I could have downloaded some free/cheap software and done the same thing..but this was a lot less work than that.

The software was great as

Software too simplistic.

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

I found the software to be almost incompatible with Windows 7, agonizingly slow and unable to perform the duties it claims

However, when I tried to clone the HDD using the enclosed Apricorn software, the software failed to read the HDD properly, reporting back that it could not clone the HDD because it had disc errors that had to be corrected before the software could do its cloning job

very very useful software never had an issue cloning

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

This software is garbage, The USB to SATA drive works but forget cloning any drive/OS with the software

I got an immediate response from the seller advising that the most current software was available from this link [...

This is a great cloning software product as I went from a 500GB HDD in my laptop to a 750GB hybrid drive.

Yes, the software will destroy the partition with data, and you will lose everything

The connector works great, but the software is useless and its cloned drives were not recognized on 3 separate laptops, use the cable, but download Acronis which for me has always worked.

Just use the included software and boom it's done

THe strong point is really the software, and frankly the software will work with things like the Sabrent "bare drive" device

Worked flawlessly and software was easy to figure out with excellent instructions.

The software is crap.

Software made it super easy for a novice user.

I love this device and the software for migrating to SSD!

The software for cloning the drives worked without a hitch with Windows 7 OS, but when I migrated from a 500GB Hybrid SSD to an actual SSD in Windows 10 it failed miserably.

so I cannot fault the software for the age of the hardware

this software was supposed to be customizable but it didn't work that great for me, only cloned exact size to the new drive.

I got this to install my new Plextor solid state drive, the software worked better than the software that came with the Plextor drive

This is the best data transfer software that I've used so far without any issues.

Looks like its good quality, the software is very easy to use

This connector works as expected but its software did not work well when I clone my hard disk to a SSD.Since its software is a give

My separate backup software reported no errors when it copied the same partitions

I used another free software Aomei Partition Assistant to merge the unused space with the space of the main cloned drive

Ended up using a free software product by "AOMEI" that worked great

good cable, poor software

Okay one defense however slight of this inferior software is that I ran it from the CD.

In effect, you're paying a premium for a cable with no useable software included.

Truly amazing software

Save your money and just buy a cable, good HD imaging software is available for free online.

Cable is ok, but software is crap

The cable worked great, but the software was useless and out of date

I found free software on the web to use with the cable and got my SSD swap done

The included software was easy to use.

I didn't use the software on the CD though because it froze up on me.

This software is fast and easy

The software hung in many spots and never was able to do the transfer.

The software to clone the original HD was very easy to use and worked perfectly.

The Samsung software will not copy the vendor restore partition, but since I wanted to get rid of that partition anyway, it worked fine for me

Computer is custom built so it doesn't have any proprietary software on it)

the software wasn't compatible wit my macbook but the cable did the job it was intended to do, great buy.

While the cable was fine, the software did not work for me

It only took about an hour for 500 gb to burn a image on my 1 tb. great software

The bad news is that his advice concerning Apricorn's own proprietary software didn't work.

I found a solid state drive that fit (a Transcend 128 GB PATA IDE version) and reused this soft software.

I'm very pleased with this cable and the available software from Apricorn.

The software and wire seemed to work properly, although there was one transfer error at the very end of the transfer.

The software said it would work with both Mac and PC, so I mistakingly assumed it would clone both the Mac and Windows partitions at some point

But I haven't done that sort of work for a number of years, so I knew the software I had would be pretty useless for a newish laptop with a clicking hard drive

For instance, the software won't boot on some systems (new computers running Win 7 Pro) when any other bootable disk will

The software is highly recommended

I wish i got this before wasting hours trying to use free software

, I caved in and searched for a a reputable dedicated software for cloning

The included software did not work with my MacBook Pro

Accompanying software is very easy to use.3

The very comprehensive instruction manual and flawless software made using this device a joy.

