Data Transfer From 1 PC To Another PC

[Martyn]

Just thought I would flag this up again. I bought a Tornado at the original time of this thread and used it(real job) today transferring data from an old Packard Bell Easyone 6GB HD running Windows ME to my laptop running Windows 7. Absolutely effortless especially as I couldn't find a way of getting the hd out of the PB quickly(scrapping it anyway)

 

[Xander]

I've got a generic version of one of those. Pretty handy on occasion but I don't seem to use it that often. Maybe because most HDs aren't that hard to move and just plug in as an external but, like you said, sometimes they're a *(%& to get out.

 

[Martyn]

I've got a generic version of one of those. Pretty handy on occasion but I don't seem to use it that often. Maybe because most HDs aren't that hard to move and just plug in as an external but, like you said, sometimes they're a *(%& to get out.

Yes that's the first time I've had to use it in a year. I forgot that it worked from Windows 7 right back to 98SE. Basically even with those operating systems it just setup 2 explorer windows.

 

[Encrypted Existence]

I've got a generic version of one of those. Pretty handy on occasion but I don't seem to use it that often. Maybe because most HDs aren't that hard to move and just plug in as an external but, like you said, sometimes they're a *(%& to get out.

ehousecalls: Was the generic version any cheaper than the tornado? Could you direct me to where to get one from please? Fifty dollars is a bit steep for me although I do believe this would come in handy eventually. Thanks

 

[PWD]

I guess this comes down to what you have to move from hard drive to hard drive. if its just there documents then I would use the network method and if I had to transfer lets say User profile I would used USB or ESATA depends on what ports the clients computer has available.

 

[Xander]

ehousecalls: Was the generic version any cheaper than the tornado? Could you direct me to where to get one from please? Fifty dollars is a bit steep for me although I do believe this would come in handy eventually. Thanks

I got mine maybe 5-6 years ago and can not remember where I got it. Sorry. I'm pretty sure I paid at least $40 for it back then.

 

[Mr.Mike]

A quick question to you all: do any of you use windows easy transfer anymore? Also, has anyone come up with a good way to deal with the issue of outlook express files being non-transferrable? Most of my clients are still die-hard XP users.

 

[Martyn]

A quick question to you all: do any of you use windows easy transfer anymore? Also, has anyone come up with a good way to deal with the issue of outlook express files being non-transferrable? Most of my clients are still die-hard XP users.

Do you not use Fabs AutoTech version? It deals with Outlook Express to Outlook Express as part of the whole profile and also can port it to Windows Live Mail.

 

[NETWizz]

I really doubt anyone has Firewire on both machines, but if you do that is another option... Just connect them both and configure the network cards.

 

[Mr.Mike]

Do you not use Fabs AutoTech version? It deals with Outlook Express to Outlook Express as part of the whole profile and also can port it to Windows Live Mail.

I've heard of it occaisionally in these forums, but was unaware that it was for transfers. I'll check it out. Thanks Martyn.

 

[Martyn]

I've heard of it occaisionally in these forums, but was unaware that it was for transfers. I'll check it out. Thanks Martyn.

That's really what it is for. Backup the profile for a reinstall or move to a new system. The Tech version backs up to 20 profiles I think and from a slaved non booting hard drive as well.

See it here

 

[Mr.Mike]

Excellent information. I went to Fab's site and downloaded the free .2 version and will try it out on my next XP client. Thanks again!

 

[dgast]

Backup

Fabs is great, I have used it several times from the TN toolkit. It is much faster than trying to colect all the files manually. You'll like it a lot once you try it.

 

[Galdorf]

I bought the belkin easy transfer cable and use easy transfer software if both machines are working, its easy an painless.

 

[Tony_Scarpelli]

Just thought I would flag this up again. I bought a Tornado at the original time of this thread and used it(real job) today transferring data from an old Packard Bell Easyone 6GB HD running Windows ME to my laptop running Windows 7. Absolutely effortless especially as I couldn't find a way of getting the hd out of the PB quickly(scrapping it anyway)

Packard Bell? You are showing your age my friend.....

 

[Tony_Scarpelli]

We have many methods.

IDE/USB cable
Network crossover
Direct usb cable
network cable
Even wireless
Slave drive direct to new system

Which ever is the easiest medium for the situation. It depends on whether we are starting with a working OS or not. How busy we are. How much room we have on the bench. When the system is promised.

We sometimes move the old drive as slave to the new computer and put a short cut on the new computer desktop to the old files. If the client pays to setup more we may backup format the slave drive and restore the files. Depends on what the client wants and wants to pay for.

As for a reload of the OS, we have to backup the files in that case.

Generally if we are busy we boot failed OS with a mini system to logon to the network and do a backup to a public share on our backup server, then we walk away and work on something else. We have gigabyte network so we don't notice to much time. The backup server performs a antivirus check while we work on the reload of the os.

We use several methods of re imaging OS' but ideally when everything works correctly we re-image the drive from our restore server. We use to do this from USB drives but it is just as easy using the network. Then restore the backup that has been checked for viruses.

 

[NETWizz]

I do the same but generally use the network to transfer the files.

With Vista -> XP or XP -> XP I tended to have issues (mainly the network dropping out) but now with Win 7 don't have any issues at all.

I have never experienced any of these issues at all.

Must be that Intel and Broadcom Network Cards and Cisco or HP ProCurve switches are pretty robust... Either that or the drivers are better.

 

[MobileTechie]

I've never had those problems either and I cannot see why they would occur.