth noting that bad sectors are corrected by your operating system and can change the total drive space, free space, or used space as well.

So as long as a drive is reporting a value approximately close to the specification value, you can be comfortable that you received the right drive and that you are getting to correct data storage.  Of course, tuning of your drive's partitions and options can yield optimal values, but this is not something for the average user to explore.

Limited Warranty

This Item's Warranty is:
-  12 Months Parts
-  12 Months Labor
Warranty provided by
-  Vantec Thermal Technologies
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Vantec NST-D100UFS NexStar Hard Drive Dock - SATA to USB 2.0 and eSATA
  $59.99
Manufactured by: Vantec Thermal Technologies
Mfg Part No: NST-D100UFS
UPC No: 844767012575
Box Size: ( Length: 8, Width: 4, Depth: 7 )
Shipping Weight: 1.7500 pound(s)
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