Question 1

I have a 1TB internal hard drive which I want to convert to external for backup storage.Is this a viable solution?

Accepted Answer

Ignore the other responses. Yes, this will work fine for backing up your drives. The drive type for your internal drive doesn't matter unless you were planning to remove it and plug it into the external bay (you don't need to do that). As long as your internal drive is readable by your system, that's all you need for this to work. Buy a NEW drive for your backup that will fit into the external bay (SATA, or M.2 if you purchased that version), then copy the data from your internal disk to the external disk. You will then have your backup.

Note that while the details specifies that it can support up to 20tb drives, it really only appears to be able to support up to 16tb drives (at least the original one without the M.2 slot). If you are stuck with your system only reading up to 2TB's of disk space, but you have a larger drive, that means you used the wrong partition style (MBR), for larger than 2TB capacity drives you need to use the (GPT) partition style.

Question 2

Is the power supply universal (110-240V) ?

Accepted Answer

12v ps. Provided...do not use 12v supply with 5v drives. Some drives are ranged 5v to 12v . Some just say 5v.

Question 3

Will this product support a 6TB?

Accepted Answer

You will probably have to jump through hoops to do so. I tried to run in the firmware and kept getting an error. Contacted support and they wanted me to go through some 20 step process to do so and use a file not from their website. Nobody could explain to me why it wouldn't update with the firmware file on their website that had my product specifically listed. In the end I opted not to do it and went with a different product that natively / out of box supported 6TB and larger

Question 4

Is it safe to use this for media files and run 24/7?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely. I have had mine connected to my PC for 2 months 24/7, and it runs just like an internal Sata HDD.  Have a good one!

ASIN	B00LS5NFQ2
Amazon Bestseller	#101,040 in Computers ( See Top 100 in Computers ) #586 in External Hard Drives #8,266 in Computer Components
Brand	SABRENT
Color	Black
Compatible Devices	Laptop, personal computer
Customer Reviews	4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (35,874)
Data Transfer Rate	5 Gigabits Per Second
Enclosure Material	Single Bay
Global Trade Identification Number	00819921011572
Hard Disk Form Factor	3.5 Inches
Hardware Interface	3.5-Inch Floppy, USB 3.0 Type A, eSATA
Hardware Platform	Universal
Item Dimensions L x W x H	18L x 12.2W x 4.1H cm
Item Weight	7.5 Ounces
Manufacturer	Sabrent
Memory Storage Capacity	20 TB
Mfr Part Number	EC-DFLT
Model Number	EC-DFLT
Supported Devices Quantity	1
UPC	780746852766 819921011572 737989665660 650135421227

USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drive Ray Flat Docking Station 2.5 or 3.5 in HDD, SSD by Sabrent

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