Did you just buy a new computer? Do you use Mozilla Thunderbird, Outlook, Outlook Express or SeaMonkey to send and receive emails? Use Firefox or Internet Explorer to surf the Internet? Need to restore just your old email and / or browser data and settings?

LABOR RATE	DETAILS
	"OLD" COMPUTER WILL BOOT TO DESKTOP
$20.00 (per user)	Migrate 1 user's files and settings to a new computer, including Outlook, Outlook Express, and Internet Explorer. "Old" computer must boot to the desktop.
$20.00 (optional)	Migrate 1 Certificate - Required to migrate Internet Explorer passwords, encrypted files,
	"OLD" COMPUTER WON'T BOOT TO DESKTOP
$20.00	Restore / reconfigure Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express email "client" data from computer that won't boot. Price applies to 1 email client only. Examples of email client data include emails & folders (inbox, sent, drafts, trash, etc), address books, general settings, Internet service provider account settings.
$20.00	Restore / reconfigure Internet Explorer browser data from computer that won't boot. Price applies to 1 browser only. Examples of Internet browser data include bookmarks (or "favorites"), history, cookies, "autocomplete", saved form details, account settings, general settings, sidebars, user styles, extensions, and downloaded file list.
	3RD PARTY MIGRATION - COMPUTER WILL or WON'T BOOT
$20.00	Restore / reconfigure 3rd party email "client" data (such as Sea Monkey, Thunderbird). Price applies to 1 email client only. Examples of email client data include emails & folders (inbox, sent, drafts, trash, etc), address books, general settings, Internet service provider account settings.
$20.00	Restore / reconfigure 3rd party browser data (such as Firefox, Sea Monkey, Netscape Navigator). Price applies to 1 browser only. Examples of Internet browser data include bookmarks (or "favorites"), history, cookies, saved passwords, "autocomplete", saved form details, account settings, general settings, sidebars, user styles, extensions, and downloaded file list.
$10.00 (per browser)	Restore or reconfigure browser bookmark data (or "favorites") only.
$20.00	Too busy to drop off your computer? Add $20.00 for pickup & delivery from your Pacific Palisades home or office. Compare with the other Geeks' on-site fee of $100.00

Perhaps you purchased a new computer or reformatted your drive and reinstalled Windows.  If you ever tried to just copy and paste your old "documents & settings" (or "user" data in Vista / Windows 7) into the new computer or new Windows installation, you'd quickly learn that your old bookmarks, emails, address book contacts and other settings and data don't just magically reappear. This data must be manually imported and restored. This migration can be a complex, frustrating process for even advanced computer users. Each program works differently and with each software revision and / or Windows operating system upgrade, the methods of restoration often change.  The ability of the "old" computer to boot may affect the ability to restore some data.

Evaluate your situation and advise what types of data can and can't be migrated.

Import your old browser and / or email client data and / or settings.

Test for proper functionality.

Ideally you are able to provide your old working computer (that " boots" to the desktop). 2nd best option is to provide a backup media (such as USB drive, memory stick, CD, or DVD) with the email client data and / or Internet browser data on the drive.  By default this data is located in the Windows XP "documents & settings" folder or in the Windows Vista /Windows 7 "users" folder.

Please advise PCR if you need add-ons reinstalled. Click here to view more examples of add-ons.

Not all data can be migrated in every situation. What types of data can be recovered depends on a variety of factors including whether the old "source computer" can boot to the desktop, what programs you were using (example: FireFox or Internet Explorer, Thunderbird or Outlook Express), what software version your were running, and whether you are switching operating systems (example: XP to Vista). For example Internet Explorer passwords cannot be recovered off of a computer that won't boot unless a certificate was previously exported.

This price does not apply if the data must be recovered off of a hard drive that is not recognized. See data recovery page.

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