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Laplink PC Mover Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant [DOWNLOAD]

From: Laplink Software, Inc. Digital Software

List Price: ~~$29.99~~
Buy New: $9.49
as of 11/25/2009 03:24 CST details
You Save: $20.50 (68%)

Seller: Amazon.com
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

4 reviews
Sales Rank: 162

Format: Download
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Media: Software Download
Operating System: Windows Vista

Model: PAFGPCMU05000P0RTDEN
UPC: 048296308226
EAN: 0048296308226
ASIN: B002TOL9S2

Release Date: October 22, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

Features:

•	The Only way to upgrade from XP to Windows 7 hassle free
•	Keep your Applications with no reinstalling
•	Upgrade from any version of Windows
•	Select which programs and files you keep
•	Easy to use wizard

The Only Way to Upgrade From XP to Windows 7

If you want to upgrade your computer from XP to Windows 7 and not lose all your files and programs, you need PCmover.

No need to copy files to external media; no need to reinstall all your applications. PCmover does it all for you without any external storage, without copying files, and without having to find your old CDs and serial numbers!

There are many possible upgrade scenarios; in fact, here's a chart.

It may seem confusing, but here's the solution: PCmover Upgrade Assistant. XP to Windows 7? No problem! Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional? Yep, we do that. How about Vista 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit? Of course!

Using PCmover to upgrade to Windows 7 is easy. First, run PCmover and follow the easy-to-use wizard. Then install Windows 7, choosing "custom" install but do not reformat. Then run PCmover again. That's it--you're done. Everything is exactly how you want it--without copying files or reinstalling programs!

Keep it simple. Save yourself the time and hassle of upgrading by using PCmover.

Choose which applications you want to have on your upgraded PC. Click to enlarge.

Select which folders you want and uncheck any file types that you don't want to have after the upgrade. Click to enlarge.

Features

Application Selectivity
Choose which applications you want to have on your upgraded PC.

Folder & File Selectivity
Select which folders you want and uncheck any file types that you don't want to have after the upgrade.

Keep Everything
All programs, files and settings can stay exactly as they were in your old operating system with one easy step.

Easy-To-Use Wizard
Click through a simple wizard to perform the upgrade.

Laplink Software Money Back Guarantee
Laplink makes every effort to provide top quality products and we take pride in our software line and the benefits they provide our many valued customers. There are times when a product must be returned and for that reason, if you experience a problem and have contacted our technical support team and still are unable to utilize our software, we will refund your product cost. Laplink provides a 30-day money back guarantee for current products from the date of purchase of the product(s) with technical support approval.

What You Should Know
PCmover Upgrade Assistant should be used only as intended and as described in the User Guide. If you attempt to use this product for unintended purposes, your computer may become unstable or unusable. If you have any questions, please visit technical support.

Some programs on your old computer may not be compatible with a newer operating system.
Files with Digital Rights Management (DRM) such as music files and programs that require keys or serial numbers with a hardware fingerprint may require reactivation.
Some programs with unique copy protection may need to be reinstalled or reactivated with their original key or serial number.
Be sure to deactivate programs with online-managed activation (such as various Adobe products and iTunes) before upgrading your operating system.
Antivirus and Anti-Spyware programs may not be automatically installed on your new operating system
Specific hardware drivers will not be moved to your new operating system.
PCmover is not designed for migrations from newer operating systems to older operating systems. For example, we do not recommend attempting to migrate from a PC running Windows 7 to a PC running Windows XP as doing so may render your system unstable.
Please note that PCmover Upgrade Assistant serial numbers are unique to PCmover Upgrade Assistant and will not work with other editions of PCmover.
Windows 7 upgrade DVD is not included.

Product Description
PCmover Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant - the ONLY way to upgrade from XP to Windows 7! All your programs, files and settings are saved right where you want them! Dont risk losing important data by starting over. Rest assured that all your important data will be saved with an in-place upgrade to Windows 7 using PCmover.

