Dell PC And Paragon Migration Tool?
Dec 31, 2011
Quote: In case you buy a Dell PC and want to transfer the OS to an SSD, you might want to read this. i just got my second Dell desktop and discovered the same unusual partition setup as in the first Dell PC. It is.1. a 39MB Fat32 partition - which I assume is used for the BIOS2. a Recovery partition (about 14GBs) which is active - that is the unusual part3. an inactive C partition for the rest of the HDDSince I always install a small 60GB SSD for the OS (really no need to get a bigger SSD for that), I use the Paragon Migration Tool to move the OS from the HDD to the SSD - that is really easy because it is a 2 click operation and it always works flawlessly.In this particular case though, the migration tool also copies the Recovery partition to the SSD because it rightfully figures that you need your bootmgr there. That takes the 14GBs away from your C partition . Thus you lose 25% of your SSD capacity.
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Aug 15, 2011
I have a windows7 image that I am putting on different dell model. I notice that when I start up the machines, they continuously reboot. Is there a migration tool that i can use to stop the reboot?
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Jul 30, 2012
I've been trying to use Paragon migrate to move Windows 7 from HDD to SSD. Apparently there is something wrong with my "boot records of partitions" according to Paragon tech support and that is why Migrate doesn't do the job. They want me to use the following on my HDD to try and fix it.
- Create Windows 7 Repair Disc (Control Panel - Backup & Restore - Create a system repair disc)
- Select Use recovery tools and then select Recovery console from recovery tools menu
- type the next commands:
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootsect /nt60 all
can that mess my booting of Windows in any way, as thus far my Windows 7 work fine? Is there a way to check the health of "boot records of partitions" without these commands, as I fear it will just replace it and that might cause Windows be unstable.
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Nov 28, 2009
i have downloaded Paragon free backup, installed and attempted to run a backup however this has failed saying error 0x11112(VSS specific error) and i dont know what to do as there is no help section for this error. As i could get this to work I then dowloaded the free version from Macrium only to find that when i ran a backup, I received a note saying error code = 1 please run chkdsk C:/f. I have run chkdsk but this has not done anything.
I read somewhere about the VSS set up which at present is set to manual - whether this is correct or not I dont know.
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Mar 11, 2011
I just downloaded Paragons free addition and for the life of me, I can not seem to locate my external WD Element L: hard drive to backup to. I've read in the manual about capsules, external media CD/DVD, etc, but with the wizard and without, I still see no external drive (L) showing-up anywhere
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Nov 7, 2011
I plan to install an SSD as my system drive and use Paragon to back up and restore. If the Paragon Backup & Recovery 2011 (Advanced) Free (English) edition will automatically align SSD partition when it restores from an archive? The paid edition does this but am not sure about the Free edition.
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Mar 17, 2010
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Jul 20, 2010
I currently have a desktop using Windows XP. I just recently bought a new hard drive which I plan on installing a clean version of Windows 7 on. Is their a way to image my XP drive to my new hard drive that will have Windows 7 on it so I will have all the programs, etc (using like Acronis True Image?) Or will i have to reinstall all of my programs that I had on the XP drive if I want them on my new drive which will have Windows 7. Am I best off just using the transfer wizard? Just trying to see if their is an easy way to image all of my programs from XP to my new drive.
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Oct 24, 2012
i have a Sony Vaio Laptop E Series i have been using for a while.I originally bought it on September 2012 and i am thinking of migrating to a better one.I have been using this laptop since then atleast 12 - 16 hours a day without break and now it's giving up (i believe).I am a programmer and i use software like Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash... these really make the Laptop slow (i believe).I am thinking for migrating to a newer and better laptop but keeping the same setup i have.. What i need: Recommendation on what laptop i shall buy (i know i need a desktop... but i can't have one... because of my work schedule.)How will i be able to migrate all my current data to a new laptop.
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Jan 15, 2010
I have used Mozy on-line backup for a while now, when I was running XP. I find the service to work quite well, at an excellent price.Now that I have migrated to Win 7, I would like to restart my good back-up habits. The client seems to work fine with 7. However, it appears that the client wants to reload all of my files.I want to avoid this, considering it took about a month 24/7 the first time around.Catch is, I have made modest improvements to the structure of my directories, such that some files have been moved around.I have talked to Mozy a few times now about the best way to proceed. Each time, the customer service agent did not seem particularly knowledgeable about what to do.One agent has told me to simply restart the back-up process, and the system will figure out what has already been uploaded regardless of a change in file location. The agent kept referring to this as syncing. I tried this. It appeared to me that the client was again performing an initial back up and uploading everything all over again.Does anyone out there have any experience with using Mozy? After making the move to Win 7, how did you resume your backups? Do I really need to do the whole thing over again, or is there a better method. Or is agent number 1 correct, and Mozy will actually figure everything out without having to start from scratch, even though it appears this it is?
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May 9, 2011
I would like to know if it is possible to migrate windows live mail accounts and mails including the storage folder and all the feeds to another pc?
