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Hi,
88 year old Grandad is in isolation; I don't want to visit him as I have family members with symptoms.
His ancient PC (running Windows 10, just about) needs replacing. I have remote access to it (Teamviewer).
I have a new laptop for him. I want to transfer his basic settings to new PC just over internet. Basically, can I backup his 'profile' to a file on his existing PC, transfer this to my laptop and maybe write to a memory stick, then use this to setup new PC. Thinking about cookies, bookmarks, Wifi configuration etc. I note that pcmover seems to be free at the moment - does this insist machines are co-located? Want to setup as much as I can, then post laptop to him to avoid contact.
Then when two machines are co-located I can remote connect to both to copy any bulky items like old emails or documents.
Any advice / guidance / suggestions appreciated.
88 year old Grandad is in isolation; I don't want to visit him as I have family members with symptoms.
His ancient PC (running Windows 10, just about) needs replacing. I have remote access to it (Teamviewer).
I have a new laptop for him. I want to transfer his basic settings to new PC just over internet. Basically, can I backup his 'profile' to a file on his existing PC, transfer this to my laptop and maybe write to a memory stick, then use this to setup new PC. Thinking about cookies, bookmarks, Wifi configuration etc. I note that pcmover seems to be free at the moment - does this insist machines are co-located? Want to setup as much as I can, then post laptop to him to avoid contact.
Then when two machines are co-located I can remote connect to both to copy any bulky items like old emails or documents.
Any advice / guidance / suggestions appreciated.
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USMT is a free tool from Microsoft for migrating data. You create the backup with scan state and when ever your ready use load state with the back.
User State Migration Tool (USMT) Technical Reference (Windows 10) - Windows Deployment
User State Migration Tool (USMT) Technical Reference (Windows 10) - Windows Deployment
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Hi Neemobeer, thanks for your suggestion.
Had a look at USMT; but thought I would give PCMover a try before delving into modifying XML config files.
PCMover, under Advanced settings has an option to create to a file, which can be on the source boot disk, so happy days.
All worked and transferred over, a few bits missing (I was hoping Wifi SSID/PW would come for free but alas didn't).
Thanks again.
Had a look at USMT; but thought I would give PCMover a try before delving into modifying XML config files.
PCMover, under Advanced settings has an option to create to a file, which can be on the source boot disk, so happy days.
All worked and transferred over, a few bits missing (I was hoping Wifi SSID/PW would come for free but alas didn't).
Thanks again.