I have an application running on one computer (at work) and need to make sure that the same application runs on a new, second computer. I do not have the disks (they have been lost) so I have been told to clone the original machine. I see loads of software available to do this but a) will it work and b) is there a better way of accomplishing this? Thanks so much for your help!
2007-01-17 11:02:53 · 9 answers · asked by Geeky Girly 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
You're bound to run into headaches
If it's not real hard to find customized software then it's easy enough to just download a fresh disc
2007-01-17 11:12:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to give you the sad news, but your application may or may NOT work.
Cloning is mostly for computers that have IDENTICAL hardware, and/or for reloading the same computer the clone disc was made from.
Actually, if your program was a "commercial" program and was resgistered, you might try the manufacturer for possible replacement discs.
ALSO newer OS programs have the ability to "transfer" files and programs directly from one to the other over a variety of connections. If possible, this is usually the best way to move "applications" and insure compatibility unless you have the discs to reload the application on the new system; (and even then sometimes they won't work due to machine or OS differences!)
2007-01-17 11:16:57 · answer #2 · answered by f100_supersabre 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can clone your machine by using a backup program that use a disk image. The problem is when you tranfer the image to your new pc it won't work. Why? Because your new pc will probably have different hardwares. The easiest way is to purchase the application. If you bought the app from the net you maybe able to dwonload it again without paying a second time.
2007-01-17 11:15:11 · answer #3 · answered by Ted B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've got 2 big problems here.
1. Just as one of your earlier replies stated, you're gonna have problems with drivers and maybe the cloned disk won't even work inside the new computer. What your boss wants you to do is impossible. He/she wants you to load your current 3rd party software onto the new machine, which is probably illegal.
2. The other problem is that you have a delimma in telling your boss it's illegal and whether you will still participate in the process.
Good Luck
2007-01-17 11:25:44 · answer #4 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean buying pieces like motherboard, processor, hard disk and the other stuff because you don't want to buy an already made computer it's a bit difficult. If you don't know much about computers you should ask someone who knows about computers because you may choose pieces that even if they fit there may not work together corectly. If they don't work together at the same frequencies your computer won't work properly. If you already have the right pieces it's very easy to assemble it. you put the mother board first then the power source then the other stuff... It's very easy. I did it without instructions. Just watch out when you put the processor. Be careful not to broke a pin.
2016-03-29 02:17:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cloning the hard drive would only work if: you're putting it in a new computer and using only the files such as music, videos, word docs, ect. when you install a program, information for it to run gets stored in the windows registry. along with that program's information, driver, which allow hardware to run correctly, are in there. if you cloned the hard drive, you'd run into problems with the windows because i'm assuming you'd want the hard drive that it originally came with. the new pc won't be running off the registry from the old hard drive; it'll be running the registry from the new one, that came with the new pc.
2007-01-17 11:16:53 · answer #6 · answered by Mike-Q 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good luck. Cloning everything from one PC to another is likely to cause a few issues...here are a couple of potential ones:
1 - Windows may want to be reactivated since it's all new hardware. That may or may not go smoothly.
2 - Drivers - there could be some headaches unless the two PC's are very similar regarding their components (motherboard/chipset, video card, sound card, etc.)
If you want to try it anyway, you can use DriveImage XML (available on my freeware site - http://www.missingbytes.net) which works from within Windows just like commercial programs (Ghost, Drive Image, etc.).
But...you can't back a drive letter up to itself. So, to make an image of C on your work PC, you'll need enough room on another drive connected to that PC to store the image. Even compressed, they can be fairly large.
2007-01-17 11:09:22 · answer #7 · answered by airjrdn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The better way is to purchase the product. It sounds like you have only purchased a single license. It is illegal to install the software a second time.
2007-01-17 11:09:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, Not really But they work!
2007-01-17 11:08:33 · answer #9 · answered by the-dsl-guy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