[Shop-talk] moving computer files

[Brian Kemp]

I recommend an external docking station.  Super easy and you don't have 
to open anything up.  Tried to move my old Win 7 C: drive to the new Win 
10 computer and had trouble getting it recognized.  No problem with my 
data drive (I keep most of my data on a second hard drive in the 
computer).  Ended up getting a docking station and it was super easy.  
The drive just plugs into to the docking station like a video game 
cartridge or 8-track tape.  Nothing to open up.

This is the one I got because I'm local to the store and wanted it fast:
https://www.frys.com/product/8937843

Look for USB 3 for speed.  After you copy the data to the computer, box 
up the old drive and save it as a backup.  If the Win 7 computer had 
problems, the drive is also potentially near the end of life, so it 
isn't worth risking your data.

The solid state drives are fantastic.  My new Win 10 computer boots in 
about 20 seconds.  I do have a second drive in it.  Solid state drives 
are small, so if you have lots of pictures or videos, you will probably 
need the additional space.  There are options to move the default 
folders for your files (documents, pictures, music, etc) to the second 
drive.

Brian

On 5/27/2020 5:56 AM, john niolon wrote:
> shop content... I use my computer to buy tools.
> had a few power surges / losses the other night and my desktop 
> motherboard died in the process.  I’m looking at a refurbished dell 
> unit with a solid state drive as a replacement.  I haven’t had to copy 
> a full hard drive since you used a parallel cable and some software 
> who’s name escapes me.   What’s the best way to do this from a HDD to 
> a SSD nowadays ??
> lt’s a small format machine and I don’t know if I can put my old hard 
> drive in it to slave it for the copying.
> Its also a windows 10 machine and my old machine was windows 7...  
> will win10 run all the software my 7 machine did ??  I’m getting so 
> computer illiterate !!!
> john
>
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