PCMover

PCmover is mostly great. Some room for improvement.

Kommentare: I purchased a new computer with a new SSD hard drive. I needed to transfer the programs from the old computer to the new computer.

Vorteile:

The best part of this program is the accessibility of the HUMAN support team. You can actually call a phone number and talk to a real human being. Almost unheard of these days.

Nachteile:

The one thing that would've helped me in using PCmover would have been if they had made it more apparent that you could ONLY transfer the programs and data, but NOT Windows itself. Windows needed to be installed on the new machine, before doing the transfer. Had I been aware of that at the beginning, I would've save a LOT of time and aggravation. Also, it took a very long time to transfer the data (29 hours 46 minutes)! But, it was a LOT of data (650gb).

Worked great for me!

Kommentare: I have been using a Dell Windows 7 laptop for over 10 years. I put off getting a new computer because I dreaded the hassle of moving everything from my old one. In fact, I bought a Dell Windows 11 laptop which sat on the shelf for a year because I was avoiding the big move. I had way too many emails in Thunderbird and, although I've been trying to clean them out, was afraid that would bog down the move as well. I was not looking forward to finding the installers and registration numbers for all of my applications. I finally got tired of watching the spinning blue circle on my Windows 7. I found PC Mover and decided to see if it lived up to the description. From my point of view it did, and more! The big move took about a day and a half, probably because my old laptop had so much on it and was so short on RAM and processing speed. Almost all of my applications carried over successfully without having to reinstall them, including an AppleWorks program from 1998 I still use occasionally! You can call me an old fogey (and you'd be right) but I'm a bit frustrated with myself for waiting so long to make the move. I splurged for more RAM & processing speed on my new laptop so it makes me cringe a bit thinking about how much time I wasted waiting on the spinning blue circle on my old laptop to go away. From other reviews not everyone has the same success but it was worth every penny to me!

Vorteile:

Easy to use. Transferred almost everything (including some older applications) from my Windows 7 laptop to my new Windows 11 laptop.

Nachteile:

Took about a day and a half to complete the move but that may have been due to the amount of clutter and reduced RAM & processing speed on my Windows 7.

Avoid PCMover unless you like wasting your time.

Kommentare: I bought PCMover based on the recommendation of Microsoft, as that is the only option they offer to simply migrate information from one Windows 10 computer to another. Not only did it fail to correctly copy the applications, it damaged the .NET framework on the new computer. I wound up have to reset the new computer back to factory and simply re-install the apps and manually copy the data. I requested a refund, and it's been over a week that they have been "examining the log files to see why it failed before giving me a refund." Needless to say, I'd avoid this product.

Vorteile:

It was easy to install, there is nothing else good about PCMover.

Nachteile:

It failed to actually do the task it was supposed to do, which was to copy applications, settings and files from one windows 10 computer to a new windows 10 computer.

OK for simple moves

Kommentare: Most useful for people less experienced in moving stuff from one pc to another - it would probably be quicker to save your docs, downloads etc and do a clean install

Vorteile:

It will move accross your most popular programs from Microsoft or Adobe and copy the registry's settings

Nachteile:

Will not move some bespoke software struggles on the less popular programs and even though some programs and apps are copied they don't work - and it's a bit slow

Easy, fast and safe transfer for our customers

Kommentare: Overall the experience with PCmover has been great. If you can read English, it's easy to use. It's fast, if you have the USB 3.0 cable, but also has a good transfer speed through a strong internet connection.
And most importantly to us, it's safe. No external or online storage needed.

Vorteile:

At POWER we love the safety that comes with the use of PCmover. We've eliminated the need to store our customers data when transferring (e.g. via harddrive), which was one of our main concerns. We're now also able to easily transfer programs, profiles and settings, which we had to manually setup before.

Nachteile:

A few of our employees, who are not great with English, had some issues using the software. It was slightly difficult for them to understand how to start the software correctly. We also had a few employees report, that they found it difficult to know if the software had transferred everything or not. In most such cases, all data was transferred, but was on a new (transferred) user.

PC Mover: Why I use it for every data migration project

Kommentare: I run projects where we dispatch thousands technicians and engineers both in the US and Globally for multisite deployments for Hardware and Software. Whenever we have a project that has a need for data migration I choose PC Mover. It save time, money and effort. It is a value add and a differentiator which directly impacts the TCO of any project.

Vorteile:

Ease of use, Customer Support and Overall implementation.

Nachteile:

Nothing, it is extremely good software that does exactly what I need it to do.

Secure, fast and hassle free!

Kommentare: This software is by far the easiest and most secure way to transfer a complete set of data from one device to another.
It is easy to understand the steps in the guide if you are comfortable with reading in english. All in all, it is easy to use, very fast in transfer speed and overall a great hassle free experience.

Vorteile:

The most important part of this product for us is the security of a customers data when transferring. With the GDPR legislation, gone are the days of using an external hard drive or USB thumb drive to transfer a customers data - and we are all the merrier since we have such a great tool now to transfer a customers data with peace of mind.

Nachteile:

The software can be a bit diffilcr to understand if you are not that comfortable with english and maybe not as easy to use as we have seen with some of our employees.

PCmover

Vorteile:

Invaluable program for transferring programs, settings, including registry settings from drives with blown, unrecoverable boot sectors, from migrating from machines, and when upgrading to newer versions of Windows.

Nachteile:

Depending on what is on the source drive, the program can be painfully slow and could take over 24 hours to complete migrations.

Migrating data made easy

Vorteile:

Made easy for everyone, just click what you want to migrate (more advanced features also for migrating specific files / programs) and wait. Really easy to use and a valuable tool in my "toolbox" to get the daily work done with customers. Time saving in a nutshell.

Nachteile:

The only thing missing is the migration of printer drivers that I haven't got to work yet so that when the customer goes home with the new product, the old printer is plug and play.

PCmover that does everything with an ease

Kommentare: Very good, no problems at all. Fast in use.

Vorteile:

The simplicity and user functionality. Fast transfer and four options for transferring.

Nachteile:

I'm missing the function that it could be used on macbooks. Printers dont come along from old computer to new.

Great!

Kommentare: Support services for customers, clone old PC to new PC

Vorteile:

Easy to use, and very easy to clone PC to PC

Nachteile:

Not possible to migragte betwee Mac and PC