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.
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.
Transferring files is easy. Big ol’ USB. Or your favorite online backup spot.
Programs don’t transfer. Gotta install em again. Maybe even buy em again depending on lots of random stuff.
It is best to start fresh when you get a new system. Delete any garbage bloatware from the new system you don’t want. Then reinstall your apps and transfer licenses as needed. Use a flashdrive to copy your data like documents and pictures and music. USB3 flashdrives go a lot faster than doing a network transfer. I would steer clear of anything that automates the process because something is bound to go haywire and it will wind up taking you several times longer to sort out, if you can.
Most programs can’t just be copied over to a new computer. Personal info and stuff can be like others have said. Under no case try to copy your whole old computer to new one.
Where your files are. If you use another web browser or email program then do a search on the internet for the locations:
C:\Users\”your name”\Desktop
C:\Users”your name”\Documents
Gotta turn on hidden files to see AppData
Open a folder then go to Tools> Folder Options> View> Show hidden files, folders, and drives.
Thunderbird email:
C:\Users\”your name”\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird
Firefox web browser:
C:\Users\”your name”\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla
FreeFileSync - FREE
https://freefilesync.org
This will copy and paste all your files to the new hard drive.
You can setup a sync file so you can backup the files from time to time to another hard drive. ALWAYS have a backup!
Backup your files on the desktop and documents folder and where the email and bookmarks are stored. It just copies all to the folder you choose on the other drive so just like on your old locations.
Windows has that ability to copy and paste but will keep stopping and asking you if you really want to move or copy the files.
MiniTool Partition Wizard - FREE
https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
Click on “Disk Clone” to copy the OS and programs and files to the new hard drive. Image: https://miro.medium.com/max/909/1*cbJaZvIlNgLBBG20pzdqdA.png
If you have a problem with files that will not open anymore like I did after I put the old hard in a external drive enclosure you can run the “Partition Recovery” which fixed the partition table corruption issue in seconds.
EaseUS Todo Backup Home - Buy for $59 or rent at $30 a year.
https://www.easeus.com/backup-software/tb-home.html
I use this to clone the hard drive or make backups of my files. It will also do incremental backups of files as you create them.
Propriety format. You can click on the file which opens the “C” drive then you drill down to say the desktop to view or open your files. Just right click to copy over to the other hard drive.
When you have your new laptop, check to see if the drive is encrypted. Mine were, and after upgrading the SSD drive, I couldn’t get into the old drive. It asked for the bitlocker key, which was never given. I’ve since unencypted my laptops.
