• Reviews around cable (4.33 of 5)

    Apricorn SATA Wire Notebook Hard Drive Upgrade Kit with USB 2.0 Connection ASW-USB-25 (White)

    • I have used the included Apricorn EasyGig II software and SATAWire cable a number of times now to upgrade my own hard drives, hard drives of friends from their computers, and lately also hard drives to SSDs
    • This cable worked very well as expected and the laptop detected my SSD without any issue and did the image very quickly without any issues.
    • The adapter cable works very well as advertised
    • The adapter cable works very well as advertised
    • The cable worked just fine, but the software is useless on Windows 8
    • The cable works great
    • This worked fine for my laptop upgrade using the cable but the software was not so good.
    • The cable will work with other software as well-I actually bought it to use with another partition program.
    • Highly recommend this cable and software when you need to install a new drive.
    • Cable works fine but the software sucks.
    • Cable works as advertised.
    • Cable is nice and seems well made
    • Since the only thing that worked was cable; I'd say overpriced cable as well
    • Cable adapter is convenient
    • I find this cable to be extremely slow.
    • The cable, however does work
    • Cable worked great - the software seemed
    • All I can say is "wow!"Don't blame a USB 3.0 cable for issues caused by old-technology components connected to either end of it.
    • The cable works well hence the 3 stars
    • The cable was fine, but for my Mac, the disc was useless
    • The cable works well hence the 3 stars
    • 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.
    • the software does not work, the cable seems to be just fine but the software never copied over the info correctly
    • Cable works great
    • The cable is also good to have in case you want to plug a normal SATA hard drive into your computer quickly without dropping it into a bay.
    • The cable works exactly as it should
    • This cable worked, and so did the software with it.
    • It's a minimalist cable, long enough, but not too long to cause problems.
    • This is one of the best cables for fixing drives and getting them to load on Macs!!!
    • Cable works very well, as does software.
    • The cable is very nice
    • Software refused to recognize cable as compatible Apricorn cable even though it came out of the same package.
    • Since the only thing that worked was cable; I'd say overpriced cable as well
    • Cable is great.
    • USB-25 (White) cable and software worked very well to clone a 500GB HD from a HP dv7 to a 1TB HD
    • Cable works fine but the software sucks.
    • The cable was fine, but to use for Mac you had to download from web.
    • The cable works great and helped me clone my hard drive in a few hours, clips in securely and is well made
    • Cable works great
    • I had a lot of trouble finding a decent quality cable and this thing has been flawless on several SSDs and hybrids.
    • good cable, poor software
    • great cable with good price that came with $10 rebate
    • The cable did work, but would recommend using another cloning software when buying this cable.
    • The cable worked without problem.
    • These cables are relatively easy to find and not especially expensive
    • The cable is very good and works without problems
    • There are lots of cheaper cables of this sort, but don't expect them to work with the Apricorn software.
    • Cable works perfectly, but the software stinks:1
    • Only reason I bought another was that I lost the USB cable, which is unique, from the first one
    • The only redeeming thing about the package is that it comes with a nice cable that you could get for $5 on eBay.
    • The cable was fine but the software was worthless.
    • The cable was great
    • BUT it does come with a very useful SATA/USB 3.0 cable that was most helpful.
    • The enclosed cable works great - the enclosed CD is absolutely useless for Mac users
    • I'd recommend this cable for SSD cloning
    • While the cable was fine, the software did not work for me
    • Excellent software and cable
    • The cable will still work, but the included software will not allow the transfer even if you only have 100GB of data on the drive.
    • Its a good cable
    • The transfer cable and software worked flawlessly, unlike my previous attempt with freeware cloning and a USB hard drive enclosure
    • Great kit, cable works great feels very high quality
    • This cable and software worked like a charm
    • The cable worked fine but the Apricorn software did not.
    • The cable works great!!!
    • That said, this cable makes it easy to do and will probably be useful in the future
    • The cable and the software were GREAT,
    • Cable worked great on my failing hard drive that I wanted to clone.
    • This cable is perfect and of high quality
    • USB-25 (White) cable and software worked very well to clone a 500GB HD from a HP dv7 to a 1TB HD
    • The cable worked great, but the software was useless and out of date
    • If you're going from a smaller drive to a larger drive - make sure to go into advanced options and make adjustments in your OS/Recovery/C drive etc... not hard and everything works fine!!
    • 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's a good deal can't really complain as it was the cord I wanted ....but the software?
    • Works as it say in the package, so very happy :)
    • Strike 1, product didn't work as
    • Just plugged it in, inserted CD, downloaded latest version, a few mouse clicks, and the drive started copying the original, and the new drive works as if it was the original
    • In the end it worked as it was suppose to
    • I put in the SSD into my wifes computer, and it worked perfectly as
    • I am not only dissappointed with Apricorn and my first experience with thier Products, but as well as with Amazon.
    • 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
    • Seems to be no way to only clone the 398 gig C: drive and ignore the empty E: drive