transfer files from one hard drive to another

I just bought a new computer and a transfer cable. I want to copy all my work files (about 1 tb, including documents, photos, and videos) from the C: drive of my old computer to the D: drive of my new computer. Should I simply copy everything including name of user in the path C:/users/name...

Hello everyone! I recently did a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro on a new SSD and then deleted the Windows that was on my old 1 TB HDD. I have most of my files and data on that old drive, and I wanted to move it all to another 2 TB HDD I recently installed in my PC, since I've had the 1 TB HDD...

When transferring large files between two SSDs the transfer speed goes from high 400's MB/s down to 17-20MB/s. I understand there is a cache but I feel like those are USB speeds, not internal SSDs ones. I have enabled write cache, and even set my pc to high performance power mode. Both SSDs are...

Hey, I have recently built my own computer. It has 1TB SSD storage but due to university I have filled up the storage quite fast. I have taken an HDD out of my old computer and installed it in the new one, however I cannot access/find the photos and files I have on it. I can still see the...

Currently running Windows 10 on a Samsung M.2 SSD. Install of Windows appears to be buggy and was recommended to do a fresh install. Decided that I might as well upgrade my storage while I am at it. Looking for help on how I can do a fresh install of windows on the new drive, transfer...

ok so the actual issue is this... i bought an external SSD to use as my games drive for my pc (the SSD is compatible) as my old HDD blew... Basically the crazy thing is when i try to install files/games (only noticed it with Rockstar Launcher today - to scared to try Steam etc until i get an...

As far as I know this has only recently started to happen (recently beingyesterday), as the issue was non-existent before. Files take a lot longer to transfer to the external, compared to when I'm moving files from the external. When trying to move a file onto the external hard drive, the...

Recently my main storage drive (Toshiba P300) started giving a SMART error on boot so I'm trying to transfer all the files on it to its replacement (WD Purple 4 TB Surveillance Hard Disk Drive). Right now I am trying to transfer a game of 52Gb and the initial copy speed peaked at 28Mb/s, which...

When i copy files from my PC to my Samsung External HDD, the transfer speed is around 3mbps/sec When i copy files from my Samsung External HDD to my PC, the transfer speed is around 15mbps/sec How can i fix this issue? Knowing that my pc only has USB 2.0 ports. I tested a WD Elements HDD in my...

Hello, I have searched the web for a sollution, but all I can find is people with similar problems, but no apparent sollution or explanation what's going on... I have two Seagate Barracuda 4TB (ST4000DM004). One (E) of which has been under water for a few hours (turned off) due to water...

I've been dealing with motherboard issues with this old computer that I was using for the last 5 years and it ended up dying recently. So I ended up going out and got a completely new computer. I have a lot of important files on my old computer's hard drive. My old computer ran Windows 8.1 as...