If you have ever
purchased a new machine onto which you wanted to put all your existing data
and programs, you have experienced the beginning of a nightmare. In the nightmare,
you find
that you cannot find the install disks. Or, when you find those, you cannot
find the key to
activate the install disks. Worse yet, the company is no longer offering
that software or had gone
out of business leaving you with software you paid for, software that works
fine, but software
that can only be used on your out of date, low-memory, low-megahertz, 486,
Pentium or Pentium
II or III machine. One friend of ours had and keyboard-monitor switch to
four virtual keyboards
on this desk with four virtual monitors each going to a legacy machine which
had some pieces of
software on them which he did not want to be without for that special need.
Of course, none of us are that obsessive compulsive (lol).
But, each of use certainly
does not like to spend the hours and hours it takes to install all the data
and software and desktop appearance options and shortcuts and wallpaper, etc.
(many, many
hours of work --- if you take the time to count them) onto our new computer.
Either we take that
time or we leave a few things out by intention or by “lost” disks,
keys, etc.
Well a number of years ago, I found software that does all the work
for me for just a few dollars;
now I think it costs $30.00 (US), but even at a much higher price would be
worth it to me and
my friends and family members who I have introduced to this. I have used this
to upgrade from
my 1286MB Pentium Pro, to my 256MB Pentium II to my 512 MB dual Pentium III
to my 4GB
dual Pentium IV. So, I have software and data files from 10 years ago, from
8 years ago, from 4
years ago and 2 years ago which I find useful still today (some of it from
various companies
which Gordon Eubanks went around purchasing and putting out of business because
he didn’t
like the competition.)
And, each of these moves of data and programs involved
no finding of old disks, no worrying
about “will it work”, etc. Although the company that makes this
software does not claim that
everything will work, etc., I have found that everything does work, even those
neat little DOS
programs which no one has implemented in windows as well.
This software gets
installed on a “source” computer (your old one)
and a “target” computer (your
new one) that are “hooked” together. Mine are hooked together via
a small LAN in our home.
The software manufacturer, in their instructions, talked about other ways to
hook computers
together but I did not pay attention because the LAN was the smelliest and
obvious choice for us.
So, we highly suggest, using this for your nest upgrade.
Full disclosure: We own no stock and
do not work for the company (lol). The software is called: MOVE ME and the
company is
SpearitSoftware http://www.spearit.com/. Have fun!
My son, Morgan, volunteered
to write this description as he was the one who found it for me and
operates it for me.
CBdeMille