File Transfer To New PC

[Robbie34]

I have just bought a new PC with Windows 10 and I want to transfer everything from my old Windows 10 PC. Microsoft have stopped easy transfer that I did last time and using an external hard drive didn't work. I have ordered a transfer cable to achieve this. Is there an article anywhere that will talk me through the process?

[Jaymoss]

TBH I would just copy what you want to move to the drive and paste it into the new computer. What exactly do you want to move? I have never been a fan of moving settings and the like, I always prefer starting again cuz you tend to do a better job than you did originally

[Robbie34]

That didn't work for my saved emails and other items that I need. No problem with pictures etc.

[Jaymoss]

there should be relatively simple options to back up pretty much any app. Outlook or Windows mail?

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/e...rosoft-outlook

https://www.techwalla.com/articles/h...a-new-computer

I use Outlook for all of my mail accounts and they are all saved as webmail as well as Outlook so I never have to worry about mail

Even Virgin mail stays on the server as long as you set it all to mirror and not just download

[Robbie34]

I use Thunderbird not Windows Mail or Outlook.

[Jaymoss]

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...a-new-computer

---------- Post added at 15:58 ---------- Previous post was at 15:57 ----------

Open google search

type

How to transfer (insert app name here) data from one computer to another

[Robbie34]

Thanks. That's great.