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Selkie Rescue can help you control how you move your data from one laptop or PC to another Laptop or PC. Whether you are upgrading to a new computer and need to migrate your data from your old machine to the new one, or your old computer will no longer even boot up and you need to rescue critical data Selkie Rescue Data Recovery can help.
Selkie Rescue Data Recovery turns the old or non-working computer into a File Server with full network support. It allows you to transfer data right over your existing network or you can directly connect the two computers together. What gives Selkie Rescue Data Recovery such a huge advantage over other disk recovery tools is that it doesn't rely on the Windows OS on the old/broken computer. It completely bypasses Windows, so that you don't have to rely on the Windows to be operational at all.
A huge advantage is that Selkie Rescue Data Recovery requires no pre-installation of any kind. You just put the bootable CD into the CD-Rom drive of the broken computer and begin. Windows does not have to function in any way, shape or form in order for Selkie Rescue Data Recovery to work.
Additionally, Selkie Rescue Data Recovery works for both migration and rescuing files off of a non-working computer. So if Windows is running slow - or not running at all - there is nothing to worry about. Selkie Rescue Data Recovery bypasses Windows altogether. It runs off of a Live CD so that Windows doesn't even have to operate.
Another advantage is that Selkie Rescue Data Recovery will work either through a direct connect (via a cross-over cable) or through your home network. It is your choice. You just select the computer that you want the data placed on and go.
This leads to yet another advantage: you have complete control over what Selkie rescues. You can choose specific files or transfer everything. This flexibility means that you can quickly access the most important files on a computer even if the hard drive is dying. If time is not an issue, the only limit to the amount of data you can recover is the size of the new computer's drive.
No. Selkie doesn't even install onto the old or broken computer at all, so it leaves no trace behind. Selkie Rescue Data Recovery is a "Live CD," so it operates from the CD rather than installing itself onto the hard drive of the old or broken computer.
Because you know Windows will crash! Even if you back up every day there are always active projects that you are working on that you will need recovered. Having Selkie Rescue Data Recovery on-hand will ensure that the data is safe even if Windows no longer works.
No, Selkie Rescue Data Recovery is not a forensic recovery program. Selkie's focus is dealing with the much more common problem of the Blue Screen of Death and helping you get around that to grab intact data. If the computer is truly dead - it will no longer power up or the hard drive is physically damaged - Selkie Rescue Data Recovery will not be able to help you.
Simple. On the working computer you will just use our tool to move the files from one computer to the other. We have worked hard to keep Selkie as easy as possible. With the old or broken computer, in 99% of all cases it is as simple as clicking "enter" 3 times, as it builds the network connection between the computers. You can see samples of the interface here.
Yes, Selkie Rescue Data Recovery can work right over your wired network just as easily as it can work by directly connecting the computers via a cross-over cable.
Two computers and either a wired network or a cross-over cable is first on the list. Then, you will also need access to a working CD burner so that you can create the Selkie Rescue Data Recovery disk that will go in the broken computer, or you can contact us about acquiring copies of the software already burned onto CDs for your use. That's it!
No. Norton Ghost is limited and only lets you create images of workstation systems to make restoration easier. To create initial images, you need to have Ghost running within a working Microsoft Windows operating system - you cannot create a backup image if Windows has failed. Selkie Rescue is designed to run even on systems where Windows has become corrupted because it does not depend on Windows in any way.
LapLink's PC Mover requires installation on both the old and new computers, while Selkie Rescue Data Recovery only requires installation on the new computer that will be receiving the files. Additionally PC Mover requires that Windows works and is in good condition - which is not often the case with an older computer that needs its migration moved. PC Mover will not work at all if Windows doesn't work. Selkie Rescue Data Recovery will work - even if Windows doesn't!
Selkie Rescue may allow you to copy virus-infected files to the working computer. For this reason you should make sure you have up-to-date virus protection on your working computer before you start the rescue operation. Selkie Rescue is immune to viruses for two reasons, it runs in the Linux Operating System and the CD can't be written to.
Selkie Rescue Data Recovery works with Windows 98/ME/2K/XP/Vista - it will move files from any one of these Operating Systems to another. Because Selkie Rescue Data Recovery operates on a Live CD it doesn't even require that the copy of Windows works at all.
Selkie Rescue Data Recovery moves only the files and folders you want moved over. You can move them all over or just a few. It is just as simple to move one file as it is to move all of them over.
