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Apricorn SATA Wire Notebook Hard Drive Upgrade Kit with USB 3.0 Connection ASW-USB3-25 (Grey)

Size:USB 3.0  |  Color:Grey Product Description Apricorn’s SATA Wire 3.0 is the easiest way to upgrade your notebook drive. Packaged with our u...

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Reviews around tool (4.79 of 5)

  • Pros: Works just as advertised, copies data quickly, great transfer tool for dying HDDs if you can keep them alive long enough to do the transfer
  • If you are making the switch from HDD to SSD, or just have some old hard drives around that you need to access, this is a great tool.
  • A check using Windows 10 tools found no problems with the drive
  • Great tool to use for duplicating hard drives on the go.
  • The Apricorn made replacement of the hard drive in my laptop easy and painless, this is a great tool for giving an old computer new life.
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Reviews around kit (4.60 of 5)

  • I had to purchase a new kit because the old one would not work on my Laptop (windows 7 Ultimate, dual HDs,)
  • This kit made it extremely easy to change out my HDD for an SSD in my laptop
  • I bought a new hard drive and this kit.
  • I used this upgrade kit a few years ago to upgrade the hard drive in a laptop to an SSD and it worked perfectly
  • The kit work as described, and I was using the SSD instead of the rotating drive.
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Reviews around state (4.57 of 5)

  • I just cloned and replaced a slow 500 GB laptop hard drive with a lightning-fast Crucial m4 256 GB solid state hard drive (SSD)
  • I was upgrading from a regular hard drive to a solid state drive
  • I bought a new solid state drive to replace the old one in the laptop.
  • Seems to be no way to only clone the 398 gig C: drive and ignore the empty E: drive
  • but it had a normal hard drive, and then I decided to an upgrade to solid state
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Reviews around adapter (4.49 of 5)

  • Strike 1, product didn't work as
  • The Apricorn SATA Wire USB 3.0 Sata adapter has been working great for me
  • The Apricorn SATA Wire USB 3.0 Sata adapter has been working great for me
  • The Apricorn SATA Wire USB 3.0 Sata adapter has been working great for me
  • Strike 1, product didn't work as
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Reviews around advertise (4.34 of 5)

  • IMO, this is also false advertising as far as rebate process is concerned
  • I used this product to clone my laptop hdd to a new Samsung SSD 840 pro, and it worked as advertised, Im giving it 3 stars because the Samsung cloning software could not detect the drive if connected to a USB 3 port, I had to used the slow USB 2 instead
  • The new kit worked as advertised, and it was much easier to clone my existing HDD to the new SSD without having to exit Windows
  • Seems to be no way to only clone the 398 gig C: drive and ignore the empty E: drive
  • Seems to be no way to only clone the 398 gig C: drive and ignore the empty E: drive
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Reviews around cable (4.33 of 5)

  • The cable worked just fine, but the software is useless on Windows 8
  • There are lots of cheaper cables of this sort, but don't expect them to work with the Apricorn software.
  • The only problem I had was that the SATA connection was a little tight, and I had some trouble getting the cable onto and off of the hard drive.
  • Only reason I bought another was that I lost the USB cable, which is unique, from the first one
  • The cable worked great, but the software was useless and out of date
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Reviews around work (4.32 of 5)

  • The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained
  • Thanks to this $19 kit, I now have my 500 GB hard drive working perfectly and it has EVERYTHING copied over from the old drive
  • The software is pretty intuitive, works well, and the idea of having a spare drive that, should the working drive fail (due to hardware or viral problems) that you can simply pop in and go, is terrific
  • The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained
  • The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained
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Reviews around usb (4.27 of 5)

  • The USB 2.0 isn't fast but it gains it back in compatability
  • This software is garbage, The USB to SATA drive works but forget cloning any drive/OS with the software
  • USB 3 slot is a little sloppy and the USB 3 pigtail cable is a bit stiff, so At 1st it wasn't seeing my new SSD
  • and I'm thinking that usb 3.0 backups might make the purchase worthwhile, even if the old SATAWire 2.0 still works great for cloning 500Gb hard drives to 500Gb SSDs!
  • I connected the cable to my new drive, I plugged that in to the USB port (USB 2.0 is preferred, of course).
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Reviews around price (4.00 of 5)

