Aren't Mannings all the same???
I got a new computer so I marched out and got a little 750 gig drive to pull stuff off the old one. Very easy to use. And relatively inexpensive ($130) when you start totally up how much 8-16 gig flash drives are. Just plug it in with the USB that is provided and away you go. It is about the size of one of those cell phone things.
I am (have) going to backup all my stuff from both computers on it. And keep it updated.
Not that I would worry about things like tax info getting out. I don't even have to file. The IRS sends me a letter every January, after hacking me to death all year. It says:
lol, bigheadfred