Easy PC Transfer

Easy PC Transfer does not include third-party software as part of a system migration. Users have to manually install their programs to a new system before migrating their program settings from the old system, and it does not support direct drive-to-drive migrations within a single system as Migrate Easy does.

However, those are the only quibbles we have with the latest reincarnation of StompSoft’s data migration utility. Easy PC Transfer installs effortlessly, and its intuitively designed interface clearly explains each part of the migration process. It boasts several extras that caught our attention. It has an undo feature, for instance, and it doubles as a backup tool for system settings; users simply add the deferred migration option to the Scheduled Tasks tool in Windows and wait for the utility to launch every week or month. It also can handle media-based migrations, as well as migrations conducted over a local-area network or a direct Ethernet cable (included with the boxed version of the program).

Most impressively, the utility provides a Custom Migration feature that lets a user specify the particular files and settings that should be included in the migration. We appreciated this feature, as it gave us the ability to leave behind data we preferred to leave behind, for example, an old Windows Messaging account and an Internet Explorer address book. Last but not least, we give Easy PC Transfer high marks for providing top-of-the-line support that includes one year of free phone-, email-, and Web-based help for registered product users.

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