Transfers To New Computer

[gennisis]

I want to transfer my music files to my new computer.....I find buring them to a dvd almost impossible....burning to CD will need 60 of them.

So does one of these USB sticks make sense?. I've never used them before

[rgs2001uk]

Buy an external USB hard drive, copy from your com to this, then copy from external hard drive to your new com.

You then have a back up if anything goes wrong with new com.

[Jiu-Jitsu]

I'm not quite sure as to why MJCM is assuming that your music files aren't compressed. A MP3 album can be one tenth of the size he suggests.

Perhaps it would be better if you stated the size of your music folder.

[Spoonman]

Have just done a swap from a 1tb HDD to 2TB HDD, was easiest just to plug both into a sata port on the Mobo then do a copy and paste.

[gennisis]

I'm not quite sure as to why MJCM is assuming that your music files aren't compressed. A MP3 album can be one tenth of the size he suggests.

Perhaps it would be better if you stated the size of your music folder.

...Hmmm.....my mistake. I would need 16... not 60 CD's....and most has been downloaded in MP3 mode,Total size is 3.8 GB

Since I will want to transfer other data so I think a USB stick will do the job nicely.

Are there any preferred makes??

[Tywais]

Are there any preferred makes??

My preference is SanDisk but Kingston is fine also.

[Supernova]

SanDisk or Apacer.

I'm a bit wary of Kingston USB sticks...

[RKASA]

Set up a file share and copy them directly into the new PC a cross connect cable will cost 40baht or a switch 400 baht with two reg cables, or get a cheap usb box remove the drive and place it in the usb box and plug it into the new PC and copy them - put the drive back in the old PC.

[gennisis]

Are there any preferred makes??

My preference is SanDisk but Kingston is fine also.

Went to Carrefore...nearest place and got an HP 4 GB flash drive.,at least I had heard of that make......brilliant!... my old computer doesnt recognise it and doesnt show up on .my computer'...... Internet tells me many have this problem.

Wish I'de never bothered with a new computer.

[gennisis]

Are there any preferred makes??

My preference is SanDisk but Kingston is fine also.

Went to Carrefore...nearest place and got an HP 4 GB flash drive.,at least I had heard of that make......brilliant!... my old computer doesnt recognise it and doesnt show up on .my computer'...... Internet tells me many have this problem.

Wish I'de never bothered with a new computer.

UPDATE....internet info said to try the UBS in a rear USB socket since they were able to handle things better than the front sockets....so thats what I did and the total music transfer appears to have been done. of course I will now have to transfer this data to the new one tomorrow.

[Gonsalviz]

You can buy a USB cable with CD that enables you to transfer directly from 1 computer to another. Any large computer shop should have it.

[lopburi3]

If you are using Windows 7 on the new computer you really should use the system to transfer what you want as it will keep all your settings the way you like and save a lot of time (even providing a complete list of programs that need to be re-installed). It is called Windows Easy Transfer and have used with good results on about five new computers over the last year. For that a USB hard drive would be my choice as you can continue to use that as backup storage later.

[gennisis]

If you are using Windows 7 on the new computer you really should use the system to transfer what you want as it will keep all your settings the way you like and save a lot of time (even providing a complete list of programs that need to be re-installed). It is called Windows Easy Transfer and have used with good results on about five new computers over the last year. For that a USB hard drive would be my choice as you can continue to use that as backup storage later.

I've copied all I wanted onto the USB ready to load into the new windows 7 unit.

The one thing I cant transfer...(so I am told) is the XPSpider Solitaire game.it apparenty only works on XP. Looking on the internet it seems that many people are upset about this.The Spider Solitaire game supplied with Windows 7 is nothing like as good. I was surprised with the number of complaints about this I found.

[Tywais]

The one thing I cant transfer...(so I am told) is the XPSpider Solitaire game.it apparenty only works on XP. Looking on the internet it seems that many people are upset about this.The Spider Solitaire game supplied with Windows 7 is nothing like as good.

You might try right clicking on it and select properties > compatibility mode and set it to XP SP2 and run as administrator. I find that works in most cases.

[lazygourmet]

How to migrate your data from an old computer to a new one?

From lifehacker

[nikster]

I'm not quite sure as to why MJCM is assuming that your music files aren't compressed. A MP3 album can be one tenth of the size he suggests.

Perhaps it would be better if you stated the size of your music folder.

...Hmmm.....my mistake. I would need 16... not 60 CD's....and most has been downloaded in MP3 mode,Total size is 3.8 GB

Since I will want to transfer other data so I think a USB stick will do the job nicely.

Are there any preferred makes??

Just got an HP one, works very well. Many cool designs, a big brand behind them, cost pretty much the same as any other.

The HP I have is very clever - it's actually the exact same width and height as a naked USB plug; which is very small. I was wondering where the plug is, then realized the stick _is_ the plug. 16GB for 800 baht, can't complain. It's small. It's solid. No fancy designs that can break off. And most importantly, no garish LED lights.

[image doesn't really do it justice - this thing is tiny]