Re: HDD Image Backup Restore Software Recommendations

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Pete - I used Laplink PC Mover to move all my stuff (programs and data) from
my old Win98SE computer to my newer WinXP computer, and yes, most of them
were automatically "installed" that way, but a few need to be reinstalled.
But it was a big time saver. I don't recall which ones needed to be
reinstalled, but I think Office was one of them, for example, but still, it
saved a lot of time. And most of the settings and customizations came over
too.

Nonetheless, the most ideal, foolproof, and cleanest solution, is, of
course, to install from scratch, as using PC Mover (or any such program)
isn't 100% foolproof, and you need to be careful with the settings as to
what to move, for example. And it hasn't always worked for some people,
from what I've read.
Still, what does one have to lose by trying.


Pete B wrote:
I'm wondering whether you could use PCMover to migrate your stuff to a
file on a separate drive (they say you can use separate media rather
than the cable connection), then do a complete clean OS reinstall, then
re-migrate your apps back onto the drive. What a cool way to clean
things up, assuming none of your apps is contaminated... Reinstalling
everything that I work with, including all the updates and patches,
could take a couple of days.


It seems you could (in my case I would use my external USB drive to save
and
recover. But I still have a USB 2 cable somewhere, and since I would only
need to do this with a new PC different from the old one, I think it would
be
just as easy to use the cable. My question is whether the move software
to
actually automatically **install** the old PCs software onto a new PC, not
just copy the settings and stuff. If it can install it, it must be one
hell
of an app, because I would think ytou would actually need all of the
original
product install media to accomplish setting up things where the hardware
difference matters.

Like you, I too would have a problem doing things manually from scratch.
I
have been using this system for many years, I porobably have hndreds of
big
and small apps of various knds, commercial and pd stuff and little addins
and
licenses and updates and such, that would take a month or more to
reinstall
fresh. So if thissoftware does do the trick, it would be great. I
installed
Windows on a virtual PC I was running on my PC one time, and it took
Windows
itself three **days** nonstop just to install all the updates and service
packs that applied to the original OS software -- and virtual PCs are slow
on net access anyway; the AV took forever too. Got rid of the whole VM
awhile ago so it is past history).

--
Pete B

"Bob CP" <ctcboater@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Pete B wrote:
My gosh, Bob, I had forgotten about LapLink, which was one of the
earliest
remote programming software packages I ever used. And what you suggest
may
be even more ideal for me IF I want to do a migration rather than just
cloning a HDD or using the other packages, since I would only need this
if
I were to buy a new PC or upgrade to a newer version of Windows on a new
HDD/new PC. Don't need it right now, but that is closer to what I
really
need.

Presuming it does actually move the apps as though you had actually
installed them on the new HDD, not just copy the files and data, of
course.
I will keep this in mind, added it to my Favorites list.

Good suggestion!


I'm wondering whether you could use PCMover to migrate your stuff to a
file on a separate drive (they say you can use separate media rather
than the cable connection), then do a complete clean OS reinstall, then
re-migrate your apps back onto the drive. What a cool way to clean
things up, assuming none of your apps is contaminated... Reinstalling
everything that I work with, including all the updates and patches,
could take a couple of days.


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