ok- tried that.
when I got to the part to transfer from my portable HD on to the new computer, it gave me an error message:
“your files can’t be transferred. windows easy transfer can’t transfer the files from windows vista or windows xp”
I’ve done it with no issues before
go to the following tutorial at the link and double check your steps..if you still having issues you will have to copy over you data files manually
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/transfer-data-from-old-computer-to-windows-8/