Anyone use Acronis Migrate Easy?

[Dave C]

Hi,
Don't know what I could be doing wrong , but I can't get this program to work. Installed my new Drive, formated it NTCS, didn't touch the jumper pins as instructed by installation manual. The Drive is there, I can put files into it - play them, delete them. But when I try to "clone " my system drive with Acronis (tried auto and manual) the program says "It was "Successful" and "Complete" but when I restart- new Drive is empty. I spent a day trying different things,(even redownloading the Acronis program just in case) I could have just reloaded everything in that time, which I guess I will Sunday unless some kind soul can shed some light on this .................stressful situation. Thanks for any help,
Dave

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Sorry Dave, not familiar with that particular Acronis product. You might find some answers here though:-

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=70

though having made a (very) quick scan of the forums there appear to be more questions about Migrate Easy than there are answers.

[Dave C]

Thanks for the reply John. what Acronis product did you use?

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Hi Dave. I use Acronis True Image Home v11.

I know that one or two others on the forum use Acronis products so someone else might chip in with something more helpful concerning Migrate Easy.

[Dave C]

Thanks for the link John, after going through 10 pages of complaints I think I know what I'm doing tomorrow.......sigh

[jackfalbey]

Dave, I also use Acronis True Image Home, v10.0, and it is a breeze! I'm not familiar with Migrate Easy, but True Image couldn't be simpler or more effective. I got it after losing $60 and 2 weeks of headaches to Norton Ghost.

One thing to be aware of... some software licensing (Adobe CS3, for one) is very strict and recognizes a cloned drive as an illegal copy; be prepared to have to reactivate some of your software using the original software key, and in some cases you may actually have to call the vendor's Customer Service for a new key. If you have any CS3 programs, you can "Deactivate" them from the Help menu before cloning, then re-"Activate" them after cloning.

[VernonRobinson]

... and in some cases you may actually have to call the vendor's Customer Service for a new key. If you have any CS3 programs, you can "Deactivate" them from the Help menu before cloning, then re-"Activate" them after cloning.

This applies to the Adobe CS2 line as well. Don't forget to de-license your iTunes. After sharing with 5 PCs it will lock up. You can only cancel all registrations like once a year. Take it from experience.

-Vernon

[Dave C]

Thank you all for the info. I use CS3 I think a clean install might be my best solution. I checked the Adobe site but can't find anything specific, does anyone know if I have to de-activate and uninstall before reloading it on my new Hard drive?

[jackfalbey]

Yes. If you don't deactivate it before installing it on the new drive, you could end up having a rather lengthy and frustrating call to Adobe Customer Service to obtain a new activation code.

Adobe does allow each single-user license of CS3 to be installed and activated on 2 computers, as long as only one is in use at any given time. In theory, this is to allow a user to have one at work and one at home so that they can continue working when they leave the office. I have the same license of CS3 on my desktop as well as my laptop, but from what I've heard bad things would happen if I tried to have both running at the same time. If you have only activated your license once so far, you could just install & activate it again on the new drive, but if you wanted to put it on a second computer later you're better off just deactivating it on the old drive to preserve your ability to use the second activation.