• Reviews around cable (3.88 of 5)

    StarTech.com USB 3.0 to 2.5” SATA III Hard Drive Adapter Cable w/ UASP – SATA to USB 3.0 Converter for SSD/HDD - Hard Drive Adapter Cable

    • Startech delivered very fast--Good Job and Cable.
    • Good cable
    • Good quality cable.
    • the laptop died... used the cable to pull off documents and music to put on the replacement.
    • the rest is free and it takes 35 minutes (over a slower 2.0 cable port and a 500G image)
    • This cable worked fantastically for flashing my HDD to a new SDD on an older Macbook Pro
    • Great cable
    • Very good cable
    • cable failed
    • This cable worked perfectly and was shipped fast and also affordable.
    • Good cable.
    • but you can do it for the cost of the new drive and whatever the going rate is on this fine cable
    • This cable worked flawlessly for that project
    • Great cable, transferred my data without a Glitch
    • perhaps i got a faulty cable
    • My hard drive cable in my computer dies multiple times a year, and this is the only thing that keeps my computer running
    • Very good cable for connecting 2.5" SATA drives to the computer for copying files and operating system.
    • The StarTech USB 3.0 to Sata cable arrived on time and worked very well transferring data from a laptop hard drive where the laptop suffered catastrophic failure from a glass of wine.
    • Cable worked just as advertised.
    • It's nice to at least start out the upgrade process with ease, and this cable makes it easy.
    • Very good cable for connecting hard drives to desktop
    • Best cable, after trying a lot of other cables with the same feature, in terms of build and data transfer
    • This cable makes my work so much easier and more user friendly!
    • This cable works on 3 out of 4 of my 2.5" hdds
    • good cable to have around in you swap hard drives, especially a SATA III SSD
    • Cable just works no issue able to clone system off laptop to new drive with ease.
    • Useful cables
    • On my new machine I decided to use a cable for my 2.5" external SSD as opposed to an enclosure and so far am very satisfied
    • Good interface cable to read old hard drives
    • Turns out the cable was bad, bought a new one from Best
    • I no longer need bulky cables and power supplies if I want to use an external drive
    • Cable works fine
    • If you’re looking for a speedy transfer, I’d recommend a FireWire cable
    • This was a great cable for the first 6 months I owned it
    • Great cable for cloning drives.
    • It's a well made cable and seems very durable.
    • Needed this cable to diagnose problems with a 2.5" SATA drive and it worked exactly as expected.
    • The cable works as it should
    • Cable stopped working after 2 uses
    • Good quality cable
    • If they had a 1 meter cable then this would be more suitable ... even better if it were a thin, flexible, braided cable
    • Awesome and affordable cable to clone or image your new drive from your old one.
    • Good cable, worked perfectly.
    • In my opinion, this is the ideal cable with multi function capability versus one of the less expensive cables with less pin ports
    • Good cable, worked perfectly.
    • The cable is sturdy and thick
    • A handy cable to have for SSD HD!
    • This cable arrives nicely protected in a plastic package with thorough instructions on usage.
    • This cable works well
    • The cable fits and works perfectly for any SATA drive.
    • Cable worked perfectly to clone a drive.
    • I couldn't get this cable to work at all
    • In my opinion, this is the ideal cable with multi function capability versus one of the less expensive cables with less pin ports
    • Trying to do data migration, but this cable doesn't allow my laptop (Win 10) to recognize my new Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD
    • I can't be 100% sure the cable is bad, since the restore method is actually what Acronis recommends
    • it is a good cable.
    • As the headline suggests, the cable is fine, check elsewhere if you run into an issue
    • Great cable
    • This cable worked perfectly.
    • even with the oldSanDisk Ultra II 480GB SATA III 2.5-Inch,the old cable still working with both SanDisk.
    • Great little cable, does the job well with no connecting and reconnecting issues
    • Freakin excellent cable for colored people !!!!
    • This cable just works
    • The cable worked as expected with the HD and SSD.
    • Even when plugged in all the way, the cable is loose, and can be easily shaken around
    • The cable worked without any issues
    • This cable is very strong, and have a good length.
    • Hmm, bad cable
    • Does not work with Samsung SSD.Purchased a cheaper brand cable that work perfectly fine.
