Can ATI 2016 be used to restore Old PC to New PC?
Is it possible to use ATI 2016 as a transfer tool.
Have a new PC with Windows 10 wish to transfer ALL apps files etc from OLD PC also Windows 10 ?
Thanks for your help in advance

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Please be aware that OEM licenses are non-transferrable to new hardware. If you're existing system was an upgrade to Windows 10 from another OEM license (7/8/8.1) it is tied to the system hardware (motherboard). You can image any machine and restore to another with Acronis, but that does not mean the Windows license will work. You also need to be aware that differnet computers use different technologies - if one system only supports MBR (CSM/Legacy/BIOS) mode and the other only supports GPT/UEFI mode, your image will not boot when you push it to the new one. SATA mode in each bios also needs to be the same (RAID, AHCI, SATA on each system - at least initially). If you haven't read the documentation, I would encourage you to do so.
To be on the safe side, don't push an image from the old one over the new disk unless you've backed up the new disk and/or swapped it out for something outso that you can revert back to it if need be.
ATIH 2016 Online Guide/Manual
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Thank you for your respnse. Re licence..this will be transferred to new PC.
Rather than reimaging old to new PC, can ATI 2016 be used to transfer apps and files but not the operating system?
Any other thoughts to ease the transition old to new PC?
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Files yes, apps no. You will have to re-install all of the apps on the new PC. The apps and the OS are tied together because of the numerous registry entries established when each app is installed.
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Thomasjk is correct - Acronis is a data recovery tool, but things like user profiles and applications are embedded all over Windows and the registry so picking an choosing settings and applications is not really in the cards.
Windows had a user profile migration tool (not apps), but it is no longer available in Win10: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/transfer-files-settings-from…
I have not tried this one, but may be worth a shot: http://usmtgui.ehler.dk/
PCMoverPro is also supposed to accomplish what you're looking for, but I have not tried it myself: http://www.laplink.com/pcmoverexpressxpeol
For me, even though it's a pain in the beginning, when I upgrade, I always start from scratch to rule out importing issues from the old machine and give myself a nice "base" image to be able to revert to when needed. A lot of these migration tools "work", but may not copy things correctly and can lead to problems down the road. Even regular Windows upgrades seem to cause a lot of people grief at one point in time or another. I spend the time up front starting fresh when I'm planning to do it, in hopes that I will eliminate headaches and troubleshooting down the road when things go south at an unplanned time. Do what works best for you though.
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