can i use this cable to transfer a computer with win 7 to a new computer with win 8? if not why?
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Heather The Belkin website lists a cable F4U060 @$29.99 designed to ease transfers to windows 8 from an earlier operating system
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Hi Heather,It did not work for me. Computers would not connect. I used an external hard drive instead, provided a valuable back up as well as a transfer. There are still quite a few compatibility bugs Microsoft is working out.
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Heather, I can't speak for sure but I'd double check with Belkin before purchasing. It worked great from my XP desktop to my Win7 Netbook. In any event, you do need a special transfer usb cable, not just a plain usb cable. Hope this helps.
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Heather the Belkin website lists an easy transfer cable F4U060 @$29.99 designed to help transfers to windows 8
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MANUFACTURER ANSWER: Thanks for posting your question here, Roger! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005OTPVMY is a USB 2.0 cable and you can use it to do a transfer from a Windows 7 32 bit system to a Windows 7 64 bit system. Hope the above information helps! If you need any additional information, please do feel free to shoot us an email at support@plugable.com. We are here to help! Thanks! Regards, Roze Plugable Technologies
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I have used it to switch between an XP Pro machine and Win 7. Win 8 is really just a glorified GUI change of Win 7 so I suspect it would work fine.
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Hi, yes, if work with windòws 8, you need cable RS 232, only a good cable with driver
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No. This cable requires your drive installed in a system running Windows. You need a USB to IDE/SATA adapter for that.
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I recently used the Tornado to transfer files from Win 7 to Win 8 and vice versa with excellent results. I had previous excellent results using the Tornado to transfer filess from Win XP to Win 7 land vice versa. I have NOT used the Tornado to transfer files from Win XP to Win 8 or vice versa though am of the opinion that the Tornado will do what you want to do. Naturally I'm only giving an opinion and would purchase the product anyway. I can't recall though I believe I may have used the Tornado long ago to transfer files from Win 95 to Win XP and worked fine. No guarantee... I would purchase the Tornado to do what you want to do and believe it will work. Good luck. Robert.
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Yes. I bought a new laptop with Win8 and used it to swap the mechanical drive for my SSD drive.
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To the best of my knowledge, there is not a compatibility factor with this cable. It is strictly a hardware device. Your KVM device will do the switching and is not a compatibility factor. Your computer should not know any difference between a cable going to a KVM or to a monitor...All that being said, I have not specifically tested it on Windows 8 however, I personally would be willing to spend $8 in confidence that it will work.
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I have used this on a Win 7 x64 system but have NOT used it on a Win 8 system. Sorry.Darrell
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It works great for me. I transfer programs between win7(64bit) and Deckel milling machine (its old 1991 machine with Grundig control). Speed 19200 with no errors. I had bad experience with other USB-RS232 converter(it wasn't FTDI). This is first converter I use, with completely no problems on Win7. Good luck!
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i got it to work with win8.1 64 bit , which is a feat in and of itself ,. but if you have gone thru 2 cables already, are you sure you are not missing something ? have you tried the other cables with a different pc altogether .?
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I cannot imagine why not. I use it for Win7 Ultimate to Win7 Home. Full control is with either computer. There is no master/slave.
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I'd suspect not. When I upgraded from an XP computer to a Win8 computer, I just plugged the same USB cable into the new computer and it was business as usual. Of course, this was a completely "data" drive, with no active programs on it. Or am I missing something in the question?
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The win98 box will likely not have USB 3.0 and will be slow in transferring, but it should work quite OK
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Unfortunately i needed this cable for a different application, however theoretically this can be used to transfer between computers.
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Can a Belkin transfer cable for transferring from Windows XP to Windows Vista be used to transfer from the Windows Vista computer to a Windows 7 laptop?
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Yes, it can transfer between any versions of Windows from XP through 8.1 (XP, Vista, 7, 8, & 8.1).