hi i have a sony DCR-HC14E camcorder. my windows 8 laptop wil not recognise it and i do not own a ilink cable. if you have a solution then do not hesitate to share it.
Do you have a firewire express card installed on your laptop or have an available firewire port that came on the laptop? You may need to install a legacy firewire driver (if you have a firewire port installed). You can find more information here: Announcing the availability of a standalone legacy 1394 OHCI (FireWire) package
The iLink cable is a firewire cable and can be purchased at most electronic stores and online from retailers such as Newegg, B&H Photo, and Amazon just to name a couple.