User Rating: 5.0 stars
out of 27 user reviews
the dogs biscuits!by matatabwouy - July 6, 2007
Pros: Only use with USB cable
Cons: none that i found
Review: much much better than using Laplink PcMover which you can only use once
Or you are better off looking for an old copy of PcSync 3.0
User Rating: 0.5 stars
out of 27 user reviews
Most useless software I've ever seen - and I've seen a lotby sheltonreb - April 27, 2006
Pros: Looks like they might actually know what's involved in moving software
Cons: Connection speed makes it utterly useless
Review: Right idea, no common sense on the execution. Parallel connection? USB? Ever heard of ethernet? I had 190 gig of programs & files to move - admittedly a fair amount. Transfer time was 1.5 MONTHS; and remember both new and old computer cannot be used for any other work while transferring. Even if you only had 40-50 gig - a normal amount these days - you're looking at hooking up two computers for a week or more and just staring at them, hoping it actually works? No way.
User Rating: 0.5 stars
out of 27 user reviews
What a Joke - Does not work as advertisedby TheTechDoc - March 3, 2005
Pros: Since it does not work as it should, there are no Pros
Cons: Slow support, does not support burning of CDs
Review: The box and description says it will support removable media, but it does not. I spent weeks working with the support people at this outfit to find out burning of CDs in not supported.
I was taken for a ride - don't let it happen to you.
Save your money
User Rating: 4.0 stars
out of 27 user reviews
Easy time-saverby - September 1, 2004
Pros: The support was great. I got the msg about the 2-4 business days but it is just an automated email. I was contacted the same day and had my problem resolved in no time.
Cons: Anti-Virus programs can't transfer. A little bit of trouble getting connected. (Solved with support)
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User Rating: 3.0 stars
out of 27 user reviews
Quit the Whiningby - July 6, 2004
Pros: Nothing does a better job that I know of and I think all these negatives must be from the same nut who can't blow his nose without help, LOL! So long as you are not trying to migrate to an older version of windows, (who would want to, except maybe from b
Cons: Can not migrate from XP to Win2K, if you want the most reliable system stay AWAY from XP, 2k is MUCH MUCH more reliable and stable! Been making my living on the PC for last 4 years and can not afford to "play" with an OS on a daily basis (I push a PC VER
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User Rating: 3.0 stars
out of 27 user reviews
Poor interface is confusing and non-standardby - June 30, 2004
Pros: Migrated nearly all of my applications and settings without a hitch. Only one application, Visio, fails to launch. One applications Freedom (firewall) likewise will not launch.
Cons: Many inconsistencies in the documentation and what is on their web site. For example the web site pushes the CompUSA USB cable as compatible while at the same time I found a remark in their forum that this cable was not certified as compatible. The poor s
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User Rating: 1.5 stars
out of 27 user reviews
Very dangerousby - October 7, 2003
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Cons: Takes many hours of your time, expires immediately, does not work for MS Outlook Express or Jeppesen FliteMap (I did not find a single app that worked before PC Relocator expired).
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User Rating: 0.5 stars
out of 27 user reviews
The absolute worst!by - May 4, 2003
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Review: This could possibly be the worst piece of software I've ever experienced.I purchased it in the hope of saving myself the time and tedium of reloading lots of application packages to my brand new Dell computer. The result was an entire weekend spent reloading and restoring the new Dell PC. PC Relocator Ultra trashed Windows XP on the Dell by transferring register entries/keys that it shouldn't have. The new version of M/S office on the Dell, which PC Relocator was told NOT to transfer settings for was rendered so buggy it also required a reload. On top of everything else I was unable to load Norton Systemworks 2003 onto the new PC as PC Relocator Ultra somehow prevented a successful installation of Norton's. Avoid this software!
User Rating: 4.0 stars
out of 27 user reviews
Best migration tool aroundby - April 16, 2003
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Review: Hi! I had a great experience with PC Relocator Ultra when moving my fathers data from an old Pentium II machine over to a new Dell I had bought him for Christmas. The program moved EVERYTHING flawlessly, and took just over two hours to move his files, Microsoft Office programs, and more to the new machine. I had a question about whether or not to move Office, so I called Alohabob Tech Support and got a very prompt and courteous response. Not sure where these other guys are having problems, maybe they called COMPUSA instead!!! My experience was quite the opposite, they were very friendly and helpful, and best of all PROMPT! Took care of me right away. Anyhow, DEFINITELY skip Detto Intellimover, it doesnt move your apps, meaning you have to reinstall everything from CD, plus they lie about what they move ... had a couple network mappings, printers, etc., and they couldnt move them even though they said so on the box! So skip Detto, go with Bob ... I know my dad is thrilled with it, thats for sure!!