Customer Reviews:
4 out of 5 stars

Easy, but not Super-Easy November 19, 2009
Pyanfar Chanur (USA)
Laplink is a company whose products go a long way back and have a history of quality and reliability. Laplink's PC Mover is no different: it really does migrate anything and everything from one machine to another without requiring you to reinstall all your software. It is not as easy as the website and its customer testimonials promise, but if you go slowly and pay close attention to what it is doing, you will be pleasantly surprised at not having to re-unlock Microsoft Office, dig out installation CDs and DVDs, or re-register cherished DRM-infected games. PC Mover even uses the simple metaphors of "Moving Vans" and "Loading and Unloading the Moving Van" to make things easy to understand.

This Amazon listing is for the digital download of the PC Mover Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant: you can pull it directly down to your computer. There is also a boxed product edition of the same program and it is available here: Laplink PC mover Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant

Either way, the Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant version of PC Mover is a pretty sweet deal: a lower price gets you a one-time migration to Windows 7. This can be used for upgrading one machine and putting everything back on afterwards. For every additional machine you wish to use this version of PC Mover, you will need to purchase an additional license.

My only complaint with the software is when it tries to step out of the path of what you are doing, and pull you along with it. For example, after you agree to the license and read the disclaimer and warning, you are given a link to the documentation in PDF form. This is a good diversion: it allows you one last chance to print out and/or read the manual (and I strongly advise you to do so).
The next step, however, tells you it will make "Ask" your default search provider and change your browser's home page to "Ask dot com" (which, ha ha, you didn't ASK for, did you?). Say no, and the next step tugs at you again: this time it's showing you a license agreement. If you're not paying attention--hey, wait! Didn't I already agree to the license? Yes, you did....this is the license agreement to install the "Ask" dot com toolbar and embed it in your browser. At first glance it might seem like saying no would cancel your installation of PC Mover, but it won't...say no and move on.

Just as you think you're at the end, you'll get snagged one more time: this time Laplink wants you to go look at some of its other software. It looks like a setup screen, it's in the setup wizard...but it's really just another ad. I'm a little busy trying to migrate everything that matters to me--can't you do this after we upgrade? I'm not going to install a bunch of Laplink products now, not use them, back them up, and then restore it all after the upgrade--leave me alone!

The only other point--and this is a very important one--is a bit confusing. The last step as you back things up will tell you that the program has identified X number of GigaBytes of content, and thanks to compression, the actual size of this content will probably be about half. This is their way of reminding you that on whatever drive you're going to put the content, you're going to need to have that much free space available or else you'll have a problem. PC Mover will then finish in seconds. Another confusing point: the "Moving Van" file PC Mover creates at this point is tiny--just a few MegaBytes, not the GigaBytes it just told you about. The GigaBytes referred to earlier are elsewhere; this is just a "roadmap" so the "Moving Van" doesn't get lost.

Probably the nicest thing about this program is that once you're ready to "Unload the Moving Van" it's as simple as installing the software on the new machine, pointing it at the "Moving Van" file, and waiting while it "Unloads." Reboot and you'll be amazed - it really was all there for me, unlocked, re-registered, and working like a charm.

If you want to move one machine to Windows 7, this is a good tool, but you need to be a step above "Beginner"...and you need to watch the program closely as it does its work. I guess everybody needs to make a buck, but I wish Laplink hadn't gone out of their way to mislead you into re-sponsoring it: it'd be a 5-star product if the Moving Van weren't driven by a shoddy used-car salesman hawking his wares at you along the way.

1 out of 5 stars

It does what it says, moves your files over, but some programs/hard ware won't work November 18, 2009
popnull (Kissimmee, Florida)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I upgraded from 64bit Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 professional 64bit using this software.

This software does what it says, it moves your programs and files and anything else you want over but be warned that some programs and hardware might not work. The process is fairly simple, you run the program, pick the files you want, it creates a "moving van" file that stores your choices of what you wanted to transfer in a small file that is 20 MB or less. This file is stored on your computer in C:\. You then upgrade to Windows 7 using the custom install instructions, without reformatting. The Windows 7 install then stores your old files in a folder called "Windows.old". After windows 7 is installed, you run the PC Mover Upgrade Assistant and upload your files and programs back on your computer.

Everything seems fine, but for me a lot of my programs did not work. I also had a glitch that wouldn't let me install new programs,and my drivers for my video card and stuff wouldn't work. So I just ended up doing a reformat anyway and loading back to Vista. I then did a clean install of Windows 7 without reloading my files from the PC Mover software. Everything works fine now.