    • This cable is perfect for any data transfers or repairs on hard drives both ssd and old style type hd
    • Best SATA Cable Ever !!
    • Perhaps one less cable would create less mess on feel
    • I was going to use an SSD drive as a boot disk for a machine that has M2 SSD, so I wouldn't need to have an ugly SATA cable in my gaming rig
    • Cable just works no issue able to clone system off laptop to new drive with ease.
    • that cable is also good.
    • Cable works as designed.
    • Good quality cable, works excellent.
    • But Otherwise - I Still Love The Cable...
    • As of today, the cable is not working reliably
    • this cable works exactly as advertised if not better
    • This cable worked perfectly to transfer data to my new MacBook
    • So, yes, I blame this cable
    • The cable worked very well and seems well constructed for the price.
    • The cable worked very well and seems well constructed for the price.
    • You need a good quality cable for 100% upgrades
    • Great cable
    • I was able to remove the SATA harddrive from my laptop (bad harddrive cable in laptop and wouldn't boot), and use this cable to connect it to my Desktop.
    • This cable was a life saver.
    • great cable. works like a champ.
    • I bought this cable to recover data
    • Good price and this cable certainly does its job.
    • As for transfer speed, the speed was restricted by the speed of the drives or by my old USB 2 ports, so the cable cannot be blamed
    • Good quality cable for transferring data to external hard drive
    • this cable works
    • Sturdy cable and connectors, I use it to boot my computer from an external SSD every now and then.
    • I've used the same cable multiple times for migrating original SATA hard drives to SSD's and it works great.
    • This cable has the added benefit over an older USB-SATA cable setup I had, in that it has 2 little led's to indicate data access (like on your computer).I bought this cable at the same time I purchased a new Samsung 500Gb 860 EVO SSD
    • This cable is good for reformatting ssd with another working system
    • Like a lot of other 1-star reviewers found, this cable simply does not work
    • This cable worked flawlessly, and didn't give any errors.
    • My cable was faulty because it had problems maintaining a connection to my hard drive (old and new).
    • n’t know if data transfer is that great on these, but they worked perfectly fine for me and you prob will use it once or twice in this cables life, so for the price great throwaway cable.
    • I thought this was the correct cable, but it does not fit my hard drive
    • Cable did not work
    • Excellent cable
    • I would not hesitate to recommend this adapter cable.
    • Great cable, does exactly what it is supposed to do.
    • This cable was perfect for the job.
    • The cable was easy to connect and once connected remained solidly attached to the drive.
    • Cable worked without issue, even though this older laptop I fixed for a friend does not support usb 3.0
    • This cable works.
    • this cable works perfectly and when i had a problem, called Startech and their support is just incredible.
    • This cable is excellent works really well
    • Cable worked without issue, even though this older laptop I fixed for a friend does not support usb 3.0
    • It will make you think that you have a defective drive,when the cable or enclosure is the problem.
    • easy to use and was able to clone my macbook hdd fairly easy using this cable
    • I used this cable as part of setup to work many old hard
    • Sturdy cable, but what I got is defective and will be returning it :(.
    • This cable would work intermittently and made the project take a lot longer than it should've
    • in description, they said 2 year warranty from startech, but can't contact through amazon.not sure why, but seems like cable can't transfer data and disconnects during data transfer.other one that I have works fine
    • If I were to be a bit careless and bump the cable with my elbow or whatever, it could easily get disconnected in the midst of a data transfer
    • This is a great little cable to have
    • Sturdy cable
    • The cable worked perfectly and the process was a success
    • this little cable is great
    • This cable is very convenient
    • This cable makes the swap of data from one drive to a new drive fast and easy
    • This cable saved me more than 500 $ for data recovery from my 500gb failing hdd
    • That is such a great cable, the transfer rate is more what i expected, all my hdd works so good
    • and now I'm stuck with a useless cable.
    • Works as it should work...
    • and it had a surge and fried itself and ruined my external hard drive as
    • Works as it is supposed to.
    • Works as it should.
    • Drive adapter works as it should.
    • It worked as it said it would
    • I use this a lot on brand new hard drives to get initial driver files on there as well as on busted up old hard drives to get info off of them.
    • Works as you'd expect
    • The cable works as it should
    • before I bought it I gave the drive to bestbuy to recover as much as they can even 1gb for 100dollar but they fail to recover anything