Moving Stata software from one laptop to another

[Nandinee Patel]

I have Stata 15 SE on my current laptop. I have just bought a new laptop and want to transfer Stata to my new laptop. What is the best way to do this within the license and without losing current files? I no longer need Stata on my old laptop. Thanks

[Nick Cox]

Install using the licence|license information you received on your new machine. Then copy any community-contributed commands you installed.

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[Nandinee Patel]

Thanks very much

[Saunok Chakrabarty]

Hi Nick,

When I type "about" in the Stata command window, I can only see my serial number. I don't see a code or an authorization - but I do see the name of my institute. Would you know how to retrieve the code and authorization? I'm trying to install it on my new laptop.

Regards,
Saunok

[Leonardo Guizzetti]

Nick refers to the documentation that you received when you purchased Stata, which includes the license, authorization number and code. You can use this when installing Stata on your new computer.

[Richard Williams]

Did you do the original install or did your institute? If you did it, you hopefully have the information Nick refers to. If your institute did it, you may need to have it install on a new machine. Or, it may be that your institute provides an easy way to install on a new machine, e.g. it might have some sort of software downloads page.

Incidentally, Stata is one of the easiest programs I have found for moving from one machine to another. I just copy the program files (e.g. folder Stata16) from one computer to the corresponding location in the other. I also copy c:\ado (names may differ on your machine). I currently have every version from Stata 7 on installed on my machine.

I can't guarantee that it will always be this easy, or that this will work on every platform. Installing from scratch is probably the safest bet. especially if you don't understand what I just said. But I like to keep old versions around. The help files come in handy sometimes. Plus I can check if code I write now works ok on older versions.

[Saunok Chakrabarty]

Hi Leonardo,

Thanks for your reply. I'm afraid I don't see the authorization number and code when I inspect which Stata version I'm using. Just the license number.

[Saunok Chakrabarty]

Hi Richard,

Thank you for your explanation. My institute installed it for me, so I think that may be playing a role in the issue I'm facing here. I'll try out your solution, that of copying the program files folder and ado files from one machine to another. Hopefully that will work. Thanks again.

Regards,
Saunok