  • - I bought a SanDisk 960GB SSD here without the $40 concierge service because I thought the good reviews for this item and the cheaper price were good enough for me to clone the HDD.-Follwed the directions
  • The product is what I expected, corresponds to the specifications, works well, has a good price and is recommendable for purchase
  • I decided to fix a very good laptop whose hard drive was close to taking its last breath, so installed a brand name SSD but didn't want to pay the exorbitant price for a SATA upgrade kit of the same brand
  • Let me start by saying this is a great product at a good price.
  • This is a good price, a super easy to use tool - my toolkit will not be without it.
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Reviews around time (3.43 of 5)

  • I simply cloned my old hard drive onto the new SSD and it worked perfectly the first time
  • Software froze at selecting drive section every time on regular or reverse cloning
  • Since I will only be cloning my hard drive this one time, the free trial worked perfectly for me.
  • don't waste your time on this product as it simply does not work -- it will not recognize the new SSD drive and it will not perform the cloning operation it claims
  • I took some time but it all worked when it was finished
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Reviews around software (3.28 of 5)

  • The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained
  • The included software however, did not work at all as it froze up each time I selected the destination drive
  • The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained
  • The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained
  • The cable worked great, but the software was useless and out of date
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Reviews around clone (3.16 of 5)

  • i was informed that was the best quick and easy hard drive cloning out there
  • This made a flawless clone of my old hard drive in almost no time at all
  • Afterward, I swapped the drives to make sure is was a perfect bootable clone drive and everything worked perfectly.
  • It made the clone in about 10 minutes and the new drive worked perfectly on install
  • The software makes cloning a hard drive (even to a larger hard drive) a breeze.
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Reviews around terabyte (3.04 of 5)

  • Seems to be no way to only clone the 398 gig C: drive and ignore the empty E: drive
  • Worked first try cloning to a Crucial BX100 SSD on an HP Envy 15t quad laptop (Acronis True Image software used).
  • The hardware works fine, but the software has too few options for tailoring a transfer from a 1 terabyte hard drive to a 150 Gigabyte SSD
  • The product shipped quickly and I was able to transfer my data to my new 1 terabyte hard drive I bought
  • had to get update from dev at apricrn, real nice e-mailed right back, great software , it works wonderful, i'm using with windows 8 pro
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Reviews around attempt (3.04 of 5)

  • Seems to be no way to only clone the 398 gig C: drive and ignore the empty E: drive
  • I put in the SSD into my wifes computer, and it worked perfectly as
  • What ensued was a 2-day saga of many failed clone attempts, the details of which would only interest a compu-nerd with nothing better to do than read Amazon reviews.
  • Worked first try cloning to a Crucial BX100 SSD on an HP Envy 15t quad laptop (Acronis True Image software used).
  • Worked first try cloning to a Crucial BX100 SSD on an HP Envy 15t quad laptop (Acronis True Image software used).
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Reviews around rebate (2.94 of 5)

  • had to get update from dev at apricrn, real nice e-mailed right back, great software , it works wonderful, i'm using with windows 8 pro
  • Apricorn is completely dishonest refused to honor $10 rebate despite following all the steps described and attaching UPC code that was on the package (claimed that it was not original UPC
  • Worked first try cloning to a Crucial BX100 SSD on an HP Envy 15t quad laptop (Acronis True Image software used).
  • had to get update from dev at apricrn, real nice e-mailed right back, great software , it works wonderful, i'm using with windows 8 pro
  • I am not only dissappointed with Apricorn and my first experience with thier Products, but as well as with Amazon.
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Reviews around detection (2.71 of 5)

