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Anyone Have Aloha Bob Cable Info?

Feb 2, 2005 5:57AM PST

Hi Everyone, I recently purchased a Dell Dimension 3000 Series, P4, 3GHz, 512MB, 4MHz, 160GB HD, MS XP Home, to which I installed MS Office 2003.

After the purchase, I saw advertisements for a cable which came bundled with some Dell packages (not mine) called Aloha Bob, which should allow a user to connect and transfer not just files, but whole programs from an old computer to a new. After several frustrating attempts at contacting Dell (none of the representatives had ever heard of the cable which was being promoted with the Dell package, it is not a Dell product), I finally was told by a Dell representative that the cable was not compatitable with my system. I suspect that is not correct, as it is a simple USB cable, but of course, I would need the backup software (I think).

Does anyone have information on the manufacturer or any other information which I can check?

Thanks much.

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Aloha Bob ........
Feb 2, 2005 6:31AM PST

Hi Marilyn,

I have no direct experience, but doing a Google search gives info, typing in:

Aloha Bob Cable .....20,000 posts
Aloha Bob Dell.......25,500 posts
Aloha Bob PC.........82,000 posts
Aloha Bob...........421,000 posts

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Thanks John
Feb 2, 2005 9:43AM PST

I did a search and found the manufacturer (Eisenworld), and found the version I will most likely purchase. In the course of spending the day searching, I discovered that XP has a built-in "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard". According to everything I've read, this may see me through, and hopefully not kill my machine. If XP does not work and the machine is still viable, I will try Eisenworld's version of Aloha Bob which allows selective choices, as I do not want to overwrite my entire desktop, just to move 2 full applications (one very old game and one application) which I purchased and have boxes for, but no CDs. In the future, I will guard my program disks much more closely!

It's a frustrating experience to try to get answers when you are super sensitive about not doing anything which might ruin your machine. My calls to Dell yielded nothing, my calls to Eisenworld yielded nothing, my calls to the vendor which sold the unit yielded nothing. Just call me "frustrated in CA". Thank you much for your help.

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A real nice article about Files and Settings Transfer.
Feb 2, 2005 10:01AM PST
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An Informative Article Indeed
Feb 2, 2005 10:58AM PST

Thank you very much. Software applications rather than hardware have been the area I'm more comfortable in (and, of course, my games). Hardware issues make my head hurt. It's clear that I'm going to have to even out my comfort levels. I finally broke down and bought the machine I wanted, I just want to keep it running.

This is a great forum. Thanks again.

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Check this out
Feb 2, 2005 10:39AM PST

Aloha Bob, the makers of PC locator pgm. is suppose to come with the required cable as part of the s/w package. Since Dell didn't know squat about it until pushed, move on and get the pgm. easily at any decent store or online.
I have ver.4 of PC Locator but didn't find it as easy as they suggested, though it should have been, maybe I boo-booed. Anyways, I just Ghost everything anyways. Check thier website at: http://www.alohabob.com (wow!)

enjoy Happy -----Willy