Transferring Programs
Oct 22, 2009
I know that there are no MS methods for transferring programs after performing a custom install. I can't do an upgrade because I'm upgrading from 32 bit Vista Ultimate to 64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate. This means re-installing masses of software and patches and updates. The last time I did this, from XP to Vista, it took weeks to finally complete the process.
I have found this application Laplink PCmover Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant that purports to move your existing applications from Vista to 7 on the same PC. The company has a good reputation and for about £10 it doesn't seem bad value (1 migration).
Anyone know anything about it?
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Sep 9, 2010
I have a brand new Acer ax3910 with Win 7 home premium 64 bit already installed. My old computer is an XP home machine but I don't want to give up my software that I have installed on it It is all 32 bit the file system is FAT 32 and I want to transfer it to my new computer's harddrive. I have both computers and an external hard drive large enough to hold the data from the old computer. Of course I don't want to transfer the OS!
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Jan 25, 2009
Has anyone run across this? Whenever I install a program via the DVD drive or from a mounted ISO the install is painfully slow. The system them responds super slow. This also happens when transferring files from multiple drives. I understand there will be a lag when the hard drive is in use, but this never happened under the same setup in Vista.
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Feb 13, 2011
I've just done a clean install on a blank hard drive of windows 7 ultimate x64. I had this exact version of windows on another hard drive but I did something and now I can't boot into it any more. So I want to transfer all my files and stuff - I can link up and view everything on my old hard drive, it just won't boot - is there any software or any easy way to transfer my program files so that I don't have to reinstall them all? Also, I'm not sure how to transfer all my windows settings - is it just a file somewhere that I copy across? I've had a look at 'windows easy transfer' but it looks like it only works if you can boot into both operating systems - which I can't.
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Aug 5, 2012
I have an externally connected (by way of USB) samsung hard drive from my dead HP Slimline Vista connected to my newer HP Slimline Windows 7. The old drive powers and runs and the new computer recognizes it in printers and devices but I can't open it to access files etc. I know the old drive was formatted with Vista and 7 can't read the old drive. But it's my understanding that there are drivers that should be able to open and allow me to read and transfer from the old to the new. I can't install the old hard drive in the new computer because there are no extra connections or slots to mount it
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May 1, 2011
So, recently, my friend gave me his computer because he has upgraded his system and I found out that his PC is the exact same spec as my computer BUT his PC got 2 more extra RAM slot than me so, I was wondering to transfer my entire PC into one with his. I suppose, I can give it to a max of 6GB of RAM but the problem is...
Due to my lack of HDD and space, I can't afford to do a backup for all the files which I want to backup and, I was wondering...
1.) Can I just transfer my HDD with Windows 7 inside into his PC and use like normal?
2.) Will my files will be inside after the transfer?
3.) Is a fresh-install really needed?
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Aug 18, 2010
I bought a PC which comes with Windows 7 pre-installed. It probably has a partition with Windows 7 installation for restoring purposes.Since I'm going to run linux on this new box, I thought I could use its Windows 7 installation on the my windows box which currently runs vista.
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Mar 21, 2012
I bought an SSD drive for my computer, only 60GB or so, and wanted to run my OS on it, and a few programs I use most days (Adobe suite / few games). Then use my existing drive (About 140GB) for photos and other things.
So far I've put the SSD drive in my computer, hooked it up, and formatted it so it shows on my 'My Computer' as drive :E.
I know how to put programs over, but how, and what is the best way to transfer my Windows 7 OS over to it?
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Mar 29, 2011
I have windows 7 installed on a 1TB hard drive. I want to transfer the whole OP to a SSD I might get to boost transfer rates. I heard I can back up windows 7 on another HDD, installed my SSD then put my disk in and select the image manually on the drive I backed windows 7 on.
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May 26, 2011
my crive is in the red and i have a 80gig hdd can i move my OS to the D: Drive
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Aug 16, 2011
Can one use a flash drive to get the folders from AOL on the old computer that have been "saved on PC"?
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Nov 5, 2012
I would like to transfer my 8mm video to computer so I can burn a cd.
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Dec 5, 2012
i have an old-school Sony DCR-TRV103 camera that has digital recording on hi8 tapes. I'm trying to transfer the videos from the tapes to my laptop. One laptop is running Windows XP with a firewire port and the other is an ultrabook running Windows 7 (usb ports only).I'm looking for the most inexpensive way to be able to transfer videos to the laptop. As far as I can tell, the video camera only has a firewire out. I have tried connecting the camcorder directly to my windows XP laptop, and am able to see the camcorder, but I am unable to get the video playing.Is there someone who can tell me step by step how to transfer the video and what the best laptop to use for this?
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Nov 28, 2011
Finally time to replace my Dell desktop running XP Home with an HP desktop with Windows 7. What is the best way to transfer files, pictures, music, contacts, etc. from XP to Windows 7? My email and contacts are currently in Outlook. I don't know what email program to use on the new computer since I bought the Student and family version of Microsoft and I don't think it includes Outlook.
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Sep 21, 2012
Computer Windows7 1T Hdd, 6GB Ram, Intel i5 chip I have just changed over to Windows 7 and transferred Thunderbird profiles folder to the AppDatalocal but it does not open in Thunderbird, I have tried everything without success to get this to work.
