Targus ACC96US, Simple to use transfer..
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Simple to use transfer device, high speeds.
I picked this out for a replacement of a much older device that was similar to this one and I’m quite pleased with it!
It has all the software contained within the device so no need to have a driver disk installed into each computer, just plug it in and Win XP will take care of the setup for you. It’s so simple it’s ridiculous.
Pros:
Plug and play: plug it in and let it do it’s thing!
Simple software that anyone with a 1/10 of a brain can figure out
has a nice long cable between the connections
comes with a carry pouch
comes with a velcro strap to keep the cable tidy
Cons:
The head of the main head on this unit of the device is kind of large so you may need to unplug other USB devices to fit this into the USB port. For some computers you may need to plug it into the back of the computer due to the size fact that some USB ports are set into the devices too far and this will be hard to get into there.
The price isn’t bad but could always be better, I rather like this though and it will go in my laptop bag for when I need to get at large files or give large files when I’m out and about. No need to transfer to a disk, USB flash drive, or hook into the other persons network anymore. just plug into their USB port and be done with it.
(just a note on the speed of this device, limited by your system)
This device is limited not only by the processors involved but the hard drive speed capabilities. If your HDD is just a basic 7200 RPM drive it’s likely that’s it’s not going to be able to read or write faster than 100-125MbPS. So you only get the benefit of high speed transfers if you are running a couple of these drives in RAID or running a high speed drive. So you should take those ideas into consideration when you are trying to run at high speeds.
Update (5/17/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen. I also found some auctions for this item here.
The featured review for this product, Targus ACC96US High-Speed File Transfer Cable Gray Electronics, was written by Bone.
The average rating for this item is out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.
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Posted on: April 15, 2010
Filed under: Reviews



Reviews (3)
Bone
March 5th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Simple to use transfer device, high speeds.
Rated 5 stars.
Baseball Coach on Occasion
March 24th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Targus file transfer cable saved my data
Well one day my XP laptop failed to boot up properly. I could only get it to boot up in “Safe Mode”. I spent many hours trying to resolve the boot-up problem, but ultimately I was not successful. I was going to have to re-install Windows. But first, I had to get my important files off of the laptop! (Of course, I did not have a recent backup.)
The problem is that in Safe Mode, I could not get files off of my laptop and onto some other storage device. USB flash drives did not work. Burning CD’s did not work. Networking did not work. Ugh.
Then I stumbled upon this Targus cable in a store and decided to give it a try. I had access to a borrowed Vista laptop. So I plugged the fat end of the cable into the working Vista machine, and the skinny end of the cable into my XP machine running in Safe Mode. And, lo and behold, the EasySuite software popped up on both laptops and I had an effortless way to copy files from the XP to the Vista machine. After so many hours of trying things that did not work, it was a delight to be able to use this product, which worked for me despite my XP laptop being in Safe Mode. It almost seemed too easy, but I’m glad it worked!
SOMEWHERE UP THERE
April 8th, 2010 at 6:37 am
Good for transferring large files or multiple files, not for complete backup
Installation
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The installation is fairly simple. I plug in one end of the cable to winxp notebook and the other end into winvista PC. It does not matter if you swap the ends. For winvista, installation of driver is fully automatic. For winxp, it is almost fully automatic except you need to restart the PC once. Once the driver is installed in each machine, the cable is detected as a CDROM drive (kind of weird). Using My Computer, you can access the drive and run the program. Before you can transfer files between the two machines, you need to run the program in both machines. This means the cable only works for Mac and winxp/vista and no other devices. Once loaded, you will be able to transfer files between the 2 machines.
Transferring files
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As described by the manufacturer, the purpose of the product is to transfer files between two machines (Mac/Winxp/winvista) at speeds up to 480mbps. A plus feature is you are able to synchronize folders as well as emails. But be warned that the although the interface is similar to windows explorer, the functionality is nowhere near the robust functionality of windows explorer. You cannot right click and get info of folders and files. In addition, you won’t be able to view names in other languages. Long names also give problems. Overally, I can say the software is generations behind winxp. I transferred a 480MB file and it took around 24s, means, the speed is 20mb/s. Both machines have USB 2.0. I also tried transferring multiple files (smaller), 4401 of them, total size of 92MB and it took 3min.
Recommendations
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If you expect to backup your programs or even the whole windows into another PC with a super large hard drive, this product won’t work. If you have wireless in both machines and don’t mind slightly slower transfer speed, you won’t need this either. If you have a lot of files (which total more than ordinary USB flash drive) to transfer and need high speed transfer and the two machines can be placed next to each other (the cable is only a few feet long), I would recommend this product. If you just need another means of transfer for contingency (wireless down, not secure, lost your USB flash drive), go get one.
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