Question 1

Would this actually copy an OS drive over to another and make it bootable, or just copy over files.

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It can copy an os drive over to another and make it bootable.

Question 2

Can i use this as a permanent solution?  i have some media drives that i really dont want inside my case. want both to have a drive letter though.

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Certainly. I am doing the very same thing (too many hard drives?? ;-) )Occasionally my system "forgets" a drive (Win 7/64), so I just go to "computer management" and "disc management" and restore the drive letter. It's not a frequent occurance, and I REALLY like the Dock! Good Luck!

Question 3

Do the drives, source & target, have to be same capacity like 1gb to 1gb?

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If your target drive is has a smaller capacity than your source drive this will not work as a stand alone solution. It can however be used to dock the target drive in.
 You must use software to clone your OS to a lower capacity HDD or SSD. This unit will not work for that as a stand alone solution.  
It's fairly easy to clone the OS partitions to a lower capacity target HDD with software like Macrium Reflect. There are plenty of videos on YouTube for moving an OS to a lower capacity HDD or SDD.
As long as both drives have equal capacity this unit will work as a stand alone solution. If you wish to use this to clone a lower capacity HDD to a higher capacity this unit can do it. 
Using this or any unit to clone a lower capacity drive to a higher capacity drive will leave you with an unallocated partition on the target drive. This partition can be initialized and either used as a storage partition or it can be initialized and merged to give you one larger OD drive.
A good example would be cloning a 1TB source drive to a 2TB target drive. If you do with with this devise unit your target drive will show up on your PC as a 1TB drive. 
You will have to go to Computer Management and initialize the other 1TB before it can be used.
I find myself cloning 2TB OS HDDS to 1TB SSD more than anything else. Many if not most PCs made in the last few years came with a 2TB mechanical drive. 
It's far cheaper to buy a 1TB SSD than a 2TB SSD so this is the best way you get your PC upgraded to an SSD without buying an SSD of equal size and twice the price.

Question 4

How long to transfer data of 140g

Accepted Answer

You need a little patience sometimes. I thought that something was wrong with the unit. It took me 6 hours to clone my 1TB HHD (about 1/3rd full) to my 1TB SSD, but the transfer was perfect and my laptop is operating much much faster. I tried cloning via the USB method, but kept getting error messages.

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SSK Aluminum Hard Drive Docking Station, USB 3.0 to SATA Dual Bay External HDD Dock Caddy Reader for 2.5 & 3.5 inch SATA HDD SSD, with UASP Offline Cloner/Duplicator Function(2x16TB Supports)

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