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How To: App, Data Migration To Vista Made Easy
Saturday, January 6th, 2007
The big migration to Windows Vista has officially begun. For system builders, this will mean lots of work ordering, installing and 
upgrading Microsoft’s new OS on both new and old systems. For most customers, moving to Vista will mean moving to entirely new systems. Many if not most PCs now installed lack the processing power and memory capacity demanded by Microsoft’s new OS. For users installing new Vista PCs, the big question becomes, How do I get my data and settings over to the new system?
Data migration is a voodoo science. Ask 10 system builders how they transfer their clients’ data, and you’ll probably get at least five different answers. For example, some use Windows’ built-in File and Settings Transfer Wizard. Others prefer to go the manual route, individually selecting data to transfer. But with only one exception, most PC file-transfer applications neglect one of the most important considerations of any old-new migration: the ability to transfer entire applications from an old system to a new one.
Thankfully, over the course of researching the most efficient method of migrating data, I have found a new application from an established software company that is not only capable of quickly transferring music, photos, and other data, but also all-important applications. It’s Laplink’s PCmover. I believe PCmover is the best solution now available, one that every system builder should have in their toolkit.
Before I delve into this application, I want to explore Microsoft’s promise of simple data migration via a new Vista application known as the Windows Easy Transfer utility. How To: App, Data Migration To Vista Made Easy - Windows Vista, System Builders - CRN
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