• Re: Moving everything W10 -> W11 new laptop

    From David@21:1/5 to David on Sat Nov 9 12:52:48 2024
    On Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:56:00 +0000, David wrote:

    I am about to move a friend from an old laptop to a new one.

    Last time I did this (to W10) there was a free version of Laplink with
    W10.

    Apparently this is no longer free, and you have to but PCMover.

    Has anyone done this, or used an alternative method?

    I want to transfer the user, all programmes, and the associated data to
    the brand new system.

    PCMover also has several variants, I understand.
    Which is the minimum cost one which would do all I require?

    Alternative strategies such as backup old system, restore to new system
    then upgrade W10 -> W11?

    It looks to potentially be a lot more work than last time.

    I am currently battling with PC Mover Pro.

    At the first attempt everything seemed to work, except I managed to move
    the main user into the temporary work user I had set up on the new PC.

    There is a feature to reverse the move, but since using that I have been getting different failure messages at each attempt.
    This is a long learning process.

    Looking at a Microsoft site it recommends using backup and restore.

    Has anyone used this to move from a W10 machine to a W11 machine?

    I assume that the first stage is an install of W10 on a different
    processor which then has to sort out all the drivers and then upgrade to
    W11.
    This may lose the bespoke bits of the Dell W11 installation that came with
    the PC.
    Has anyone gone this route?

    Cheers



    Dave R

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  • From David@21:1/5 to David on Sun Nov 10 19:14:30 2024
    On Sat, 09 Nov 2024 12:52:48 +0000, David wrote:

    On Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:56:00 +0000, David wrote:

    I am about to move a friend from an old laptop to a new one.

    Last time I did this (to W10) there was a free version of Laplink with
    W10.

    Apparently this is no longer free, and you have to but PCMover.

    Has anyone done this, or used an alternative method?

    I want to transfer the user, all programmes, and the associated data to
    the brand new system.

    PCMover also has several variants, I understand.
    Which is the minimum cost one which would do all I require?

    Alternative strategies such as backup old system, restore to new system
    then upgrade W10 -> W11?

    It looks to potentially be a lot more work than last time.

    I am currently battling with PC Mover Pro.

    At the first attempt everything seemed to work, except I managed to move
    the main user into the temporary work user I had set up on the new PC.

    There is a feature to reverse the move, but since using that I have been getting different failure messages at each attempt.
    This is a long learning process.
    <snip>

    Nearly there.
    I think one issue is 32 bit applications which will not transfer.

    Had a real battle with Thunderbird but I think I have finally sorted it.

    Now waiting for my registration on the support forum to be confirmed so I
    can report back.

    I am so out of practice with all this computing stuff.

    Cheers



    Dave R


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  • From GB@21:1/5 to David on Mon Nov 11 10:29:15 2024
    On 10/11/2024 19:14, David wrote:
    On Sat, 09 Nov 2024 12:52:48 +0000, David wrote:

    On Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:56:00 +0000, David wrote:

    I am about to move a friend from an old laptop to a new one.

    Last time I did this (to W10) there was a free version of Laplink with
    W10.

    Apparently this is no longer free, and you have to but PCMover.

    Has anyone done this, or used an alternative method?

    I want to transfer the user, all programmes, and the associated data to
    the brand new system.

    PCMover also has several variants, I understand.
    Which is the minimum cost one which would do all I require?

    Alternative strategies such as backup old system, restore to new system
    then upgrade W10 -> W11?

    It looks to potentially be a lot more work than last time.

    I am currently battling with PC Mover Pro.

    At the first attempt everything seemed to work, except I managed to move
    the main user into the temporary work user I had set up on the new PC.

    There is a feature to reverse the move, but since using that I have been
    getting different failure messages at each attempt.
    This is a long learning process.
    <snip>

    Nearly there.
    I think one issue is 32 bit applications which will not transfer.

    Had a real battle with Thunderbird but I think I have finally sorted it.

    Now waiting for my registration on the support forum to be confirmed so I
    can report back.

    I am so out of practice with all this computing stuff.

    Cheers



    Dave R


    I've just set up a new laptop PC. It came with W11 installed. I logged
    into my windows account, and it transferred across all the documents
    etc. I logged into Chrome for my bookmarks and passwords. I then
    installed the handful of programs I use.

    From what you're saying, my approach may be easier than using a
    transfer programme that only does part of the job.

    I also have a completely clean Windows install, without any risk of
    issues with the old laptop being transferred across. Of course, it
    helps that I don't use a huge number of programmes.