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Dec 16, 2012
I'm showing an error in my Raid0 configuration, although windows is working properly, and from what i see, i can access all my data. But I think its time to move the install to a normal drive, and i used a ghosting tool to clone the 2 partitions to a new drive. All went fine.
I rebooted, and had to run windows repair from the original DVD, to fix the bootmgr.exe missing file. Again all went well and got all working on the new disk.
However now the clone requires 'activation' within 3 days, and when i try, it tells me i can't, because its and 'upgrade' (which it is), and that i need a new key (which i don't, at hefty price tag!!). Is there a way to fix this, without buying a new 'stand alone version' of windows 7.? (i have the original disk including the key, and its windows 7 ultimate upgrade 64bit).
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Sep 3, 2011
my old Q9550 is starting to show its age. I'd love to build a new 6 or 8 (soon)core system with all the goodies, but frankly with this economy, I just cant pull the trigger! I defrag regularly, perform system maintenence on a regular basis, keep tabs on what apps and services are in startup, and I delete apps I no longer use. However, as a teacher and consultant I need to install, use, and test many apps... sometimes using my "production" system, sometimes using a VM. The problem is that my machine is getting slower... its in need of some new life! I have 4GB of RAM and my MB will take up to 16GB, but 4GB DDR2 sticks are difficult to find and I will spend about the same on an SSD. I know what huge performance advantages can be realized by an SSD, and it looks to be "the best bang for the buck" upgrade.
I've read through whs's tutorial on SSD Install and OS transfer, SSD - Install and transfer the Operating System it sure looks like the easy way out is by using Paragons Migrate OS to SSD software, and that's what I'm probably going to do. More info on Paragons Software here: http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/migrate-OS-to-SSD/ It appears that the Paragon SW will let me pick and choose what I want to transfer from my existing 640GB SATA boot drive to a smaller 256GB SSD.
My thinking ie that I will use this sw, and transfer only the OS, excluding the user folders, and app data, etc. This will give me two benefits as I see it... I can still boot off of my old HDD to see what else I need to reinstall, and I keep the data on the SSD to a minimum. I'm considering installing office on the SSD, along with a few other often used apps. Should I place COD on the SSD or leave it on HDD? I know I will need to point to my existing user folders on the former boot drive. I also realize I will have to reinstall most apps and I will place these into their existing directories on the old HDD... e.g. Program Files and PF(x86). I'm figuring a week or so for total migration as this is my everyday work machine.For those of you familiar with this process using Paragone SW and migrating to a smaller SSD.... What tips can you give me, and others, to speed and streamline this migration?
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Jan 31, 2012
i purchased a new computer and i migrated all my XP sp3 icons over to the new machine. This includes but not limited to favorites, desktop, as well as a third party email client that allows me to store favicons. In total there must be a few hundred shortcut icons.The problem is the icons are not displaying, the only way i can get them to display is by revisiting each site and creating a new shortcut and deleting the old link and placing the new link it its place. This is happening both on desktop and in all files on the directory, no old shortcut icons are showing, they all just default to the standard ie icon.I cant possibly do this with hundreds of icons, i would loose my mind lol.First can you explain the issue and why this is happening, is there a difference between the two formats?Second, is there a better and faster way to fix this without having to revisit each url and create a new shortcut.
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Apr 10, 2012
quick breakdown. Ive installed windows 7 onto my ssd (primary drive) and updated and installed all drivers. so its now a blank canvas. ive got a 500gb wd hd which has all my programs, data, pictures etc on it, including the old o/s.files and folders I can easily backup and move across as i please but ideally id like to keep the ssd relatively clutter free. (for games, data hungry apps)do i need to back that old drive up, reformat it and start again, installing the same programs to it minus the o/s?or does anyone know if i can run those original programs from a slave drive and if so how can i access them in the new o/s?in particular things like antivirus programs, itunes (which has a 130gb library) and so on which are already installed on the old drive but at the moment inaccesible as programs except for their folders.
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Mar 29, 2011
1) If I wanted to use a new OEM license of W7, will it work (activate) on a VM?2) Is there a way to install W7 on an unactivated (don't ask, stupid licenses) VM Vista system while preserving all the data and settings? (or at least most of them)3) If not, is there a way to do the user migration from the unactivated virtual Vista? Speaking of which, it's Parallels Desktop 6 (Mac user that still needs to use Windows
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Jan 22, 2012
I upgraded my husbands computer from Windows Vista to Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit. Did a full backup under Vista to an external drive, and also used Easy Transfer. Wanted to do a clean install and format the hard drive due to past computer problems. All went fine until I used easy transfer to put the ''old''files back onto the computer after the new Win 7 install. I'm getting a ''protected content migration'' error,asking for a password. My husband did not have a password on the old user account,but just to be sure we have tried every password that we have used. No luck with any of them. How do I know what it is that we no longer have access to? Is there anyway for me to recover access to these files that are supposedly password protected? Should I do anything as drastic as just doing a full restore back to Windows Vista from the backup copy and change anything and then start over?
