“Will this work with an older laptop like a Gateway? It's close to 8 years old.”
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if by any chance your old laptop has an USB3.0 port it should work fine
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes it will. Most all laptops made after 2010 use SATA for hard-drive connections. If your going to clone your hard drive for an upgrade just make sure you use trusted software.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Of course, it works great with my Intel 11th Gen Windows 11 laptop, but I also tested it with my more than 10 year old Windows XP laptop using a USB 2.0 Sata disk drive. The performance was adequate. I just did some simple reads and writes and everything worked. Not too bad for a machine that was built before USB 2.0, USB 3.0, and SATA 1 or 2. So, yes, it should work with an 8 year old Gateway.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Chevy, This cable is intended to attach to a 2.5" drive -- either a Hard Disc Drive (HDD) or a Solid State Drive (SSD). It is often (usually?) used when replacing an existing HDD with a larger-capacity drive, or upgrading to an SSD. The cable will only connect to a 2.5" drive, and WILL NOT connect to a 3.5" drive (normally found in a desktop or tower system). I recently upgraded my own 9-year old ASUS laptop from a 1TB HDD to a 1TB SSD. A tech-savvy friend did the 'cloning' process -- using a cable exactly like this one to copy all my data files and drivers from the old onto the new storage device, a process which takes several hours. After the data transfer, all I had to do was the relatively simple technical surgery to install the SSD in my ASUS where the HDD used to be. My laptop now works exactly like it did before, but with much higher speed during boot-up, etc. Yes, I'm a most happy camper. If the phrase applies, good luck with your own upgrade. --EZ
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