If you go down this route, you’ll still need to reinstall any existing programs manually on your new PC. You can start working on your new computer right away, without spending days on setting everything up manually. Your programs, documents, music, pictures, favorites, emails, accounts, passwords, profiles, settings - and all of your files. Microsoft also includes free software called Easy Transfer within Windows, which is limited to migrating user profiles and settings, but not applications. Zinstall WinWin copies everything to your new computer, and makes it feel just like the old one. There are other similar third-party tools, the best known being Laplink PC Mover. He says hell get his new PC back tomorrow, and I will certainly report back here. It’s designed to copy not just documents and settings, but installed programs as well, from any Windows computer running Windows XP or later, to another (typically more recent) Windows computer such as a new purchase. WinWin is the oddly named tool that transfers user accounts between Windows PCs.

It’s definitely worth recommending for anyone without a lot of technical knowledge who has just upgraded their computer. Overall Zinstall WinWin absolutely does what it says on the tin, and in our tests was an effective way to migrate from an old PC to a new one. But Zinstall undoubtedly has a good product on its hands with WinWin, and perhaps with a little refinement it could be even better. A single license for Laplink PC Mover is around half the price, at $59, and can be found online for less still. For that, you might want a more advanced tool. The lack of encryption security is perhaps a cause for concern, and WinWin isn’t especially flexible in providing a way to exclude items from the backup. The way I look at it, it saved me six or seven hours of crappy work that I hate to do.

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