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d3500ram
Explorer III
Aug 04, 2018

How to transfer data from one laptop to another...?

I have a 10+ year old computer that has served me quite well and is still working. I bought a new one recently and am getting used to it (Windows 10, other program UI's, etc) What is he best w...
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CA_Traveler
Explorer III
Aug 06, 2018
AsheGuy wrote:
rockhillmanor wrote:

I backed up all the files to an external hard drive. Only thing is this last time it put it in zip files don't know why? I sure as heck hope I can open those and get them onto the new computer.
Zip files are just a compression technique. In Windows 10 right clicking on a zip file will list an option to unpack it in the resulting menu.
X2

But why not make a second non zip copy to another external drive?

Just saying zips and hard drives can fail.

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