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Old 09-09-2021, 01:19 PM
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It depends on how many gb of data is being used on the old computer's hard drive. But, I would copy the entire hard drive to either a thumb drive or an external hard drive. You can get a thumb drive that will hold up to about 1tb of data, but I wouldn't trust one that large. Once you have the old data on an external device you can then copy the data as needed to the new computer. Note that, when you copy programs, often the files will copy, but the program will not function on another computer unless you reinstall it with a special disc or product code. I wouldn't automatically transfer everything to the new computer unless you are certain that you are going to use the data and programs. There is probably a lot of data on the old computer that you don't need.