Works exactly as stated great clone software and can be used on all your computers not just one

Give the software time to work, on older slower PC/Laptop's it may appear stalled, just give it time to work

Software was easy to use and worked perfectly

The software included works with the cable device.

Also, i burned the software to a blank disc and ran/booted from it instead of running the program through windows.

The customer service office was closed during normal business hours and in short, the software was unable to clone a simple hard drive

The software may not work well in PC 8.1 OS 64 Bits,but the OS uses this device with it's built in software.

The software was very good and easy to use

The software is horrible.

Had to go online to download thr correct software

The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained

The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained

Also the software only works when you are copying from or to a drive connected with this device.

Used this software to make an exact copy of my hard disk to a SSD and it worked almost perfect.

I really wish Apricorn would release the software so that it worked with non-apricorn cables

I am a software aficionado, and this software is exceptional.

The cable worked just fine, but the software is useless on Windows 8

Still comes with great EZGig software for cloning drives, but the device itself is crappy

The included software however, did not work at all as it froze up each time I selected the destination drive

The backup software is very easy to use, the only con is that usb 2.0 connection.. low speed when transfering files.

The software is somewhat problematic with Mac OS-X. Ended up using other 3rd party software.

I highly recommend cleaning & defragging disks and registry with good software (AVG PC Tune-Up is awesome) before cloning (although it is not necessary).

I wish all software was written this well and all hardware as well done.

Very simple to use, highly recommend for people trying to upgrade to SSD, make sure to format the new disc prior to running the software as it may give error massage, Samsung software did not work for me and crashed my hard disc, had I not had a repair disc I would have lost everything on my source disc

So, while I still think this software is buggy and unreliable, it appears it can work if you stick with it

the software it came with is not the most intuitive but realistically most people will choose the defaults

The software and instructions were easy to follow.

As others have stated, the software itself works perfectly, but the UI can be a little confusing for someone who has not used partitioning software in the past (GParted, etc.)

Final note, the only thing I noticed a couple of weeks later was there was an issue with a windows error saying I wasn't wasn't running Windows Genuine software.

While i'm reviewing Upgrade kit, it's really the software thatdoes all the " Magic "

However, the software did not work for me.

The software didn't work at all for me.

So I replaced the laptop drive and tested it and it worked!No more laggy software from Acronis Migrate Easy - this product beats it hands down; plus it's a lot faster; and easier.

The hardware itself worked fine, but the included software was not user-friendly at all.

good cable, poor software

The software is useless

The software feels old school, but does work if you carefully follow the steps

Software only works with their adapters~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I used the following which can be purchased on Amazon

APPLE//MAC users be ware -- this cleaning software is for Microsoft

This worked fine for my laptop upgrade using the cable but the software was not so good.

The software is simply amazing

Highly recommend this cable and software when you need to install a new drive.

This is important because if you get it backward you will damage the software on the HDD

Software refused to recognize cable as compatible Apricorn cable even though it came out of the same package.

I called customer service and they directed me to a free software download from another company

Sadly, the software failed for me

I had grown tired of poor cloning software, but this worked perfectly the first time around.

I contacted customer support and they recommended third party software, "EaseUS Todo

This software and adapter are marvelous

The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained

The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained

The software is free to download but requires one of their cables to work.

Finally i downloaded the free easeus partition manager software and resized the recovery partition to 12 gigs and everything fell into place and the pc boots up quickly and all the programs run great and faster than before

I run a Mac, so the included software was useless - but Apricorn wrote a good tutorial of the steps I needed to accomplish IOT successfully transfer my data from my 250GB HD to my new 1TB drive.

The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained

The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained

the software is easy to use and is great for upgrading your hard drive.

, the software is free".... so why do they promote their software so much

One thing I have yet to try is to trick the software by plugging in the Apricorn connector (with no drive attached) to a spare USB port - just so the software can see it

I couldn't get the software on the CD to work on my

I've learned the hard way not to trust most imaging software that's not from one of the major players in the segment.