  • Besides the slow detection rate by the computer it works as expected, couldn't ask for anything else really.
  • had to get update from dev at apricrn, real nice e-mailed right back, great software , it works wonderful, i'm using with windows 8 pro
  • I was concerned about the fact that the old drive had two logical drives, C: and D:, but the software handled this without a problem and copied over both logical drives with no issue
  • Symptoms include Failure to detect device at all; detection of device, but not the drive; hang on shutdown; hang on start-up (when connected); random disconnections
  • Worked first try cloning to a Crucial BX100 SSD on an HP Envy 15t quad laptop (Acronis True Image software used).
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Reviews around partition (2.54 of 5)

  • Yes, the software will destroy the partition with data, and you will lose everything
  • My understanding is that this product can NOT clone this kind of machine because of the invisible Media Center partition that Dell employs.
  • The second time around, the old drive cloned over to the new drive and it worked flawlessly and best of all, the partitions were correct.
  • Worked first try cloning to a Crucial BX100 SSD on an HP Envy 15t quad laptop (Acronis True Image software used).
  • I had a 750GB drive with two partitions (primary and recovery) and roughly 120 GB used between the two partitions
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Reviews around laptop (2.24 of 5)

  • It worked perfectly and now my laptop is super fast because of the ssd upgrade.
  • Worked first try cloning to a Crucial BX100 SSD on an HP Envy 15t quad laptop (Acronis True Image software used).
  • I bought this to clone my laptop hard drive to a new ssd drive.
  • Transfered data from my laptop hard drive to a new SSD with no problem and little effort
  • When it was completed, I popped my old drive out, put new drive in and the laptop booted up and worked and EVERYTHING looked the same
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Reviews around gb (2.09 of 5)

  • When I used it to swap out my old 200 GB hard drive for a fast, new Samsung 250 GB SSD , everything work great
  • I bought a 320G hard drive, but I only have 280G available.
  • I just cloned and replaced a slow 500 GB laptop hard drive with a lightning-fast Crucial m4 256 GB solid state hard drive (SSD)
  • Switched out a slow 640 GB hard drive for a new 256 GB SSD, was as easy as following the instructions and letting it
  • Plugged in the new hard drive (Seagate Momentous XT hybrid 500 GB), plugged the USB into the computer and had a perfect clone of my old HDD in a little over 28 minutes
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Reviews around cd (2.03 of 5)

  • I first tried to run the program in Windows (Windows 7, 64 bit), but ended up burning a CD and booting into the program instead.
  • I was concerned about the fact that the old drive had two logical drives, C: and D:, but the software handled this without a problem and copied over both logical drives with no issue
  • the cd did not work and it did not clone my hdd right.dont buy.
  • Nothing to hook up to power, just plug the drive into the adapter and the the USBplug into the port on the laptop, run the CD and youa re good to go.
  • but if known the slow transfer rate would have burned a CD and saved the money
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Reviews around sector (1.62 of 5)

  • During the clone the software reported two bad sectors on the source drive -- I expected this, it was the reason for the swap -- though it reported it as 4,096 errors.
  • Worked first try cloning to a Crucial BX100 SSD on an HP Envy 15t quad laptop (Acronis True Image software used).
  • had to get update from dev at apricrn, real nice e-mailed right back, great software , it works wonderful, i'm using with windows 8 pro
  • I was concerned about the fact that the old drive had two logical drives, C: and D:, but the software handled this without a problem and copied over both logical drives with no issue
  • It cleaned up the bad sectors that it could and discarded the unrecoverable sectors.
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Reviews around drive (1.55 of 5)

  • I transferred my old hard drive to my new solid state drive with only a minor issue.
  • If you can change your own hard drive you can use this software.
  • I was upgrading from a regular hard drive to a solid state drive
  • I bought this to clone my laptop hard drive to a new ssd drive.
  • and I just cloned the hard drive to the Samsung Solid State Drive
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Reviews around disk (1.45 of 5)

