User Manual

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Installing PCmover (both PCs)
To install PCmover from a downloaded file, follow these steps on each PC:
1. Double-click on the PCmover EXE file in the folder where the file was saved. Follow the on-
screen prompts.
You may see the User Account Control dialog. If so, click Yes to allow “Setup Launcher” to run,
which will start the PCmover installation.
2. Repeat these instructions on the second PC.
To install PCmover from a CD, follow these steps on each PC:
1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. In the AutoPlay dialog that appears, click Run Welcome.exe, which will start the PCmover
installation. Follow the on-screen prompts.
You may also see the User Account Control dialog. If so, click Yes to start the PCmover
installation.
If you don’t see the AutoPlay dialog and the PCmover installation hasn’t started, use Windows
(File) Explorer to display the contents of the CD. Browse to (or search for) the pcmover_en.exe
file, and double-click the file to begin the installation. Follow the on-screen prompts.
3. Repeat these steps on the second PC.
Pre-Transfer Checklist (both PCs)
The following items should be addressed and/or completed on both of your PCs before
starting PCmover.
• PCmover Installation: PCmover has been installed on both PCs.
• Administrator-level Permissions: On some operating systems, you will need Administrator-level
permissions to perform a transfer.
• Hard Disk Space (Old PC vs. New PC): The hard drive(s) on the new computer has as much or
more disk space as that on the old computer.
• Windows Versions (Old vs. New): The new PC has the same Windows version as or newer
Windows version than that installed on the old PC.
• Internet Explorer Versions (Old vs. New): The new PC should have the same or newer version of
Internet Explorer as that installed on the old PC.