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I'm considering buying a two-bay ORICO HDD docking station SATA to USEB 3.0. From experience I know that external enclosures do not show the drive name and type. For example a Samsung 850 EVO SSD in an IT-CEO external enclosure shows the name "IT-CEO Storage USB Device". As a result Windows 10 and other software like Samsung Magician cannot see the drive as an SSD and treat it as a magnetic HDD.
Question: Is there a docking station or drive enclosure, which shows the drive name and type so that external SSDs can be treated properly? Will this station or this station show the real drive(s0 names and types?
 
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Renaming is not a problem. The problem is the type of the disk, which is seen by the OS and other software. They do not see the SSD as such and treat it as a magnetic disk. (See the picture here.) In this picture drive H is an external SSD in an enclosure and drive C is an internal SSD. Windows does not use the TRIM function to optimize drive H; instead it moves sectors which is detrimental for an SSD.
I also cannot apply the functions of Samsung Magician software to drive H (which is a Samsung SSD 850 EVO) because the it is not seen as a SSD. In this case if I want to erase the disk I have to disassemble a desktop computer and connect the SSD internally.
My question is: Will a docking station see a drive as an SSD or as an "ORICO XXXyyyzzz" disk?
 
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"Will a docking station see a drive as an SSD or as an "ORICO XXXyyyzzz" disk?"

To be honest [full disclosure] I do not know. However, it may prove worth while to go online and find the User Guide/Manual for the two enclosures you are considering.

Hopefully there will be some "installation" and "configuration" instructions with screen images that may shed some light on the matter.

Or perhaps within the manufacturer's Forums and FAQs.

Overall, I think it is mostly a matter of the firmware and any associated apps as to how any given device (HDD, SSD, etc.) is recognized or identified.

Not at all uncommon to have some device being misidentified or generically identified while functioning perfectly well.

Certainly annoying and does muddy things somewhat.... And manufacturer's do not tend towards mentioning such annoyances and limitations.

Hopefully some forum member who is using one or the other docking stations may be able to comment about how the SSD will (or will not) be recognized.

Otherwise actually using the enclosure may be the only way to find out for sure.
 
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Thank you for your reply and consideration.

I did contact the Shenzhen company.

I understand that an SSD is not typically used externally but I can testify I've had the best experience in this way.

I'd be grateful if someone knows for sure any external enclosure or docking station which does not replace the original drive type and name with their company name so that the OS can treat the drive according to its type.
 
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