  • I upgraded my sony laptop hard drive from the original to a new Intel SSD (solid state disk).
  • This made upgrading the hard disk in my MACBook extremely easy by transferring all the data to the new drive before installing it.
  • This made upgrading the hard disk in my MACBook extremely easy by transferring all the data to the new drive before installing it.
  • This would be useful if you are cloning to a smaller drive that does not have enough disk space to hold all the data from the old one or if you simply want to not clutter up your new drive
  • the software helps a lot when transferring data from my old hard disk
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Reviews around iso (1.00 of 5)

  • I like to get the latest ISO from their web site and burn it to a CD
  • I like to get the latest ISO from their web site and burn it to a CD
  • I like to get the latest ISO from their web site and burn it to a CD
  • I like to get the latest ISO from their web site and burn it to a CD
  • I like to get the latest ISO from their web site and burn it to a CD
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  • Size:USB 3.0  |  Color:Grey Product Description Apricorn’s SATA Wire 3.0 is the easiest way to upgrade your notebook drive
  • Packaged with our user-friendly Cloning Software and using an ultra-fast USB 3.0 connection for up to 10x faster data transfer rates than USB 2.0, you can clone your notebook drive in a snap
  • If your notebook is running out of space or you are looking to upgrade to a faster high performance hard drive or solid state drive, Apricorn’s SATA Wire is the perfect tool
  • Providing a USB 3.0 connection to ANY 2.5 inch notebook hard drive or solid state drive and bundled with Apricorn’s Upgrade Suite Software, the SATA Wire enables you to upgrade your notebook’s drive in three simple steps
  • Connect the SATA Wire to your drive and to the USB 1
  • port on your computer Run the included EZ Gig IV or ShirtPocket cloning 2
  • software to copy all of your data, email, settings and OS from your notebook to the new drive Swap out your old notebook drive with your new 3
  • one, and you’re done
  • EZ Gig IV Cloning software is a powerful, yet easy to use tool that gives you the option of creating an exact clone of your hard drive - perfect for hard drive upgrades or for creating bootable backups of your system
  • Or for those who wish to clone to a smaller capacity drive, such as fast solid state drive, EZ Gig’s Data Select option enables you exclude selected media files from the copying process to save space
  • Now you can run your OS and applications from a fast, smaller SSD boot drive, while keeping your documents and media files on your original hard drive
  • The SATA Wire is also perfect for transferring data to bare drives or for creating backups of your system
  • Now there’s no excuse when it comes to backing up or upgrading your system, just use Apricorn’s SATA Wire. From the Manufacturer Apricorn’s SATA Wire 3.0 is the easiest way to upgrade your notebook drive
  • Packaged with our user-friendly Cloning Software and using an ultra-fast USB 3.0 connection for up to 10x faster data transfer rates than USB 2.0, you can clone your notebook drive in a snap
  • If your notebook is running out of space or you are looking to upgrade to a faster high performance hard drive or solid state drive, Apricorn’s SATA Wire is the perfect tool
  • Providing a USB 3.0 connection to ANY 2.5 inch notebook hard drive or solid state drive and bundled with Apricorn’s Upgrade Suite Software, the SATA Wire enables you to upgrade your notebook’s drive in three simple steps
  • Connect the SATA Wire to your drive and to the USB 1
  • port on your computer Run the included EZ Gig IV or Shirt Pocket cloning 2
  • software to copy all of your data, email, settings and OS from your notebook to the new drive Swap out your old notebook drive with your new 3
  • one, and you’re done
  • EZ Gig IV Cloning software is a powerful, yet easy to use tool that gives you the option of creating an exact clone of your hard drive - perfect for hard drive upgrades or for creating bootable backups of your system
  • Or for those who wish to clone to a smaller capacity drive, such as fast solid state drive, EZ Gig’s Data Select option enables you exclude selected media files from the copying process to save space
  • Now you can run your OS and applications from a fast, smaller SSD boot drive, while keeping your documents and media files on your original hard drive
  • The SATA Wire is also perfect for transferring data to bare drives or for creating backups of your system
  • Now there’s no excuse when it comes to backing up or upgrading your system, just use Apricorn’s SATA Wire.