Transfer from old pc to new PC

[geojo2]

I recently bought a new HP Omen computer. It came with windows 10, a 256 SSD drive and a 1TB hard drive. The SSD drive is my C drive, and the 1TB drive is my D drive. I am using Ease-us-to-do software program to do the transfer from my old computer via an external hard drive. Would the right thing be to transfer everything into my D drive which is 1TB and nothing else into the C drive which has my windows program in it? after everything is transferred from ,my old computer into my new computer, what do I do with the 256 SSD drive? Do I transfer anything over into the C drive?

I would appreciate any help I can get.

thank you

[WAWood]

@geojo2

Most likely, your new PC is configured with the SSD being the C: drive and containing the OS and its support files, and the HDD being the 😧 drive -- for personal files and data.

The EaseUS program is going to transfer the OS related stuff (ie, settings and apps) to the C:  drive by default.  IF you change that, you risk corrupting the OS and boot on your new PC, rendering it unusable.  So, you should leave that alone.

The same program MIGHT give you an option of where to migrate your personal files, but I seriously doubt it -- so after the migration, you will likely be faced with finding these files and moving them to 😧 manually.

Also, you are not going to be able to transfer "everything" -- despite any vendor claims to the contrary -- because not everything CAN be transferred.  So, some of the stuff simply will not migrate and you will find out what that is after you do the migration.

[geojo2]

Thanks for the info and I appreciate it

I did transfer a group of files about 10GB awhile ago to see what my options were on the ease us to do backup that is on the new omen PC.  When I transfered the files via an external HD, the ease us software gave me the option to to transfer and install in  my D drive..  I checked to see if it went to D drive and it was there.  So if I can install everything else from the old PC to  new PC  in  my D drive would that be the right thing to do???????    Should I just leave the 256 SSD (it has 47GB of space left) or should I just leave it alone.

Thanks

George Erickson

[WAWood]

@geojo2

There's a serious problem with "migrating" stuff from your old C: drive to your new 😧 drive -- and that is that the program settings, as stored in the Registry, will point to folders on the C: drive.

If the migration software is SMART ENOUGH to change all of these instances in the Registry for the new PC, then you should be OK. But, based on my (admittedly limited) experience with such tools, they are not that smart.

That's why I recommend against migrating apps from the old C: to the new 😧

If you're concerned about a lot of space being taken up on the new C: drive, 

here are some things you can do to recover some of the "disk" space:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3012-disk-cleanup-open-use-windows-10-a.html
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-clean-up-winsxs-folder-in-windows-10/

Also, the community Win10 Forums has the following suggestions:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/83441-free-up-drive-space-windows-10-a.html

[geojo2]

OK,  I see where you are coming from, I am not concerned about the space on the SSD.   But, and this a big one, What would you do if you were me???  I am sending you this message on a computer I built 11 yrs ago (I was 64 then).  Balance and things are getting alittle fuzzy but my brain is at "full speed ahead" Let me know what to do next.

Thanks for the info

George Erickson

[WAWood]

@geojo2

I've only used EaseUS once and I was not impressed by it; so, if it were me, I would not use it -- because an 11 year old PC is probably running a really old version of Windows (if you mentioned what it was, I missed it) and that is not a good idea to transfer such old programs to Win10 because most, if not all, of them will not work.  I would look for new versions of the programs and install them, instead.

You don't need EaseUS or any other such utility to transfer personal data -- just copy the files to a USB stick and then copy them to your new PC.

I certainly would NOT mess around with transferring apps from C: of the old PC to 😧 of the new PC, as this is mixing up the registry settings and is asking for trouble in the long run.

[geojo2]

Hi

In your last post you mentioned

"you would NOT mess around with transferring apps from C: of the old PC to 😧 of the new PC, as this is mixing up the registry settings and is asking for trouble in the long run"  But, do I have a choice,  the files from the old PC will have to go in my 256 GB SSD which is C drive on the new PC. or the D drive which has 1TB space

[WAWood]

@geojo2

I don't know if you "have a choice" as I am not an expert using EaseUS products -- and I already mentioned that.

I'm just saying that is something you should NOT do - migrate the apps from C: on the old PC to 😧 on the new one.  You should reinstall the apps instead, and while you're doing that, look for new versions that are compatible with Win10.  You would have to do that on an app by app basis, as we have no information about that here.

[geojo2]

Hi

did what you said and everything went fine.  Right now  I am working on downloading programs from the internet  like adobe etc.

The  one thing that is bothering me is that things are changing in the PC world and it is hard keeping up.  like ---when I download a program like adobe or others it defaults to installing it in C; drive (thats my SSD drive) but i have been changing  it to install in my data drive (D)

Is this the right thing to do, or is this something I will regret later on

Thanks

Any help I would appreciate

[WAWood]

@geojo2

Personally, I would install apps in the C: drive -- and use the 😧 drive for data files only.

I have read too many stories about problems down the road affecting folks mixing C: and 😧 for installing stuff.

I already replied with links to things you can do to clean up used space in C:.  I would just use those every month or so to keep extra space used to a minimum. 

I've been using 70GB of disk space on my SSD for C: for several years now, and by cleaning up the unwanted space every so often, I never run into the problem of insufficient space.