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  • From David@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 11 18:26:34 2024
    On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:29:15 +0000, GB wrote:

    On 10/11/2024 19:14, David wrote:
    On Sat, 09 Nov 2024 12:52:48 +0000, David wrote:

    On Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:56:00 +0000, David wrote:

    I am about to move a friend from an old laptop to a new one.

    Last time I did this (to W10) there was a free version of Laplink
    with W10.

    Apparently this is no longer free, and you have to but PCMover.

    Has anyone done this, or used an alternative method?

    I want to transfer the user, all programmes, and the associated data
    to the brand new system.

    PCMover also has several variants, I understand.
    Which is the minimum cost one which would do all I require?

    Alternative strategies such as backup old system, restore to new
    system then upgrade W10 -> W11?

    It looks to potentially be a lot more work than last time.

    I am currently battling with PC Mover Pro.

    At the first attempt everything seemed to work, except I managed to
    move the main user into the temporary work user I had set up on the
    new PC.

    There is a feature to reverse the move, but since using that I have
    been getting different failure messages at each attempt.
    This is a long learning process.
    <snip>

    Nearly there.
    I think one issue is 32 bit applications which will not transfer.

    Had a real battle with Thunderbird but I think I have finally sorted
    it.

    Now waiting for my registration on the support forum to be confirmed so
    I can report back.

    I am so out of practice with all this computing stuff.

    Cheers



    Dave R


    I've just set up a new laptop PC. It came with W11 installed. I logged
    into my windows account, and it transferred across all the documents
    etc. I logged into Chrome for my bookmarks and passwords. I then
    installed the handful of programs I use.

    From what you're saying, my approach may be easier than using a
    transfer programme that only does part of the job.

    I also have a completely clean Windows install, without any risk of
    issues with the old laptop being transferred across. Of course, it
    helps that I don't use a huge number of programmes.

    Which email client do you use?



    Cheers



    Dave R


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  • From David@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 5 18:56:00 2024
    I am about to move a friend from an old laptop to a new one.

    Last time I did this (to W10) there was a free version of Laplink with W10.

    Apparently this is no longer free, and you have to but PCMover.

    Has anyone done this, or used an alternative method?

    I want to transfer the user, all programmes, and the associated data to
    the brand new system.

    PCMover also has several variants, I understand.
    Which is the minimum cost one which would do all I require?

    Alternative strategies such as backup old system, restore to new system
    then upgrade W10 -> W11?

    It looks to potentially be a lot more work than last time.

    Cheers



    Dave R


    --
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  • From GB@21:1/5 to David on Tue Nov 12 20:35:41 2024
    On 11/11/2024 18:26, David wrote:
    On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:29:15 +0000, GB wrote:

    On 10/11/2024 19:14, David wrote:
    On Sat, 09 Nov 2024 12:52:48 +0000, David wrote:

    On Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:56:00 +0000, David wrote:

    I am about to move a friend from an old laptop to a new one.

    Last time I did this (to W10) there was a free version of Laplink
    with W10.

    Apparently this is no longer free, and you have to but PCMover.

    Has anyone done this, or used an alternative method?

    I want to transfer the user, all programmes, and the associated data >>>>> to the brand new system.

    PCMover also has several variants, I understand.
    Which is the minimum cost one which would do all I require?

    Alternative strategies such as backup old system, restore to new
    system then upgrade W10 -> W11?

    It looks to potentially be a lot more work than last time.

    I am currently battling with PC Mover Pro.

    At the first attempt everything seemed to work, except I managed to
    move the main user into the temporary work user I had set up on the
    new PC.

    There is a feature to reverse the move, but since using that I have
    been getting different failure messages at each attempt.
    This is a long learning process.
    <snip>

    Nearly there.
    I think one issue is 32 bit applications which will not transfer.

    Had a real battle with Thunderbird but I think I have finally sorted
    it.

    Now waiting for my registration on the support forum to be confirmed so
    I can report back.

    I am so out of practice with all this computing stuff.

    Cheers



    Dave R


    I've just set up a new laptop PC. It came with W11 installed. I logged
    into my windows account, and it transferred across all the documents
    etc. I logged into Chrome for my bookmarks and passwords. I then
    installed the handful of programs I use.

    From what you're saying, my approach may be easier than using a
    transfer programme that only does part of the job.

    I also have a completely clean Windows install, without any risk of
    issues with the old laptop being transferred across. Of course, it
    helps that I don't use a huge number of programmes.

    Which email client do you use?


    I use the Chrome browser to get my emails.




    Cheers



    Dave R



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