Mariyam
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Is It Possible to Use An Old Software Installation to Create The Files Necessary For A New Installation on Different Machine?
In a nutshell, I've recently had some installation disks stolen for some devices I bought around 7 years ago. The devices are no longer supported by the manufacturer.
My first workaround was to install a similar product but shortly after the installation the record button became disabled (not sure why).
My second workaround was to download what looked to be the same software from the manufacturer's web site but it never worked fully (works for the newer device, can't detect the older one).
I have several old hard drives with the software installed that I know will work if I reinstall the drives back into their original laptops, I'd just prefer not to expose the data on those laptops to an outside network since I know my devices are constantly being hacked/accessed.
So what I was wondering is if anyone knows of any software that will allow you to move the application to another computer. I have used software that i believe is called AppMover by Funduc which was bundled with my IOMEGA software for my zip drives, but I don't think it allows anything more than one location or drive to another on the same hard drive (like if you have a system drive and a data drive and you want to free up some space on your system drive you can move the applications to the data drive and they work perfectly there)
I could probably try to reassemble one of my old laptops utilizing a drive that already has the application on it but that's problematic for several reasons, one being exposing the data contained on the drive to an outside network.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
TIA
-Mari
My first workaround was to install a similar product but shortly after the installation the record button became disabled (not sure why).
My second workaround was to download what looked to be the same software from the manufacturer's web site but it never worked fully (works for the newer device, can't detect the older one).
I have several old hard drives with the software installed that I know will work if I reinstall the drives back into their original laptops, I'd just prefer not to expose the data on those laptops to an outside network since I know my devices are constantly being hacked/accessed.
So what I was wondering is if anyone knows of any software that will allow you to move the application to another computer. I have used software that i believe is called AppMover by Funduc which was bundled with my IOMEGA software for my zip drives, but I don't think it allows anything more than one location or drive to another on the same hard drive (like if you have a system drive and a data drive and you want to free up some space on your system drive you can move the applications to the data drive and they work perfectly there)
I could probably try to reassemble one of my old laptops utilizing a drive that already has the application on it but that's problematic for several reasons, one being exposing the data contained on the drive to an outside network.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
TIA
-Mari
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Do I need a special cable to connect the two computers or the computer & hard drive?
No, you can just use an external USB hard drive as the "mover" ... you connect it to the old drive; "move" the application to it; then connect it to the new drive and complete the move.
I know my devices are constantly being hacked/accessed
Don't plug them into the network and if they are using an operating system older than Windows XP, or Windows XP is not fully patched don't allow them onto the network. Can't be hacked if there is no connection point.