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.
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