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‎07-27-2021 05:23 PM

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Product: pavilion
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

I'm going to buy another computer. does HP have an app/program to help me transfer files/programs from existing computer to new one?

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‎07-27-2021 05:34 PM

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@josephw2 

NO, it does not.

 

The best two apps out there are Easus ToDo PC Transfer and Laplink PC Mover.  Both cost money -- the free versions do not move apps, only personal data.  I have used both and prefer the first over the second.



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‎07-27-2021 05:34 PM

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@josephw2 

NO, it does not.

 

The best two apps out there are Easus ToDo PC Transfer and Laplink PC Mover.  Both cost money -- the free versions do not move apps, only personal data.  I have used both and prefer the first over the second.



I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
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‎07-29-2021 12:24 PM

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If the disk-drive in your current computer is still working, physically remove it from the computer.

Connect it as a "secondary" disk-drive in the new computer, perhaps as the "F:" drive-letter.

Then, you can copy all your files from one folder in the "F:\users" folder into the "Documents" folder on the new disk-drive.

Any "free" programs, such as iTunes and Adobe Reader can be downloaded and installed on the new computer. 

What other programs do you want to re-install onto the new computer?

 

Now that Microsoft has announced Windows 11, be sure to purchase a computer that is advertised as "ready for Windows 11".  It will come with Windows 10 installed. You could run Windows 10 until Spring 2025, or you will be able to take the free upgrade to Windows 11 sometime in 2022, if you want to be "on the bleeding edge".

 

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‎07-29-2021 02:27 PM

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The new computer is just a tower (no monitor) I have a cat6 cable to connect the old and new machines.  When I download Easus ToDo PC Pro to the old machine can I also download it the new machine through the cat6 cable or do I have to hook the internet to the new machine and download it separate. old & new computers are both HP

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‎07-30-2021 10:06 AM

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You need a "cross-over" Ethernet cable. It connects the "send" wire on one computer to the "receive" wire on the other computer, if you try to connect one computer directly to the other.

 

Or, connect both computers to your router (or cable-modem) so that they are "peers", with the router actign as the "gateway" between the two computers.

 

You probably will need software on BOTH computers to achieve a "chat" between the two.

 

 

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