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Migrating your stuff from your old PC to a new one is a daunting task, and often a source of bewilderment and frustration. Detto Technologies' IntelliMover is designed to make the process a simple, step-by-step procedure that anyone can follow, even a staunch computer newbie. It achieves its goal, although it would be nice if it was designed to do more.
IntelliMover replicates the GUI and application settings from your old PC to your new one through a graceful and friendly interface. Available with a parallel or USB cable, it's a complete migration package in one product. The installation procedure includes an animated tour of the program, and it assumes that you're ready to migrate: after installing, it launches right into its step-by-step transfer function. You can, however, cancel it and restart the process any time by launching the application from the Start menu.
Capable of transferring settings from old Windows operating systems to newer ones, the process truly is as easy as Detto makes it out to be. It assumes that you've already installed the applications you intend to use on the new computer, as the software won't transfer entire programs, only files (such as Word documents, image files, everything in your My Documents folder, and so on) and settings. During the step-by-step process, it searches the old computer for anything it's able to transfer, offers to update itself via the Internet in case any patches have been released, and then instructs you to install the item and follow the steps on the new computer. After the initial transfer is complete, you can run a drag-and-drop file transfer utility to pick up any files that the process might have missed.
In our tests, IntelliMover recognized most applications and games, but it did miss a handful of them. It recognized and prepared to transfer settings for Quake III Arena, for instance, but not for more recent titles such as Jedi Outcast. It also missed PowerStrip, a popular video customization application, and Mozilla, a browser alternative to Internet Explorer and Netscape. Worse, it refuses to transfer entire applications, forcing you to install them before the move (probably for copyright concerns, but we see no logical reason that it can't move applications instead of copying them). The documentation is thin and sparse, and doesn't include a troubleshooting section, and although we didn't encounter any problems, that doesn't mean nobody will.
Regardless, IntelliMover is a simple and capable migration application that takes the mystery out of moving your old files and settings to a new PC. It does exactly what it's advertised to do, and it does it well. --Joel Durham, Jr.
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Toshiba Detto IntelliMover v.3.0 - 1 User PA1303U-1NDM PC Utilities
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68 of 69 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Almost better than manual migration,
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This review is from: Detto IntelliMover 3.0 USB Migration Kit (CD-ROM)
Ugh. This is a pretty stiff price to rent a program for one use. That's right -- the license "agreement", which you'll only find after unsealing the package and voiding your return rights, limits you to a single migration. Since the program must be activated via the company's website, there's no chance you can get around this restriction. To top it off, you'll have to reinstall all of your software on the new machine before you can migrate the "settings" from your old machine. By the time I was done doing that, I didn't save a whole lot of time compared to just reconfiguring the machine manually. I saved maybe an hour in an eight-hour session moving 30GB of data and reinstalling software. A lot of time was spent reconfiguring the things Intellimover missed, such as Outlook's rules wizard. My recommendation is to choose AlohaBob's PC Relocator instead -- that program moves applications as well as data, and there is no use limit. Like they say, owning is better than renting.
37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
It's not as easy as advertized.,
By Andrew "Andrew" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Detto IntelliMover 3.0 USB Migration Kit (CD-ROM)
I bought this product with a new computer because I had downloaded several hundred - nearly one thousand - MP3 files, on the old computer, and I wanted to use them on the new one. The salesperson and many of the editorials (and testimonials) billed Intellimover 3.0 as an extremely user-friendly product that would transfer any file between two machines. However after using this program I would not reccomend it. First, the program requires that you run on the old computer. It reads all your settings, your files, and any piece of data that is stored. Then, once the user installs the software onto the new computer, the files are transferred via a USB or Parallel cable. My first problem was with the IntelliMover program itself. Before a user can transfer specific files, like MP3's in my case, he or she must move all preferences. This may be convenient for many users who have meticulously configured settings on an older computer, but for a user like me (who was trying to escape the incoherent configuration of Windows XP)it simply spread the confusion of many settings from the old computer to the new one. Meanwhile, I found it nearly impossible to reverse the setting change. I strongly suggest that a user DOES NOT use this software unless he or she is completely and utterly satisfied with the settings that their old computer has. Otherwise, if a user isn't happy with the old computer, they'll be sharing it with the new one. Secondly, the file transfer software does not seem to work under my cofiguration. I have one computer that I have been using for 3 years; it runs a Windows XP OS but has very little RAM. The second and newer computer is an extremely fast and efficient Gateway. Any time that I have tried to create a connection between the two computers to transfer the files that I need I get stalling until the system freezes and I must restart the operation. Currently I have not been able to fix the operation after nearly 20 attempts. I am disappointed with this software. For the $50 that I spent, I receieved a USB cable, a parallel cable, and the Detto Intellimover software. For under $20 it is possible to buy a short cable at a computer store and use Windows XP's file transfer system. That software is no cost and has worked for me. Although the review is critical of the software, I do concede that it is great at making a new computer work like the old one. However if file transfer is your central purpose for buying this software, back away slowly and don't look back.
29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Do NOT buy or use this product,
By A Customer
This review is from: Detto IntelliMover 3.0 USB Migration Kit (CD-ROM)
I recently upgraded from an HP running XP Home, to a custom built PC running XP Pro, and wanted to transfer files to my new PC in an efficient manner. Well, after spending approximately 10 hours installing programs on my new machine, and then running Detto (which took about 8 of the 10 hours), I have had MULTIPLE problems with my new PC, which worked perfectly before I ran Detto. I should have used that time to simply burn stuff to CD's instead. If you are thinking of purchasing this product - STOP! Do NOT do that. Instead, either burn stuff to CD's or get a "mirror" program instead. Save yourself the aggravation, and the money. It's just not worth it. Too bad Amazon doesn't let you give something ZERO stars, 'cause that's my real rating.
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