Win 10 Migration successfull

[Winfried]

Yesterday I migrated my 7 year old Win 7 Pro System to Win 10.
One reason for waiting so long is the special hardware I need. A ISDN-controller (Fritz-Card) an a SCSI-controller for an nearly 20 Years old negative and slide scanner (Canon FS4000US).

First step as usual is backup.
For this purpose I cloned the system disk (256 BG SSD) to a new one with 1TB. I started the PC with this new disk and started the migration. About 3 hours later the migration was done and the new system ready. Both "exotic"-controller are working. I am able to use the Scanner with VueScan and the Fritz-Card for my inhouse telefon-system.
I had to deactivate/activate Capture One. No problem with DxO 2. Test-Version of DxO 3 that does not install on Win 7 (as documanted), installs on Win 10.
So everything seemes to be fine.
My system is ready for IMatch 2020.

Winfried

[thrinn]

My system is ready for IMatch 2020.

Congratulations! Personally, I do not miss Windows 7 at all after I migrated to Windows 10.

Just to be sure: Did you check the AVX capability like described in https://www.photools.com/community/index.php?topic=9382. I did not find your name in the thread.

[Winfried]

Yes, I checked that. It's ok.

Winfried

[loweskid]

I'm curious to know why you needed the SCSI card for the scanner?  I have the same scanner but I've always used it with the USB connection.

[Winfried]

I have the same scanner but I've always used it with the USB connection.

This is a question  of performance/speed. The USB of this scanner is only usb1.1.
The data-rate of the scanner is higher than usb1.1. In my environment a scan using usb1.1 for data-transfers takes twice the time when using SCSI.
With usb the scanner allways has to wait for the usb1.1 to transfer the data.

Winfried

[loweskid]

Thanks for the reply.  You are quite right - it is very slow.  In fact I've been experimenting with copying slides with a DSLR and I'm very pleased with the results so far and it's much faster, so the scanner might be on ebay soon...

[sinus]

Thanks for the reply.  You are quite right - it is very slow.  In fact I've been experimenting with copying slides with a DSLR and I'm very pleased with the results so far and it's much faster, so the scanner might be on ebay soon...

I have an old UMAX-SCSI scanner, very heavy and big, I bought it long ago with a big percent-advantage, but the costs were about 5000 Euros.
If I compare it with a "scan" with a Micro-Nikkor and a DLSR, the result is even better and ways quicker.

[Winfried]

That was the reason why I sold my Nikon Coolscan LS-50 and bought a Pentax Film Duplicator.
No hussle with drivers and it takes slides, negatives up to 6x7 cm.
And a more familiar workflow with raw-files.
But color-negativs are a bit tricky.

Winfried

[jch2103]

But color-negativs are a bit tricky.

Take a look at Negative Lab Pro https://www.negativelabpro.com/. I've only used it briefly during a test, but users seem to be pretty happy.