Posted on 11/28/2020 11:08:34 AM PST by newfreep
I am surprising myself with a new laptop! (shhhhh - don't tell me about the gift and spoil the surprise)
After many, many years of GREAT service from my ASUS "Zen", I'm buying a new "Zen".
After searching the net for an easy & straightforward method to transfer my programs, docs, photos, apps, Outlook emails, etc - I've discovered it's not as easy as I thought.
Thanks in advance for any help...
Freegards,
newfreep
Quickest is USB thumb drive. It’s a simple copy/paste.
If it were a macintosh to another macintosh, there is a program called “Migration Assistant” that would instruct you in how to set it up the transfer, ask you to answer some questions, and then transfer what you have on your old PC over to your new one.
I’d be surprised if your new Zen didn’t have something similar you could use for that function as a part of its OS.
One more thing, apps will need to be reinstalled.
I’ve used their cloning software, works great. I haven’t tried the others though.
It wouldn’t be something you need to download. It should be on your new PC.
You might search “Migration Assistant ASUS Zen to ASUS Zen” on Google. Or better, search the ASUS website for information on how to perform the operation from the old Zen to the new one.
For Windows, there is a migration assistant. It will find your personal files, email files, Windows settings, etc.
The price of massive portable hard drives have come down so far that you should just buy one and either image or copy everything on your old hard drive to it. Then connect it to your new laptop and copy whatever you want from it. Keep it in a safe place and then later whenever you realize that you forgot to copy something from it drag it out and find it.
Here is an example drive:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CQJBSQL/
At the very least, root around in the paper that came with your new Zen. There’s probably an instruction leaflet that will lay out the steps you should take.
ethernet 5e connected to both; set up network and xfer @ ~1Gb/s.
L8TR
www.ubackup.com/disk-clone-software.html
Free of adware, simple to use, and free.
“Quickest is USB thumb drive. It’s a simple copy/paste.”
And while you’re at it, use the thumb drives for archiving your files. I recently lost a bunch of files for want of a back up.
Since you backup everything regularly anyway. (You do, don’t you? No? Shame on you. By a 1 gig external hard drive at Microcenter and start today). Just use your backup drive to transfer the files.
How long has it been since you bought a computer? Last one I bought didn't come with enough paper to have anything to root around in.
I got a new iMac a month ago. It had a pamphlet that tips the user to Migration Assistant, if needed, as well as explain what the various ports are.
I’m not an IT specialist, but I have done migrations from old to new macs many times.
If the OP had a backup drive of their old Zen, they should be able to hook it up to the new one and restore it there.
...Just as you suggest.
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