Copy Commander: Copy Your Old Hard Drive to New

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Summary: Excellent for Microsoft Products
Review: Although it does say it can be used and supports copying for all other Operating Systems, I used it for Microsoft Products.

The only failing of this product is that it cannot transfer from a larger Drive to a Smaller Drive, unless the larger drive has been partitioned into sections smaller than the target drive.

Other wise if you have multiple systems, with the same relative configuration, this tool is infinitely handy. Also is perfect in creating a duplicate backup drives. Quick and Easy to use, this software was definitely worth the money.

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Summary: What a disaster!
Review: Followed the instructions and lost EVERYTHING!
Please do not buy this product!
If someone gives it to you, don't take it!

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Summary: Utterly Useless
Review: I purchased Copy Commander to make duplicates of Linux drives for installation in identical systems. You'd think this would be a no-brainer based on the claims on the packaging. But even if you are a Windows user BEWARE!

I tried to run Copy Commander on no less than three different systems from a Pentium-4 down to an old Pentium II. COPY COMMANDER WOULDN'T EVEN START ON ANY OF THEM. On one, it did nothing...just hung at the intro screen. On the other two it continuously rebooted after it's "welcome" screen. I never even got a chance to try a copy.

And lest you think this is a Linux problem, be aware that Copy Commander (like any disk copy utility) boots its own OS from the CDROM, so this had absolutely nothing to do with Linux.

It's shocking to me that a piece of software could get in the field if it fails so miserably on 3 completely different systems. Do yourself a favor...save your money and look elsewhere. (I ended up doing a low-level 'dd' copy in Linux
which worked fine and was free...)

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Summary: It worked very well
Review: I recently bought Copy Commander at a local computer store and used it to move a Linux installation from one hard drive to another after creating a new partition. It's simple to use, even for a non-expert like myself: All you do is insert the bootable CD (make sure the "boot order" in your BIOS has your CD or DVD drive listed first), restart your computer, then follow the menus. There's a "help" button on each dialog box that pops up, and I actually found the help screens to be helpful. (E.g., I didn't even know what an "extended partition" was until one of the help screens explained it to me.) Before you exit the program, the software also warns you about potential boot errors if you made certain mistakes in setting up your partitions, and it advises you on how to correct them. All in all, I was impressed with CC's user-friendliness. I was pretty nervous when subsequently booting up the newly-moved Linux partition, but no data appears to have been corrupted. That's all I could've asked for.

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Summary: Not quite an "one click" solution as advertised
Review: I used Copy Commander from Vcom to move data from my old hard drive to a new larger one. The copy process seemed to work ok until I attempted to connect the pc to the internet via a dialup modem. Numerous Window 98 driver files where missing and the modem would not work until the missing files were copied from the OS disk. I later found some other driver files missing as well. VCOM support seemed to be aware of the problem but expressed no interest in researching the problem so as to correct it. Their repeated answer: "Just reinstall the missing driver files from the OS disk." Note: They only offered support via email.

The product claims to be a "One click is all it takes to copy your old drive to your new drive." solution. While it did save me a lot of time reinstalling all my programs it failed to be a true "one click" solution. If you choose to use this product just be aware you may have to manually copy some missing driver files. All my data files appeared to be copied ok.

I suggest you try using one of the free disk copy programs several of the hard drive manufactures provide before buying Copy Commander.

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Summary: Best software for transfer to new hard drive
Review: If you are upgrading your computer with a new hard drive i highly recomend Copy commander by vcom. The hardest part about the installation is putting in the hard drive . After that put in the cd make a floppy and let copy command do all the hard work of transfering the files to your new drive.