To select what to transfer, click Customize , and then click Advanced to change your selections. After you make your selections, click Save. Enter the password, and then click Save to save the Easy Transfer file to the external storage drive. Enter the password that you specified in Step 1G, and then click Next. After you make selections, click Save. Note To map user accounts or to map drives, click Advanced Options.
After the transfer finishes, click See what was transferred to view the Windows Easy Transfer reports. Click See a list of apps you might want to install on your new PC to see the programs that are installed on your old computer.
Need more help? Thanks for your feedback. I want to transfer my files from my Windows 7 to my new Windows 8. When I start Easy transfer the window shows what is going to be transferred. After I click next, the next window asks me if I already used windows easy transfer to save my files from your other pc? If I try to use the network box to transfer on my old computer it gives me a number to place on my 8. Verify that the files are saved to the correct location, and then click Close.
Remove the external hard drive or USB flash drive and set it aside until you are ready to transfer the files to the new computer. If you disabled firewall software running on the old computer, re-enable the software. Step 3: Transferring files to the Windows 8. From the Start screen of the new Windows 8. Figure : Selecting Windows Easy Transfer. Figure : Indicating whether files have been saved.
Insert the external hard drive or the USB flash drive used to collect files from the old computer into an available USB port. In the Open an Easy Transfer File window, select the external hard disk or USB flash drive that you will be using to transfer items, and then click Open. Figure : Example of a device used to transfer items. Select the transfer files from the list, and then click Open. Figure : Example of a Windows Easy Transfer file. If prompted, enter the password used to protect your transfer file, and then click Next.
Figure : Entering the password optional. On the Choose what to transfer to this PC screen, select the user accounts to transfer, and then click Transfer. Figure : Choose what to transfer. Once the file transfer is complete, click Close on the Your files have been transferred screen.
Figure : Windows Easy Transfer completed. Remove the external hard disk or USB flash drive from the computer and store it in a safe place. If you disabled firewall software running on the new computer, re-enable that firewall software. Step 4: Locating transferred files on the Windows 8. Follow the steps below to find transferred files.
Log on to the new computer using the account that was transferred from the old computer. From the Start screen, type file explorer to open the Search charm, and then select File Explorer from the search results.
Figure : Searching for File Explorer. Under This PC, look in the folders to find your files. If you can't find your files, perform the following steps:. Click the small triangle next to Users to expand the list. Figure : Finding transferred files in File Explorer. Step 5: Adding apps that you own to the new computer with Windows 8. Figure : Looking up apps. Right-click each app that you want to reinstall, or click Select all , and then click Install.
Figure : Selecting apps to install. On the Start screen, click the down arrow in the lower-left area of the screen to open a list of apps. Figure : App arrow on the Start screen. Click the down arrow next to Apps by name , and select by date installed from the drop-down list. Figure : Sorting apps by date installed. The newly installed apps will appear first on the list. The word NEW will appear next to the app tile. Besides, make sure you have chosen the right transfer direction and click "Connect" to continue.
Step 4. Then, choose "Files" to select files to transfer. Select the specific files as you want. What's more, you can click the Edit icon to customize the storage path for transferred data. Step 5. The size of the file determines the transfer time. Wait patiently. Click "Edit" at Applications, User Accounts, and Files columns to choose the specific data, applications, etc. Or you can click the "Edit" button to choose the specific data to be transferred flexibly.
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