Product Description

Upgrading to a new computer has never been easier. The Belkin Easy Transfer Cable offers a quick way to transfer your files and settings from your old computer to a new one. Just install the software provided on the enclosed CD onto your XP computer. Then, connect each end of the cable to the USB ports on both computers. The Windows Easy Transfer wizard automatically appears and lets you select items to copy. With just a couple of clicks, you can transfer your photos, music, settings, and more.

Product Details

• Brand: Belkin
• Model: F5U258
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 2.00" h x 5.70" w x 9.70" l, 2.00 pounds
• Networking: Hi-Speed USB

Features

• Included PCsync software automatically synchronizes files, folders, music, photos, videoand much morebetween your PCs
• Easily transfer files and personal settings from your current PC to a new Windows Vista PC
• Eliminates need to set up a complex network, or spend hours burning CDs to copy data
• Transfers 30GB of data in just 1 hour--just 1 hour to transfer 7,500 songs to your new PC
• Offers ideal mobile solution for copying files to and from your notebook, and home and work PCs

From the Manufacturer
With the Belkin Easy Transfer Cable, upgrading to a new computer has never been easier. It offers a quick way to transfer your files and settings from your old computer to a new one. Just install the software provided on the enclosed CD onto your computer. Then, connect each end of the cable to the USB ports on both computers. The Windows Easy Transfer wizard automatically appears and lets you select items to copy. With just a couple of clicks, you can transfer your photos, music, settings, etc.

With a couple of clicks, your photos, music, settings, and more transfer, without requiring time-consuming CD-burning or a network.

Just connect each end of the 8-foot Cable to the USB ports on both computers. The Windows Easy Transfer Wizard automatically appears and lets you select some—or all—items to copy.

Transfers files in three quick and easy steps: 1. Install - 2. Connect - 3. Transfer Automatically transfers your photos, music, files, email, user accounts, Windows settings—and more Eliminates need to set up a complex network, or spend hours burning CDs to copy data Transfers 30GB of data in just 1 hour... or, just 1 hour to transfer 7,500 songs to your new PC Offers ideal mobile solution for copying files to and from your notebook, and home and work PCs Faster and easier to transfer data than a network, or copying files to a hard drive or burning CDs Belkin includes FREE file-synchronization software. With "One-Click," PCsync software automatically synchronizes files, folders, music, photos, video—and much more—between your PCs.

Customer Reviews

Yuk!
Bad product-no mention on box it cannot transfer to 64 bit system. After talking to India about this was so informed.Stay away

Works pretty good - some issues - some hints
This is a combination of Belkins cable and Microsoft's Easy Transfer program.

The cable is great.
Microsoft's Easy Transfer worked pretty good. It did a very good job of transferring documents and settings from my XP laptop to my new vista laptop. Only a couple of problems:
-The Norton firewall programs running on the to PCs prevented the transfer from working. Easy enough fix, temporarily turned off the firewall software.
-The Easy Transfer software stopped working on the Vista PC because of the buffer overflow error on the new laptops' touch-pad driver. Weird, but again an easy enough fix, ended the touch pad program and used the mouse instead. Closed other unnecessary programs to be on the safe side.

Once the transfer was complete, I checked everything out and found a couple of things:
-about 95% of the transfer was perfect
-slight problem with Outlook, My Outlook configuration is very complex, multiple profiles each with multiple email account and most of those have multiple data files associated. One Outlook data file didn't transfer because it was in a weird location on the old PC. Which leads to...
-Files not under documents and settings don't transfer such as
---one of my outlook data files at the root of the C drive
---Quickbooks data files that were in the Programs folder
-One of the printers settings didn't transfer right, again an easy fix

In summary:
The cable and software do a good job, just remember:
-close unnecessary programs, specially the firewalls
-files in not in documents and settings need to be done manually. If I took the time to choose those additional files rather than just use the default in the Easy Transfer software, they probably would have transfered just fine.
-I installed the programs (office, quickbooks, etc.) on the new vista PC prior to the transfer. I was concearned about trying to transfer programs from on PC to another. I liked the idea just tranfering documents and settings.
-The cable come with other programs that allow you link any PCs to manually transfer files.

Easy transfer
The product works as advertised. I had to restart twice, but the third time, everything went well. A great way to transfer needed files, as well as browser pref's and favorites.