Windows 10: Old to new computer in system

Discus and support Old to new computer in system in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hello. When I try to get an app in my MS account it states it is downloading to my old computer not my mew one. It downloads but does it matter?... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by AlisonBuchanan1, Feb 5, 2020.

  1. Old to new computer in system





    Hello. When I try to get an app in my MS account it states it is downloading to my old computer not my mew one. It downloads but does it matter?

    :)
     
    AlisonBuchanan1, Feb 5, 2020
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  2. xarzu Win User

    new system old hard drive...

    I have an old hard drive that has those old ribbon connections to transfer data to the mother board.

    I have a new computer that mostly uses those cool little ATA (I think that is what they are called) connections.

    The new computer has a Vista OS.

    I opened up the case and I was supprised to see on the motherboard a wide ribbon connection and so I connected the old hard drive and a free power connection.

    When I turned on the computer, the system started up like usual and did not notice the new hard drive.

    I went to the Control Pannel and did an automatic add hard drive call and it did not find the old hard drive.

    Any suggestions?
     
    xarzu, Feb 5, 2020
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  3. Migrating old Win 10 system to New computer

    My granddaughter's old laptop has a fried motherboard and she has many Apps and files for graphics work (no games) that she needs to transfer to a new laptop computer. There is an older backup but alas not a recent one.

    The existing hard drive has the free Win 10 update (from Win 8) and I was hoping to migrate the whole System/Apps/Data to the new computer but the hard drive is an MBR disk and the new computer is UEFI and won't boot the old drive which I have connected
    with a USB enclosure while changing the boot type to Legacy. Presently, I have no means to access the old drive system, but can read the files as an external USB hard drive. There is a lot of data and older graphics apps that would take forever to re-establish
    individually to the new drive.

    My options are:

    1.) Backup the old hard drive and restore to a GPT disk, but the new computer can only read it as an external drive, and probably not the system.

    2.) Copy the old hard drive to new hard drive but this will lose App settings in the registry.

    3.) Convert the old drive from MBR to GPT if possible without losing Apps data and settings.

    4.) Magic? - other suggestions would be appreciated.

    My grand daughter is paranoid that any of the above will cause loss of data/settings, and I am trying to be her knight in shining armour, with arts college starting in a few days.

    Michael
     
    mfoster3139, Feb 5, 2020
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  4. erocker Win User

    Old to new computer in system

    Is there a good guide out there on actually assembling the new rig?

    List your system specs (All of the parts you're using), putting a computer together isn't very difficult. I can give you some steps on doing it no problem.
     
    erocker, Feb 5, 2020
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