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  • Migrating from old to new W10 laptop - free utility?

    From David@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 29 12:09:43 2023
    The last time I migrated old to new Microsoft had bulk licensed LapLink.
    You just installed it on old and new systems, plugged then into the same network, and pressed "Go".

    This no longer seems to be the case, and LapLink want a $60 license fee.

    Is there anything free (or cheaper) that can do as good a job?

    [Alternatively, if you cloned the old system to the new one would it sort itself out?]

    Cheers



    Dave R

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  • From GlowingBlueMist@21:1/5 to David on Sun Jul 30 16:16:11 2023
    On 7/29/2023 7:09 AM, David wrote:
    The last time I migrated old to new Microsoft had bulk licensed LapLink.
    You just installed it on old and new systems, plugged then into the same network, and pressed "Go".

    This no longer seems to be the case, and LapLink want a $60 license fee.

    Is there anything free (or cheaper) that can do as good a job?

    [Alternatively, if you cloned the old system to the new one would it sort itself out?]

    Cheers



    Dave R

    Here is one program (CloneApp)that transfers programs and their settings
    from one pc to another. I've not used it myself.

    https://alternativeto.net/software/cloneapp/about/

    As I understand it you install Windows in the new machine and then you
    can transfer programs from the old to the new.

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  • From Pancho@21:1/5 to David on Sun Jul 30 23:59:15 2023
    On 29/07/2023 13:09, David wrote:
    The last time I migrated old to new Microsoft had bulk licensed LapLink.
    You just installed it on old and new systems, plugged then into the same network, and pressed "Go".

    This no longer seems to be the case, and LapLink want a $60 license fee.

    Is there anything free (or cheaper) that can do as good a job?

    [Alternatively, if you cloned the old system to the new one would it sort itself out?]


    Yes. Should do.

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