I didn't use the included software; but the USB3-ESATA cable worked beautifully.

I could have downloaded some free/cheap software and done the same thing..but this was a lot less work than that.

SOFTWARE MAY GIVE YOU PROBLEMS ON WIN8OK now that that is out of the way

The software is free, however must be used with the Apricorn USB SATA Adapter

Apricorn recommends running their software from Windows.

Software terrible, can't clone large hdd to smaller ssd

Super for backing up / upgrading 2.5" drives, and the software is a breeze.

Software is easy to use

The software--EZ gig IV (more like Garbage Gig), was absolutely hopeless

Software on the other hand is not exactly reliable (won't even work for mac at all just gives you instructions)

I found the software to be almost incompatible with Windows 7, agonizingly slow and unable to perform the duties it claims

Software froze at selecting drive section every time on regular or reverse cloning

The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained

The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained

This software is useless with a Mac because Mac can already do what the software on the cd does or PC

Works just fine; software is easy/

The software only works if EVERYTHING goes as planned

Works just fine; software is easy/

With rebate, the software is essentially free.

The cable was fine but the software was worthless.

Therefore, this software will not work with a separate multi-connector I own that can handle desktop SATA, 2.5 IDE, or 3.5 IDE drives

I bought this to clone my Laptop hard drive to a flash disk - worked great and the software was easy to use.

The newer software will work with the older dongle

The software is good

(Not even in the advanced mode) I had to find a program on the internet (thank you AL GORE) and was able to get the job done with FREE software

I had to burn the software to disc and boot the PC off of it to get it working

My advice would be to use the StarTech (available on Amazon) or some other cable at a lower price point, and find decent cloning software that actually works

but if your HDD has even 1 problem such as 1 read error or some malicious software that you're unaware of and your anti-virus software didn't detect, or

The software is easy to use

Many software tools capable of changing the size of an MBR based partition do not work reliably on GPT partitions

The free software worked so I am

There are many FREE software that will accomplish this

The package is reasonably priced and comes with useful backup/clone software for both Mac and PC

The cable is well made and the software is very easy to use.

Their software was very bad and it did not work.

And I trust the samsung software

The software failed to copy the drivers and protocols needed to run my computer

The software is very easy to use.

Software has issues

Software and process were idiot proof

Did not work, software is garbage.

iv” will get you the correct software.

I can't get over it, I tried several software to do what this did in 1 hour, its simply amazing and sooooo easy to use

The software was very intuitive and could not have been simpler

This software seems to like the Corsair drives

I assume that the software makes some selections of what it moves to speed up the process, or the problem may lie elsewhere, but be aware that cloning in my case did not result in a completely continuous experience.

Love this software and adapter, easiest and quickest setup I've ever used

Great software

The connector is fine, the software is worthless, had to download cloning software from CNET to get it to work

Software Sucks

The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained

The Apricorn EZGig software works well and has been well maintained

This approach has saved my computer on two occasions, my wife's on one and my father's on one (from virus infections despite good installed software and user care).

The software, maybe it isn't compatible with windows 8, gave me problems

I ended up using the free software and use a disk case they I got for much

Easiest cloning software I have used.

With an SSD I could format the drive from windows after the included software corrupted the the new drive and corrupted the existing dive in the system to the point I could not repair it and had to format everything and reinstall windows.

, the software works very well with hardware put out in the last 3 or 4 years

Excellent software and cable

Software on the other hand is not exactly reliable (won't even work for mac at all just gives you instructions)

The software did not work with my system

If you are a dual computer family, be prepared to spend $70 or more to get all software needed to support these machines.

Clone software and cable work as expected however when trying to upgrade to a larger drive the extra space was not usable until i downloaded a free software app to clean it up.

Worked first try cloning to a Crucial BX100 SSD on an HP Envy 15t quad laptop (Acronis True Image software used).

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