Question Fresh Install on New SSD - How do I get settings from old windows?

[Tf0]

Hi,

Recently upgraded cpu which meant I needed a new motherboard. I also bought a new SSD and have installed a fresh install of windows onto it. What are my options for taking settings and files etc from old SSD? Would be nice to migrate all the files in documents on my old install of windows onto the new.

I'm still using the old SSD, but not as a boot drive.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Lafong]

Personal data files (pictures, mp3s, Word documents, etc) can simply be copied from old drive to new drive. When connected, the old drive should appear as D or E or F, whatever.

What "settings" do you mean?

You have a new CPU, SSD, and motherboard. Best advice is to reinstall all applications.

 

[Tf0]

Personal data files (pictures, mp3s, Word documents, etc) can simply be copied from old drive to new drive. When connected, the old drive should appear as D or E or F, whatever.

What "settings" do you mean?

You have a new CPU, SSD, and motherboard. Best advice is to reinstall all applications.

By settings I just mean windows appearance preferences etc. Like taskbar colours and layout.

 

[stonecarver]

Are both drives connected to new system and up and running off the new SSD/OS

I like to make it easy when moving stuff over. Go to ----"C" drive ---- Users----than pick your account on the new OS.
Open that folder and move it to the right of the screen. There is all your stuff . Desktop, pictures, Documents, and all the rest of your destination folders. NEW SSD

Go to your old OS drive that should be "D" and go to users again. Open that folder and there is all your old stuff open this folder to the left.
Desktop, pictures, Documents, and all the rest of your destination folders. OLD DRIVE

Than go down the list of folders desktop to desktop, pictures to pictures and go through rest of the folders and do the same.

So whatever you want off your old drive say in Desktop click open that folder on both user folders you have opened up earlier.
I like to drag and drop from left to right so I don't get mixed up. Don't cut and paste if you get a glitch you loose data.
Just do each folder 1 to 1 that should take care of your data.

There could be some save game files in appdata but that should mostly be left alone until game is reinstalled. If you don't game don't worry about appdata.

 

[Lafong]

By settings I just mean windows appearance preferences etc. Like taskbar colours and layout.

Offhand, I don't think you can "copy" any of those settings.

You have already done a new installation of Windows and have an entirely new registry.

I'd normally just try to re-do that stuff from memory, as you come across each area that needs to be configured