As an Amazon Associate, TechVideos.net earns from qualifying purchases. A SATA external HDD docking station can be a very handy tool, especially if you have a collection of old hard drives from retired PCs or laptops. If you want to check whether those drives still work—or if you suspect there may be important data left on them—this device allows you to quickly and easily access their contents. You can even repurpose older hard drives for backup storage.
I don’t recommend any specific brand. Be sure to read customer reviews, and look for a model that supports USB 3.0 or better. Ideally, choose a docking station that also supports SSDs. In this video, we also take a look at USB hubs and an external PC memory card reader. A USB hub expands a single USB port into four ports, though other configurations are available. As with other devices, look for USB 3.0 or better for optimal performance. An external memory card reader is useful if you have older memory cards that aren’t supported by your computer’s built-in reader—or if your PC or laptop doesn’t have a card reader at all, or the existing one is broken. Look for a USB 3.0 (or better) model that supports a wide variety of card formats.