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Dec 7, 2011
I have a new Lenovo laptop with Windows 7. I have an old Dell Inspiron laptop with Windows XP. I realize I need to move my Firefox bookmarks and MS Office Outlook address book to the new computer.
1. How do I do this?
2. Are there any other files or info I should transfer?
I'm trying to avoid losing anything if the old laptop dies (no signs, just old). I store all my program backups, pictures and documents on a portable hard drive and cds.
3. Should I be doing more? I notice my Lenovo automatically backs up every day.
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Sep 10, 2011
I cannot transfer files to an SDHC mini card when connected to my Windows 7 computer; no problem on my Windows Vista computer. I've tried changing the drive letter because the drive shows "unallocated", but that didn't work. The drive is showing up in My Computer. I get an error message, "Cannot read from source file". I've selected to give administrator options and everything I know to do to no avail.
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Nov 6, 2012
if I move an OEM windows 7 to another computer (with a program like windows 7 system preparation tool and I believe that can be done) I understand I may lose windows activation. What I would like to know is if I do, could it be restored (activation) using a program such as "advanced tokens manager".
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Sep 14, 2009
i was using thunder bird and now i want to transfer back my mails to my official mail i just installed redirect add on thunder bird but i couldnt transfer back the mail to official id can some one list the steps/procedure to transfer mails from thunderbird back to source mail id!!!
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May 30, 2011
Laptop computer was recently destroyed, however the hard drive presumably still works. I was wondering what would be the best way to get this information off the hard drive and onto my new laptop. It is a Western Digital 500gb SATA drive with Windows 7 + all my data on it.
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Nov 14, 2010
I have a Desktop running Win 7 Home premium and have recently installed Win 7 Professional on my laptop. I want to transfer the desktop and other settings (MS Office) and files from the desktop to the laptop. The desktop has 2 drives, one with Windows and program files and the other with User Data. My laptop has one drive partitioned with a similar setup, Windows and Programs on the C: partition and User Data on the D: partition. When I try to transfer I get the message the transfer cannot take place because there is not enough room and to delete some files to make room. The problem seems to be that the transfer wizzard is trying to transfer everything from the Desktop to the C: drive of the laptop, rather than C: to C: and D: to D:. Is there a way around this ? I have tried to map the drives but it won�t let me do that!
Secondly, if I only try to transfer fewer files, I am told the Desktop is not connected to the domain, but I have not set up a domain and when I try on the desktop, the option is greyed out.
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Nov 11, 2011
I'm getting a new SSD and i'm clueless what I need to do to get my drives setup like I want them to. I want to install the OS on the new SSD and remove everything from the old drive and make it completely blank. How do i do this?
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Feb 4, 2012
I have a new computer. I copied my favorities on a DVD from my old computer but have no idea how to install them in Windows 7 in the Favorite tab of IE.
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Aug 16, 2012
I had purchased a retail copy of windows 7 home 32 bit and installed it as bootcamp on my macbook pro. Now I am purchasing the parts to build a desktop! Is there anyway I can transfer the windows 7 on my mac to my new pc, since I don't need windows on my mac anymore? I still have the disk and original code if that helps.
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Jul 7, 2011
I recently switched from Mac to PC, and I would like to transfer my iTunes library (preferably with all the playlists intact) via external harddrive. I uploaded all my iTunes data to the drive making sure to consolidate my library first so that all my playlist/rating data would be uploaded as well. I have about 12,000 songs, so this process took several hours.I hooked up my drive to my PC, and I tried dragging the music folder to various locations (My Music, desktop, etc.)It seems like the copying process starts (it says time/speed is calculating and that it is starting to detect more and more GB of data), but then it mysteriously stops and the update box disappears. There is no error message. When I try to drag it one more time, nothing happens.
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Dec 15, 2011
I was transferring some video files to my nas via wireless no problem there usual slow transfer, i went to move the cursor and it stuck then eventually it moved, I tried a few other things and they took forever to open etc. The thing is according to my system monitor nothing was being used, appx 800MB out of 6GB of ram and 1/2% of cpu.
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Aug 12, 2012
I wanna do.My friend has a really old laptop (HP Compaq nX8220) with her info on it. She recently purchased a new Dell Laptop and now she wants to find a way to put all the old data from her old computer to the new one
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May 11, 2009
i installed windows 7 7100 32bit on my desktop Pc and 7100 64bit on my laptop...
i have D-Link Wireless Router...
Now I have successfully connected laptop from desktop pc via wifi.
I have DSL Internet connection on my Desktop PC, now i can connect to it via Wifi, on my laptop and i am able to use it !
Now the problem, i cannot transfer files from my desktop to PC.
in Other Words I Don't know how to do it so please some one help me guiding step by step with example on how to transfer files!
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Jan 10, 2011
I recently built my own PC and need to figure out how to transfer files from my old mac to my new pc.I have an external hard drive, and the mac recognizes it when I plug it in but won't let me transfer any files to it.
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Dec 22, 2011
I am installing a new processor and need to transfer the "Documents" and "Pictures" from this old processor to new without putting them on a disc
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Jan 14, 2012
I have a ASUS g53s-xa1 that I just picked up looking to add a SSD into the second hard drive bay but I am just curious as to how painful transferring my os to it will be?
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