User Rating: 1.5 stars
out of 27 user reviews
DON'T USE AlohaBob v4.x or later!by - March 10, 2003
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Review: I have used previous versions (v2.x, v3.x) of AlohaBob with great success--but never used them to migrate FROM a Windows XP source system. Tried both v3.x and v4.x to migrate from WinXP source to WinXP target system. DON'T! Nothing but problems. Had to retry several times. Apps would not load, missing .dlls, system files missing, etc. etc. Finally (luckily) I restored from a backup, and manually reloaded all my apps and settings. A pain, but better than AlohaBob.
User Rating: 1.0 stars
out of 27 user reviews
AVOID THIS COMPANY'S PRODUCTS!by - March 5, 2003
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Review: This is a product to avoid. Unless you are trying to move a machine with nothing on it you will fail and will end up doing more work untangling the mess this product makes than you would doing everything by hand. We have tried all versions of the product and they are all terrible wastes of money.
User Rating: 3.0 stars
out of 27 user reviews
Too much pain,small gainby - February 15, 2003
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Review: I read some reviews including PC Mag and it seem s like a good rational idea in order to save time with a new pc.Mr Luber argument agains the migration tools is wise and sound.I try the migration from W2000 Pro to XP and there were many problems with the drivers, pc freezes and crashes along the migration way.Re-installing in a new PC makes more sense now to me. I must say that the online support I recieved was prompt and attentive. It took about nine hours of difficulties, frustations and a bit of new gray hair to realized that re-installing in a new pc with a new OS was not such a bad idea in the first place.
User Rating: 3.5 stars
out of 27 user reviews
Worth It - Try for Freeby - January 21, 2003
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Review: Despite the problems others appear to have had with this software, I was very successful in transferring programs and settings from one XP machine to another. If you want to avoid paying for something that isn't useful, download it for free & try it out. If you don't have success, undo the transfer. With two networked PC's it took less than an hour to run scans on the hard drives and set up the transfer. Note that you should READ THE NOTES & FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. I walked away & came back a few hours later and was very pleasantly surprised - there were all my settings, backgrounds, fonts, recent file lists, etc. It wasn't perfect, EZ-CD creator, Corel Draw & an Atlas program, will have to be reinstalled but for the most part, it completely & accurately transferred MS Office, Autocad, Filemaker, Powerdesk, PrintShop & a host of other programs without a hitch. You never realize all the customized settings you have on your computer until you try to do this by hand, you'll nickel & dime your time away for days trying to get the settings correct. Also, the updates to original software are such a pain - find/load the original, then update 1, update 2, etc. When it completed the transfer, I tried most programs out before paying (they prompt you to pay after the transfer has completed) but I deemed it well worth it for even a one-time use. Never had to call support so I can't vouch for that.
User Rating: 5.0 stars
out of 27 user reviews
It worked great for meby - January 13, 2003
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Review: I upgraded a WIN 98 first edition PC to a new Dell with WIN XP PRO. It brought over my profile and all of my e-mail and internet setting perfectly. Some minor programs didn't work so I had to download the latest driver that was compatable with XP Pro. It successfully moved a program I had installed on my D drive to the new machines C drive and changed the registry entries properly. I guess when it works it works well.
User Rating: 0.5 stars
out of 27 user reviews
BIG WASTE OF TIME AND MONEYby - January 6, 2003
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Review: Bought Relocator Ultra Control at COMPUSA for $70. Transferred a few apps and some data from a Win98 to WinXP PC. This disabled the target LAN cable modem. Undid it, LAN worked OK. Retried various times, various ways, same problem. Finally loaded the apps manually on target PC and transferred a small amount of data thru the USB bridge cable. Small but very temporary success. Tried again to transfer just one app (Roxio 5). Same problem, net connection disabled. e-mailed Alohabob support for advice. Prompt response? Yes, but it stated they had no idea what caused problem and no suggestions about what to do about it. Tried one more time to move Roxio 5. Same result, except that attempted undo of the unsuccessful one app transfer somehow removed several other apps and drivers. Wasted more time sorting out these problems. Received another e-mail from Alohabob support which informed me that since they hadn't heard from me again (after advising they had no answers and no suggestions,) they were closing the case as "SOLVED"!
User Rating: 3.5 stars
out of 27 user reviews
worked fine and easy to setupby - December 26, 2002
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Review: I used the product to move very specialized banking software. I had to run it twice and did not have much luck with moving profiles and such, but other than that it worked fine and was very easy to setup.
User Rating: 1.5 stars
out of 27 user reviews
More Problems than it's worthby - December 16, 2002
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Review: This product didn't live up to it's reviews. I first tried the regular product, and it crashed windows repeatedly. So the company upgraded me for free to ultra. That solved the crashing problem. But the migration proved to be very buggy. As the company later acknowledged, the program cannot migrate "selectively" with perfection. So it migrated registry entries or other keys that it shouldn't have, such as on Norton Systemworks 2002, which prevented a working installation of the other programs, such as Norton Systemworks 2003. Ultimately, I undid everything. The problem with Norton surfaced on day 31, when I tried to install the newest version of Systemworks for the first time. After undoing the entire migration out of frustration, I contacted the company for a refund. Because I was on day 31 rather than day 30, they refused to refund the price, even though they acknowledged the problem and the fact that my only good option was to undo the migration and not use the software at all. So it proved valueless to me, and the company's refusal to give me a refund one-day past the deadline means I'll decline to buy any of their software in the future.
