Product Description

PCmover is the only migration utility that moves programs, files, and settings from your old PC to your new PC. Simply install PCmover on both your old and new computers and go! PCmover will determine which programs, files, and settings need to be moved, and when the transfer is complete, your new computer will have the personality and functionality of your old PC plus all of its own pre-installed software. Works with almost any Windows operating system, from Windows 95 to Vista. NEW! Now with PCmover's selectivity features, you can choose which applications, folders and files to take with you when you migrate to your new PC. PCmover can migrate your PC across a network, Laplink USB cable, Laplink parallel cable, Windows Easy Transfer Cable, or any type of removable media that can be read by both PCs. If your computer has multiple users, PCmover gives you the option to migrate some or all of the users at once. The security information about file ownership and access control is preserved for each user. You can even use PCmover to migrate your PC to an Intel-based Mac.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1647 in Software
• Brand: LapLink
• Model: PAFGPCMV03000P0RTPEN
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 95
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: .40 pounds

Features

• Application Selectivity: Choose which applications you'd like moved over to your new PC.
• Folder & File Selectivity: Select which folders and file types you don't want to transferred to your new PC.
• Complete Migration: Transfer everything you want - all your programs, files, and settings - in one easy move.
• Multiple Transfer Options: Choose from USB cables, Windows Easy Transfer cable, parallel cables, removable media or a wired/wireless network to do the transfer.
• Easy-to-Use Wizard Interface

Customer Reviews

PCMover Saves Time and Hassle
I have used PCMover twice now for moving programs, settings and files from old computers to new computers. The results have been great. Not all programs will move flawlessly. Some I have had to reinstall, reactivate or adjust settings. I found that it was much better to uninstall any programs that are not moving from the old to the new computer before beginning the transfer. I found that uninstalling the anti-virus and firewall software to be the most important to unintall from the old compouter before starting the transfer. I have used the 2.0 USB cable for the fastest transfers. Make sure you have an existing 2.0 USB port on your old computer or your transfer time will be long.

TERRIBLE! BEWARE!
What a headache and a waste of time and money! I used this product to transfer from an XP desktop to a new Vista desktop. Getting it to transfer in the first place was a frustrating, time consuming struggle, involving an online chat with tech support, who was marginally helpful at best. They resolved the issue by having me switch ends of the transfer cable, which has NO MARKINGS to indicate that it makes any difference which way it is connected. After several tries the transfer worked. 14 hours later it was done. I then started to explore the new computer to find that almost none of the transferred software worked. Those that did work, such as photoshop, were unable to open any of the associated files that were transferred with them. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling several applications to find that they would not work at all because PCMover had changed OS settings. I talked with tech support for several software apps and they could not understand why they wouldn't work. I was advised that PCMover had corrupted the OS, and that I would need to erase and recover the hard drive. I am now in the process of doing that. Hopefully PCMover hasn't completely trashed my new PC. With any luck I will be starting fresh tomorrow at square one where I was before I ever installed this crap software.

Save yourself a lot of time and aggravation by just manually re-installing your software and transferring your necessary files. I wish I had.

Very Good Product but You Must Follow the Directions
This product just worked very well for me when I transferred all my data from a 7 year old PC running Windows XP to a brand new Dell running Windows Vista. All my old programs worked without my having to re-install or re-enter the product key codes. It saved me time and much aggravation. But there are a few things that you need to do for it to work well:

1. Make sure to follow the directions. You must install the software on both computers in the order that is given in the step-by-step instructions.

2. Both computers need to have access to the internet at some point in the installation process so it can check for the most recent version of the software and download that.

3. Once you disconnect from the internet, be sure to turn OFF any anti-virus program and all other unnecessary programs that might be running in the background. If you don't, that will slow down the process.

4. Before you start the transfer, make sure the power management settings on both computers are changed so that neither one will automatically shut down after a period of time. If you have the power-saver feature activated, you'll want to undo that. Both computers need to stay on during the entire transfer.

5. When you get to the screen where you get to choose which programs you want transferred, uncheck any programs where there will be a newer version on the new computer (like Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, Adobe, etc.).

6. Once the PC to PC transfer starts, just leave it alone and let it run.

It only took 2 hours to move all of my data using a 1.1 USB port on the old computer and a 2.0 USB port on the new one.

As I mentioned before, all of my programs (Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, etc.) and preferences (screen saver, Internet Explorer bookmarks/favorites, etc.) and files (iTunes library, photos) were completely transferred to my new machine and I did not have to re-install any of them or re-enter the program serial numbers.

The only glitch that I encountered was that the transfer stopped during the last 15 minutes for some unknown reason. PC Mover said I had to start the transfer all over again. So I did, and to my surprise and much gladness, it did not start all over at the beginning with the first files. The program simply picked up where it left off and only took 14 minutes to complete successfully.

This software was a godsend and worked as promised.