Question Transferring older Windows 10 info to New PC with W11

[ingeborgdot]

I have a PC that is 7 years old. It is an important PC and we are upgrading to a new PC which you know will have W11. The older PC is still in good working condition so there is no problem there, but we like to upgrade our PC every 5 years but we got behind. It is one we use for our office and it has many important things on it. It has 3 different places that this PC is backed up to so there is no problem there.
I would like to ask a question about the fastest and easiest way to get all the info from the old PC to the new one. I have had such good luck with PC's in the past I have never really done this before, so I would like some advice.
The old PC with W10 has 2 drives. OS and storage. The new drive has 2 drives also, OS and storage.
What other info do you need to help me figure out my best route to transfer everything from one to the other.
Thanks.

 

[stonecarver]

It depends how much data you need to move from old system to new PC.

Are we talking a couple 100Gbs or 8Tbs

 

[SkyNetRising]

I would like to ask a question about the fastest and easiest way to get all the info from the old PC to the new one.

Connect both computers to same local network (same ethernet switch).
Share necessary folders on one pc.
Access shared folders from the other pc and copy data over.

 

[USAFRet]

I have a PC that is 7 years old. It is an important PC and we are upgrading to a new PC which you know will have W11. The older PC is still in good working condition so there is no problem there, but we like to upgrade our PC every 5 years but we got behind. It is one we use for our office and it has many important things on it. It has 3 different places that this PC is backed up to so there is no problem there.
I would like to ask a question about the fastest and easiest way to get all the info from the old PC to the new one. I have had such good luck with PC's in the past I have never really done this before, so I would like some advice.
The old PC with W10 has 2 drives. OS and storage. The new drive has 2 drives also, OS and storage.
What other info do you need to help me figure out my best route to transfer everything from one to the other.
Thanks.

"all the info"
The FIRST thing you need to safeguard is your data.
All else is secondary.

Assuming the Win 11 will be a whole new system, then all you need to move over is your data.
Either sneakernet via flash drives, or (as above), connected to the same LAN and shared folders.

 

[ingeborgdot]

"all the info"
The FIRST thing you need to safeguard is your data.
All else is secondary.

Assuming the Win 11 will be a whole new system, then all you need to move over is your data.
Either sneakernet via flash drives, or (as above), connected to the same LAN and shared folders.

All the data is backed up. I know I'll have to reinstall all of the software (that sucks), but it is what it is.
How can I make sure that the desktop from the old goes to the new just like it was? They like the desktop the way it is.

 

[USAFRet]

All the data is backed up. I know I'll have to reinstall all of the software (that sucks), but it is what it is.
How can I make sure that the desktop from the old goes to the new just like it was? They like the desktop the way it is.

What do you mean by "the desktop" ?

 

[ingeborgdot]

I got it done.

 

[USAFRet]

This is not a free solution but works very well.
How to Transfer Your Programs, Users and Data From Your Old PC to Your New PC

Without watching the video, what application is this?

And side note - Every application I've seen that purports to do this, does not do it the way people think it will. Or fully.