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Mar 6, 2011
I want to change my email default. All the infro says go to tools. I have no tools on my upper tool bar.
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Aug 27, 2012
Not sure if this is in the right part of the forums? but here we go. I am formating and reinstalling windows 7. I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop. Intel 2.3 ghz duel core, cpu. upgraded to 4 gig of ram. done months ago. New 750 gig HDD. New to this install. just bought it. Installed with a dell windows 7 disk. It activated fine. had a few problem with the install. could not install Windows 7 usb dvd tool could not install Office 2010. Did get NOD 32 install and all the windows updates. I figured there was aglitch in the install. I formated and reinstalled windows 7 from a usb drive i created on another computer. that i just installed the windows 7 usb dvd tool on. windows loaded fine, so first thing i tried to install the windows 7 usb dvd tool would not install. so formated and started again. All went well windows 7 activated fine. tried to install the windows 7 usb dvd tool again no joy. so I went ahead and installed all the updates. NOD 32. windows office all went well. tried again to install the Win 7 usb dvd tool no joy. I have googled the problem there is no info out there on this problem. I searched the problem in this forum nothing. I had this tool running on the original install before i started this whole thing and it worked fine. Any suggestion would be great! Nothing invested but time!
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May 10, 2009
I purchased 4GB of RAm a few mnths ago and also got a copy of Vista HP64. From the get go I had all sort of issues in Vista - games would not run, the OS seemed to crash a lot, would get messages like MS Outlooks data file was not closed properly. Windows defender would crash all the time.Tried about 15 different nVidia drivers... gave up. I tried 3 different HDDs too.
So anyway I moved back to XP because I assumed it was simply Vista.
This week I downloaded Win7RC1!! I'd heard nothing but greta things on podcasts, in forums etc. So i installed.
From the start I've had again defender crashing, "windows logon" errors, action centre shows me a LOT of errors that it's detetced and fixed. I get a few "explorer has stopped working" errors too. UGH! Games do not work - they freeze either on loading or after 30 seconds or so of gaming. I've had 4 or so BSODs which I had heard were basically unheard of in Windows 7! They were of varying variety.
All these erros in 3 days worth of running Windows 7? Seems a lot.... and errors on core components of Windows 7 too.
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Jul 9, 2011
I am regarded as the family and friends computer problem solver and in a lot of cases e.g. slowdown/virus etc it is just doing a bit of housekeeping which they don't or can't be bother doing. However this takes a bit of time and I was wondering if there was a good tool out there that you would recommend to save me crawling through their PCs uninstalling unused programs, clearing out .tmp files etc etc - you know the kind of things.
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Sep 27, 2012
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Jun 1, 2012
I received Don's permission to tell you about this program. It is for the average user like me who cannot run ERUNT on Win 7 with a schedule and without the hard workarounds.It is being released from Beta Sunday June 3rd '12'.I have system restore and Acronis but sometimes you cannot get to system restore from within windows or for corruption issues and Acronis takes awhile.This can be found @ tweaking.com where the owner, Shane has developed this for the normal user. Read the threads about it, watch the videos etc. It is so ez with three tabs to backup, restore and settings. There are even shots to show you how to restore if youcan't boot up. The last part was too hard for me so he made it easier. I only know him because he replied to my request for an ERUNT replacement -he was the only one of ten people.It is going to have videos, tutorials and prntscns shots to make it ez.I asked around for along time because so many techs swear by ERUNT and I wanted it or a replacement. Unfortunatley the author of ERUNT developed it up to XP but Win 7 users were stuck unless very techy.This is what I was avidly looking for and he said awhile ago he woud do it.So, if you are like me and make errors you would like to erase, add another backup tool to your toolbox.It is freeware and he promises there are no nasties.
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Feb 12, 2011
Just learning the ropes on Windows7; used Vista for coupla years: TOOL BAR: What happened to Edit function of for that matter File? RIGHT CLICK: What happened to Copy to and Move to ? The point being, how do I move selected files to another location on my computer?
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May 27, 2011
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Oct 30, 2011
When I made the move from Windows XP to Windows 7, I no longer have the HP printer toolbox icon on my desktop. Even tho I had to do a clean install from the original printer CD, I can't find it.
Before posting here I tried looking on the web+I'm thinking the toolbox is not compatible with Windows 7?
It was always nice to be alerted when I was running low on ink,+ now I don't even have the option to clean the print heads. If the program is not going to work with my current system, is it possible for me to manually clean the print heads?
My printer is an HP PSC 1401 All-in-One
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Jul 3, 2012
I have been using the snipping tool quite regularly but come to use it tonight and the programme is not in my programme list any more . Also a search can't find the program on my laptop. Any suggestions please to find the programme?
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Dec 19, 2012
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Apr 23, 2012
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May 28, 2011
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Dec 21, 2011
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