User Rating: 0.5 stars
out of 27 user reviews
No program costs so much and does so little, so badlyby - October 24, 2002
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Review: I saw practically no resemblance between C/NET's glowing review of Aloha Bob and the miserable performance and value of the product I actually bought - for $79. Not mentioned in the review is that the product works exactly once, then its "activation code" system ensures it can never be used again, even on your own laptop or on other computers you own. If you ask the company for an activation code for your laptop, you'll just get told, in a smug voice, that you have to buy another copy of the program. Even Bill Gates doesn't try to get away with that. Worse, it doesn't even work very well. Its promises to "transfer your data and settings" are misleading. In fact, the only thing I found it could do reliably was to copy the "My Documents" folder. In all other contexts, it uses its own rulemaking to decide what is data and isn't, and its judgment isn't very good. For one example of many, it failed to copy all the files Stored under the root C( directory. If you tell it not to move your applications, it will miss large amounts of data it considers part of the "application", and you can't manually force the transfer. One particulary glaring shortcoming is its inability to transfer Microsoft Outlook data, such as address books, calendars, and e-mail. It claims on the box that it can, but in fact it can't do so if the new computer has a newer OS than the old one, which it always will. This was the very job I had purchased the program to avoid, and I ended up having to do it manually anyway. I don't know where the author of the review found his "efficient phone support". The only means of support identified in the box or on the web site is an e-mail address. This is great for a product which, if you need help with it at all, you will need it in the middle of a transfer operation with both your computers hosed up, on a weekend. I obtained a phone number only when I "activated" the product at the end of the procedure, and this number apparently only works Mon-Fri, daytime. I don't know how the author of the C/NET review came to his conclusions. Perhaps he tested only ideal scenarios, or, because they weren't his computers, didn't actually pay much attention to what was actually being transferred. In my case, I spent $79 and several hours of aggravation just to transfer one 60 MB folder. I would stop short of calling the product an outright ripoff, but just barely. It certainly gets my vote for the Biggest Waste of Money Award.
User Rating: 1.5 stars
out of 27 user reviews
too expensive for one use onlyby - October 17, 2002
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Review: Works fairly well to tranfer one computer to another. No was available for using windows networking to connect PCs. ONLY WORKS ONE TIME WITH ONE TARGET PC!!!!!!!!!!!
User Rating: 2.0 stars
out of 27 user reviews
slow and lots of errorsby - October 12, 2002
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Review: No night or weekend support when it is most needed. Had three serious errors while scanning. After along transfer process and successful completion of their transfer process, I had no favorites, email, or word documents. A total a waste of half a day. This product isn't there yet, look for some other way.
User Rating: 5.0 stars
out of 27 user reviews
Best PC to PC moverby - October 8, 2002
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Review: The best at moving files and data! Great tech support, I would highly recommend them!
User Rating: 3.5 stars
out of 27 user reviews
Works fairly wellby - August 29, 2002
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Review: Bought the retail box and upgraded from the internet, then the serial number wouldn't work. For a first time user, it saved me little time. To use on several machines, the price is too steep. Nice utility, needs tweaking.
User Rating: 0.5 stars
out of 27 user reviews
I will never use this again!by - August 24, 2002
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Review: Alohabob was just full of frustration and confusion. After crashing my computer several times and using a VERY SLOW parellel cable, I finally decided to return it for a full refund! There's better things I can do with my money! My recommendation: TRY ANOTHER PRODUCT INSTEAD!
User Rating: 1.5 stars
out of 27 user reviews
Aloha....Goodbye Bob!by - August 16, 2002
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Review: Not only did it crashed my system several times, it didn't transfer anything at all. What A WASTE!! Don't try it or you will regret it. That is my honest opinion.
User Rating: 5.0 stars
out of 27 user reviews
So easy I felt guilty...by - August 16, 2002
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Review: Alohabob was so easy to use I felt guilty using it... The TCP/IP worked flawless.
User Rating: 5.0 stars
out of 27 user reviews
Saved Me Tons of Timeby - July 3, 2002
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Review: This saved me a ton of time by transferring entire programs. I would have never been able to find all of my installations disks, upgrades and downloads.
User Rating: 3.0 stars
out of 27 user reviews
no test with AMD's based pc!!!by - July 2, 2002
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Review: Always testing with the overpublicied Pentium. Most users opt for AMD's So in Future Cnet Include AMD in tests PLEASE!!!
The good: Quick installation; excellent help system and tech support; transfers just the files you want; walks you through the transfer process; works with Windows 95 through XP.
