tinpau Posted April 19, 2012 Posted April 19, 2012 Hey everyone !! I just picked up a new laptop for my wife and now, of course, she wants me to transfer alot of her data and programs to the new one. I was wondering what is the easiest and best program to do that..... I know I could take my usb drive and copy data to it and then drop it onto the new hd ... but what about installed programs and things with data ??? What are the stores and geek squad guys using to transfer drives ? Thanx Tinpau Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted April 19, 2012 Posted April 19, 2012 You will need to reinstall all her programs which means you will need the setups.Things like adobe and java you get off the web.No problem with her docs, music ,video etc like you said a usb flash drive is the easiest way. Unfortunately any programs need to be reinstalled to the new pc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted April 19, 2012 Posted April 19, 2012 Acronis Home True Image Plus Pack with Universal Restore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedway Posted April 19, 2012 Posted April 19, 2012 Another vote for Acronis! Heck even the free version you get with either WD or Seagate is a great program But, I mainly use this program for backing up/coping drives not transferring. For transferring data, a usb or external is prob you best option. If you are wanting to install programs, I would prob just do it from scratch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted April 19, 2012 Posted April 19, 2012 Adding my vote to Acronis. Another suitable alternative (and free) is Comodo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted April 19, 2012 Posted April 19, 2012 Yes but don't the op have to have the same os on his old pc for those cloneing programs to work, I was thinking a new pc probably meant a new os. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulktreg Posted April 19, 2012 Posted April 19, 2012 Is Acronis suitable in this case? It's a new laptop with what will probably be a completely different driver set. He'll be lucky to even boot if he does an image of his old laptop drive. Isn't the OP going to have to reinstall all the programs again and then just copy across data, music, video, etc? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted April 19, 2012 Posted April 19, 2012 Is Acronis suitable in this case? It's a new laptop with what will probably be a completely different driver set. He'll be lucky to even boot if he does an image of his old laptop drive. Isn't the OP going to have to reinstall all the programs again and then just copy across data, music, video, etc? Acronis Home True Image, with the Plus Pack, has something called "Universal Restore", which doesn't transfer the drivers. So if you wanted to switch your OS on your hard drive from an AMD to an Intel CPU, or a different motherboard, it works great. Just boot, then install the new drivers for your different chipset. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkypoo7 Posted April 19, 2012 Posted April 19, 2012 Is Acronis suitable in this case? It's a new laptop with what will probably be a completely different driver set. He'll be lucky to even boot if he does an image of his old laptop drive. Isn't the OP going to have to reinstall all the programs again and then just copy across data, music, video, etc? Agreed. Acronis is more of when you're migrating from one HDD to the next, in the same machine. That way you have a seamless transition. Download all previous installers, reinstall all your goodies, and transfer files via external drive / dropbox / usb flash drive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulktreg Posted April 19, 2012 Posted April 19, 2012 I bow down to your superior knowledge. Nice to know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted April 19, 2012 Posted April 19, 2012 @ EI Capi, now that's good to know, will be trying it out for sure, although I still favor a clean install on a new pc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinpau Posted April 20, 2012 Posted April 20, 2012 Thanx all... I kinda thought that might be it.... Oh well I will be spending some time reloading them Tinpau Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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