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Laplink Helps Migrate From XP to Windows 7

  • Written by Matthew Weinberger 1
  • January 11, 2010
Pop quiz, hotshot: You're a VAR, and you have a client with a network running nothing but Windows XP -- and they decide they want to move over Windows 7. Microsoft doesn't offer an upgrade path from one to the other: you'd need to do a clean install. What do you do?

LaplinkPop quiz, hotshot: You’re a VAR, and you have a client with a network running nothing but Windows XP — and they decide they want to move over Windows 7. Microsoft doesn’t offer an upgrade path from one to the other: you’d need to do a clean install. What do you do? A potential answer: Laplink, whose signature PCmover software apparently offers channel partners the ability to migrate entire networks to new operating systems or new hardware entirely.

Laplink’s been in the migration game for a little over 26 years now, and while the method of choice has ranged over the year from special cables to TCP/IP, the basic concept has stayed the same: bring over all the old files, registry entries, even wallpaper from an old computer or even installation to a new one. In fact, if you need to bring data over from a DOS machine, they’ve still got you covered. They do other things, too: they have a solution for disk imaging and another for defragmenting.

Partners are going to be most interested, though, in the enterprise applications of PCMover to swiftly install software or operating systems.

Still, Laplink only officially opened their reseller program in October 2009. The company’s main selling point to VARs, says Laplink Channel Manager Brian Schaper, is that offering an upgrade or migration service is an ideal way for resellers to supplement the shrinking margins on hardware and software. Laplink has already signed up 1,000 resellers and managed service providers as partners, and the company is actively seeking more partners.

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6 comments

  1. Avatar Andy Ram January 13, 2010 @ 11:47 pm
    Reply

    Somebody tried Zinstall XP7? I’m looking for real testimony – not just what is written on their site

  2. Avatar Laplink PCmover January 14, 2010 @ 5:56 pm
    Reply

    Thanks for the great article. Please get in touch with me if you would like additional information on PCmover – also to anyone else out there: I’d love to help you with which edition of PCmover may be right for you.

    Thanks,
    Daniel
    daniel.donohoe@laplink.com

  3. Avatar Alex Strow January 27, 2010 @ 6:44 am
    Reply

    Andy,
    I used Zinstall XP7 (www.Zinstall.com) and can say, it is perfectly did the job. All my XP stuff (~ 160 GB) was transferred during 2.5 hours and everything work perfectly.

  4. Avatar The VAR Guy January 27, 2010 @ 2:22 pm
    Reply

    Alex: Thanks for the tip. How’s Windows 7 treating you?
    -TVG

  5. Avatar Appmen January 19, 2011 @ 10:27 am
    Reply

    You may consider to use WET (windows easy transfer) and PickMeApp: two free solutions to migrate from XP to Windows 7. WET may transfer your XP program settings to Win 7 while portable PickMeApp tool may transfer programs from XP to Windows 7. PickMeApp claims to support unlimited number of programs

  6. Avatar The VAR Guy January 19, 2011 @ 11:22 am
    Reply

    Appmen: The VAR Guy thanks you for the tips and will check them out.
    -TVG

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