I would not recommend using this software. I feel that a clean install will always be better/faster. Just make sure to backup your files.

Worst off there is no refund or return for this product.

4 out of 5 stars

Upgrade assistant November 10, 2009
R. Goudie (Seattle, WA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I found Laplink's PCMover Upgrade Assistant to be extremely helpful and certainly well worth the price. I was able to upgrade an older laptop (Gateway M320) from Windows XP Prof. to Windows 7 Home Premium with relative ease. That's not to say that everything was perfect but initially I thought I was going to have to upgrade to Vista and then to Windows 7 to do an "in place" upgrade (I even bought the Vista upgrade). The Upgrade Assistant let me go directly from XP to Win 7 with little difficulty.
The steps I took were:
1. Backup your hard drive (I would do a full backup of everything if possible but at bare minimum backup you data).
2. Run the Windows 7 upgrade assessment utility.
3. Take care of any issues that the assessment utility flags as critical and review the rest for potential resolution.
4. Buy PCMover Upgrade Assistant.
5. Run the Upgrade Assistant following their instructions to the letter (if you've downloaded the software make sure you go get the PDF instructions).
6. Run Windows 7 upgrade.
7. Take care of any issues that need immediate attention.
8. Install Upgrade Assistant under Windows 7 and complete the process.

From this point you will have go through and check your applications and (as I did) have to re-install those that don't quite work right. I also had a problem with the video driver because there isn't one for this chip set that's compatible with Windows 7 (and Intel doesn't seem interested in creating one). I did find a work around so that's solved. Any problems that I've had or will have can't be attributed to PCMover. PCMover has save me a lot of time and effort and worked as advertised. I would strongly recommend it for people that want to upgrade from XP to Windows 7. ...and from what I can tell will go from any version of XP to any version of Widows 7 (something else that MS doesn't want you to do). :(

On a side note I can't believe that MS is so arrogant that they wouldn't supply and easier path to upgrade from XP to Windows 7. No wonder they're loosing market share. It's obvious with this program that it can be done.

2 out of 5 stars

Didn't work for me... November 4, 2009
A reader (New York City)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

The download was fine and PC Mover Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant seemed to work okay in storing my files in the "moving van", as they put it.

The upgrade,from XP to 32-bit Windows 7, was--not surprisingly--annoying. Among other things, the drivers for the sound card, both DVD burners and for the Ethernet adapter did not reappear with Windows 7. Well, Windows 7 reported that they were there and okay but they weren't. The yellow excalmation point showed in device manager. And none of the devices worked. But since Windows 7 said they were okay, I couldn't get it to locate and reload them.

Without an Internet connection, getting these problems fixed was difficult, incredibly time consuming, counter-intuitive and very frustrating. Once I was able to get the Internet going again--with a semi-functional Ethernet-to-USB adapter that I found at Radio Shack (a TRENDnet USB to 10/100Mbps Adapter)--getting these problems resolved was then just incredibly time consuming, counter-intuitive and very frustrating. When the Windows 7 installation was finally done I was in no mood for what followed from Laplink.

As instructed, I reloaded PC Mover Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant and "unloaded" the "moving van", as they put it.

The "moving van" unloaded but I couldn't find the files! I finally emailed customer service asking where the files were and how I can get them back to where they belong.

I received a number of automated replies, the last of which referred to my "incident" and required that I set up an account before anything would be done, like answering my question. It seemed a bit excessive since my simple question can no doubt be answered with a single sentence.

I thought this would be quicker and easier than Carbonite, with which I have backed up my computer for months. But it didn't work out. So, I'm putting the files back from Carbonite, a very slow process but at least I know where they are on my computer: they are slowly reappearing on my computer right where they were before the upgrade.

Update, November 6.
At this writing I am on day five of the file restoration download from Carbonite and still only a little more than halfway to completion. They sure do not mention how long the file restoration takes in their radio commercials!

And Microsoft Office 2003 will not install. This is Microsoft error 25090. If you Google it you will see that it has been around for a long time. And installing Office 2003 over Windows 7 triggers it in my computer, too. The years-old "solution" from Microsoft doesn't work in this case. So, I've downloaded a two-month free version of Office 2007, which loaded okay and is working fine. But then so was Office 2003 until I upgraded to Windows 7.

This has been a lousy experience.

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