Windows 10: New computer: easy way to transfer from old computer?

Discus and support New computer: easy way to transfer from old computer? in Windows 10 Backup and Restore to solve the problem; My daughter has a Surface Tablet 4 and just bought a Surface Tablet 7 both with Windows 10. Is there an easy way to transfer all her user data, email,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Backup and Restore' started by 3DPiper, Aug 6, 2020.

  1. 3DPiper Win User

    New computer: easy way to transfer from old computer?


    My daughter has a Surface Tablet 4 and just bought a Surface Tablet 7 both with Windows 10.
    Is there an easy way to transfer all her user data, email, programs, etc, to the new computer..?
    Or just start copying it all over and installing the programs she uses..?

    :)
     
    3DPiper, Aug 6, 2020
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  2. Transfering from old computer to new

    Recently got a new computer, and limited on outlets. I want to transfer everything from the old to the new, including settings and bookmarks/favorites if possible. No transfer cable. Windows 10. Anyone know an easy way?
     
    ChristineB2, Aug 6, 2020
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  3. Transfering from old computer to new

    by limited on outlets I mean I have to unplug one computer to get the new one on, and cannot have then running simultaneously.
     
    ChristineB2, Aug 6, 2020
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  4. BulldogXX Win User

    New computer: easy way to transfer from old computer?

    Is there an easy way to transfer account information to a new account

    It's not a common issue, and transferring your files to a new user account is easy.

    You can transfer all your personal folders, namely:

    • desktop (see below,)
    • documents,
    • music,
    • pictures, and
    • video.

    What you see on your desktop is actually a combination of three things:

    • the contents of your user account's desktop folder;
    • the contents of the Public account's desktop folder; and
    • Windows system objects, like the Recycle Bin.

    The key to doing this successfully is understanding that your personal files belong to the user account where they are
    now. Your new user account is completely separate. You know that both the old and the new user account are yours, but Windows doesn't know that, and that's by design.

    The new user account needs to take possession of the files from your old user account, so those files will belong to the new user account. Once you understand this, the rest is easy. I'll give you a summary of the steps below. There's more than one way to
    do this, but this method is easy:

    1- Sign in to a user account with Administrator permissions.

    2- Navigate to C:\Users\Public

    The contents of the Public account are available to every other user account on the computer.

    3- Create a new folder in C:\Users\Public

    4- Navigate to your old user account and copy the folders described above to the new folder you created under the Public folder.

    As soon as you try to open a folder in your 'old' user account, Windows will ask if you want to have permission to access that folder. The real question it's asking is: Do you want the Administrator account to have the same access to this folder as your
    old account has? And the answer is yes, of course. Your old user account can move those folders anywhere it likes, and now your Administrator account can do that too.

    5- As a precaution, try to open some of the files that you moved to the Public account, just to make sure everything transferred correctly.

    6- Create a new user account.

    7- Sign out of the Administrator account and sign in to your new user account.

    8- Move the contents of the folders you copied to the Public account to the corresponding folders in your new account.

    9- As a precaution, try to open some of the files that you moved to the new user account, just to make sure everything transferred correctly.

    Now you can erase the folders from the Public account and delete the old user account.
     
    BulldogXX, Aug 6, 2020
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