What Moose said except that he forgot to add that you will need to
formally "share" the files in question between the 2 computers.
Otherwise you won't even be able to see them let alone copy them.
With Tom on his old machine: go to Windows Explorer, navigate to the C
drive (and others if you have them), right click the C drive and offer
to *share* it for *read only* access. You can also offer write access
but there's no need for that here. You can also navigate down the list
of folders and share only specific ones if you choose. I'd normally
recommend only doing selected ones but Tom wants to copy all of the data
files which may be just about everywhere.
With Tom on his new machine: Go to Windows Explorer and navigate to the
network section. There you should see the names of the other computers
on your local network and perhaps other devices as well such as your
printers. Click on "Tom's old computer" (whatever it's called) to open
it up and you should then see the C drive or the folders which were
offered for sharing. With another instance of Windows explorer showing
the drive on the new machine you should be able to do drag and drop from
the old file folders to those on the new machine. If you drag and drop
the entire folder it should copy the entire thing including the folder
with its old name.
Don't, however, try to drag and drop the entire C drive. You don't
really need everything over there and if you do the whole thing you're
likely to be sitting there for many hours waiting for it to complete.
But, as already said, there is no simple way to copy the software too.
Each application must be individually re-installed. A pain in the butt,
but as Moose says it will force you to house clean.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/6/2014 3:53 PM, Moose wrote:
On 11/6/2014 12:07 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
PESO:
Tom's ancient Gateway laptop is finally giving up the ghost and he's
investing in a new computer. I remember the last time I upgraded mine I
used a software program to transfer all of the files from the old
computer
to the new one. I can't remember the name of the software. Can anybody
recommend a program to do this or is there an easier way?
Mostly what Scott said. But I'd add:
5. If both may be attached to the same router, especially if hard wired,
at least temporarily, you may copy using Windows Explorer, just like
copying between folders on one computer. Speed will be MUCH faster with
wired Ethernet connections than using WiFi. But it's fine too;just walk
away and wait.
Windoze also has a function to do this, but it doesn't add much.
The good/bad news is that he will need to reinstall the software. Bad
because it is a pain. Good because it forces housecleaning and results
in a cleaner registry than any utility can create.
Moose e Mobile
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