importing files from an older HP system and older OS

[Jeff1017]

My Old Desktop OS is Windows Vista. I need to import files to my new desktop. New OS is Windows 10. OlD HP Model is HP Pavilion m9000. New HP model is HP Pavilion 23 q113w. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

What I always do is to copy all of my user folders (documents, downloads, favorites. links, music, photos, etc) from the old PC, to a USB portable hard drive.

Then I just copy the folders from the flash drive to my user folder on the new PC, and let them overwrite the existing empty (documents, downloads, favorites, links, music, photos, etc.) folders.

[WAWood]

@Jeff1017

Hello;

Allow me to welcome you to the HP forums!

How you do this depends on what you mean by "importing files"...

If all you want to do is copy personal files from the Vista PC to the Win10 PC, then use a USB stick to do that.  Simply copy the files from the Vista PC onto the USB stick, insert that into the Win10 PC, and copy the files there.

If what you want to do is copy settings, and apps, that is harder -- and requires third-party software to do it, as Windows Easy Transfer is no longer supported in Win10.

Here is an article discussing three apps for doing that:  http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/06/technology/windows10-transfer-files-pc/

There is also an app known as EaseUS ToDo PC Transfer that claims to do the same.

Good Luck

[Jeff1017]

Can I hardwire my old tower to my new model and achieve the results needed?

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

@Jeff1017

If by "hardwiring" the two PCs together, you mean using a crossover network cable to connect the two, that only overcomes the issue of using a USB stick.

You still need third-party software to transfer settings and/or apps -- as that information is stored in lots of different places and it would take you forever to find them all manually and copy them.

[Jeff1017]

Thank You WAWOOD. The info you provided was most helpful.