This program is the one that Microsoft usually recommends to migrate data from one computer to another because it is one of the longest on the market, one of the most complete and that works best.
For example, if it was only to transfer registry keys which appear to belong to the software being transferred it may miss some needed keys, resulting in some software not running once transferred. Zinstall WinWin transfers all of your stuff from your old computer to your new one: your programs, documents, music, pictures, favorites, emails, accounts, settings - and of course all of your files. PCMover is a program developed by Laplink to help all kinds of individual users and companies to pass their data from one computer to another. It's not an ideal way of doing things, but I don't think it could be done differently. Since it's not really possible to know exactly what registry keys a program uses, I presume it has to transfer a lot of data which does not appear to be used by any of the software it is transferring, just in case it may be needed. I guess PCmover transfers a lot of unneeded registry keys and this was the cause. This is quite possibly the only time I've ever seen a noticeable increase in performance after doing so. I resolved the issue by cleaning the registry.
After I used it to migrate software from a 32bit install of Windows to a 64 bit installation, Windows was running slowly. It's been some time since I've used PCmover, so quite possibly the experience has improved since then. In the instance I posted about, I'm pretty sure it was on the same computer. The only difference between the two editions, is that you get a multiple license discount with the Pro version. I have found some older (quite positive) statements concerning "PCmover", especially by roger_m (in his case concerning Windows 7). There are at least two programs on the market in order to achieve (or at least to support) this aim:ĭoes anyone have an experience with these programs? Or does someone know another software fulfilling the same purpose? Instead I would like to migrate/transfer it from the 32-bit system to the 64-bit system. My intention is to stay on the same computer (it has a x-64 based processor).Īnd if possible, I will try to avoid the procedure to install again all my software from scratch.
I do not like to do it, but I fear that sometime it will become necessary:Īn upgrade from Windows 10 32-bit to 64-bit.