The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Backup

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by aan310, Sep 28, 2008.

  1. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    738
    Messages:
    3,811
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    106
    Is there any program that will allow me to effortlessly and painlessly move ALL my games, data, and programs to my new PC after i build it? (so its gona have a fresh install of vista, cause its diffrent hardware... so doing a ghost wont work)
    I also dont want to be manually doing alot...
    Thanks
     
    aan310, Sep 28, 2008
    #1
  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    7,857
    Messages:
    16,212
    Likes Received:
    58
    Trophy Points:
    466
    Well, game save files and data...moving them through a LAN or using Ghost or Acronis True Image is good.

    However, as soon as you install a new OS with new drivers on a new PC...there is no good way to transfer programs. You need to reinstall.
     
    Greg, Sep 28, 2008
    #2
  3. deathstick

    deathstick Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    34
    Messages:
    395
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    You can also use vista easy transfer. If old computer had xp you can use the tool. Plus, its built into vista (and a download for xp I believe)
     
    deathstick, Sep 28, 2008
    #3
  4. ravenmorpheus

    ravenmorpheus Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    26
    Messages:
    846
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    In many cases it's just a matter of copying the registry entries of games and then moving them via external HDD.

    I have 12 games, all on an external USB HDD (WD My Book 500gb) and all I do when I transfer to a new computer/os is copy the relevant registry entries from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE

    Works most most of the time, had to reinstall a couple but that's no biggie and then all I do is copy the relevant game info from my profile in the users folder, from Vista in this case, to the new one in the OS.

    Simple, quick and 90% effective in my experience.
     
    ravenmorpheus, Sep 28, 2008
    #4
  5. AndrewM

    AndrewM Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    68
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Most games don't need a registry entry even if they have one. I just straight copied the directories for WoW, Eve, Crysis, World in Conflict and a couple of others and they work perfectly.
     
    AndrewM, Sep 28, 2008
    #5
  6. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    738
    Messages:
    3,811
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    106
    ok...
    well wait.... i have vista... so easy transfer would work?
    also, what about the backup and restore wisard thing? would that do waht i want?
     
    aan310, Sep 28, 2008
    #6