Cheap AlohaBob PC Relocator Ultra Control 2004 (Software) (Windows XP) Price

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Customer Reviews of AlohaBob PC Relocator Ultra Control 2004

worked like junk for me
I'd rate it -1 if that choice were availble. I should have read the
Amazon.com reviews before buying this product at CompUSA. And I should have
expected nothing from a name like AloaBob, and I should have known that
when it's too good to be true, it's too good to be true. It was an impulse
buy - seemed like such a good idea when I saw it on the shelf. My task was
to move about 5 GB of files from a W98 computer to a new XP Pro computer,
both computers have C&D drives. I ran scandisk on the W98 unit and Norton
utilities on both computers to be sure there was no existing structural
problems. All data was in two folders named data and photos on the source
computer. 1st problem was the USB connection didn't work - but the network
did. Then I spent two hours trying to tell PC Relocator to not transfer
programs and that I just wanted to transfer the two folders. It wouldn't
alow transfer of Outlook mail files, Internet Explorer favorites or MMoney
files. It doesn't have a spreadsheet sort of selector page like one would
expect from a windows program, it has an archaic
select-one-regenerate-look-again-select-again sort of interface. When it
made the transfers it jumbled up the sub folders and in some cases put
files from several foldes into one, some folders were missing, . .. in
short, a complete mess. In the end I had to tranfer my 5 gb manually
anyway. On top of that, the source computer then would hang instead of
shutdown (tried it 3 times to be sure) until I deleted the program. I found
it a time waster, not a time saver.

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Good preparation is the Key
I have a Win 98 laptop with minor keyboard probelms. Since it might get worse with the time being and I want to upgrade to a WinXP PC, I went out to get a new desktop. At the store I was told to get Alohabob PC Relocator Ultra Control(Later I found out---Funny name yet does serious job).

I installed the program and used a USB cable. It did not seem to connect with the new PC at first.I was wondering why, becasue the set up was kind of straight forward. Later I found out that I did not get the lastest version of PC Relocator Ultra. So I downloaded the latest version on my old laptop and burn it on a CD. Get the update on the target as well. I learn new things everyday: ALWAYS get latest updates on softwares. And the tech guys there were kind enough to walk me through the connection process. I was told that preparation is the key to success migrations. So I stop what I was doing, came up a clear list of the things I want to transfer. With the suggestions from tech support, I filter out things that I should install manaully myself, things such as drivers and freewares. Then I went back to finished up the migration. Guess what, it worked beautifully. My email was transfer over and some applications that I no longer have the CDs. I was totally amazed on the result.
Now I can totally understand why there are such good and bad reviews for PC Relocator. I am glad that I have some good experience with this product.
Sugggestions:
1)Make sure you are running the latest version
2)Preparation is the Key: knowing what you want to transfer and what/how things can be transfer

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NOT WORTH THE MONEY
After two or three unsuccessful tries to get this program to load properly, I gave it one more try. It finally loaded, then it would not recognize the USB connection. Gave some kind of communication error with the cable. One more try, and I was finally able to communicate. Went thru the process of picking the files to be transferred and the program came back with a description of which files will transfer and which ones would not.

To my surprise, of the 27 programs I wanted to transfer, only 1 was give a "High" probability, 2 were given "Medium" probability, 4 were given "Low" probability, and 20 were given "Will not transfer".

What a rip-off. Don't waste your money on this junk.

If you are upgrading your system to Windows XP, it has it's own file transfer feature built-in. Just go to Start, Program, Accessories, Tools and pick the File Transfer Function.

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