how to transfer laptop data to external hard drive?
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['Open the Start menu on the laptop. In the search box, type Windows Easy Transfer.', 'Select an External Hard Disk or USB Flash Drive as your target drive.', 'For This Is My New Computer, select No, then click to install to your external hard drive.']
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['Connect the Easy Transfer cable to both computers.', 'Plug in the USB flash drive or external hard drive to the new computer.', 'Using the new computer, browse to the network folder where you saved the transfer file.']
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['Connect the USB cable from the device to the computer.', 'From the home screen of the device, swipe down the Status bar.', 'Tap the USB prompt.', 'Tap Transfer files.', 'On the computer, click the Start button, then click File Explorer. ... ', 'Click This PC, then double-click the device name under Devices and drives.']
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["Connect the data cable to the socket and to your computer's USB port.", 'Slide your finger downwards starting from the top of the screen.', 'Press the connection icon.', 'Press Tap for other USB options..', 'Press Transfer files to turn on the function.', 'Start a file manager on your computer.']
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Just about any external drive, including a USB thumb drive, or an SD card can be used to transfer your files from one laptop to another. Connect the drive to your old laptop; drag your files to the drive, then disconnect it and transfer the drive contents onto your new laptop.
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['NOTE: You will see "USB Drive" in windows explorer.', 'Navigate to the files on your computer that you want to transfer to the USB drive. Right-click on the file you want to copy, then select Copy. ... ', 'Plug the USB flash drive directly into an available USB port.', 'Note: You will see "USB Drive" in windows explorer.']
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Plug the transfer cable into the old hard drive and into the USB port on the destination console where the hard drive you want to transfer to is located. Turn on the system(s) and a pop-up message appears asking if you want to transfer data. Choose Yes, transfer to console. Select Start.
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['Install the cloning software on your laptop.', 'Plug your SATA to USB data transfer cable into your laptop (ideally into a USB 3.0 port, for the best transfer speeds. ... ', 'Plug your brand-spanking new SSD into the SATA cable.', 'Follow the instructions in your drive cloning application to clone your existing hard disk.']
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In the search box, type Windows Easy Transfer. Select an External Hard Disk or USB Flash Drive as your target drive. For This Is My New Computer, select No, then click to install to your external hard drive. Windows will copy your data and settings to the external drive.
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Undoubtedly, the most direct and simple method is simply copying data. You can connect the old hard drive to the computer with the new hard drive. Then, copy your data which you want and paste them to the new hard drive. This way is so easy that amateurs can perform it at will.
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['Connect the device to the computer. ... ', 'On the device, tap the USB computer connection notification. ... ', 'On the computer, select the device.', 'Choose from the files to do the transfer onto the device or computer and vice versa.']
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['Head to Settings > Devices > USB Storage Devices and select your external hard drive.', 'Select Format as Extended Storage and tap X.', 'Select Next and tap X.', 'Select Format and tap X.', 'Select Yes and tap X.', 'Select Okay and tap X.']
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['On the Start screen, type Windows Easy Transfer, and then click Windows Easy Transfer from the results.', 'On the Welcome to Windows Easy Transfer page, click Next.', 'Select An external hard disk or USB flash Drive, and then plug in the external storage drive.', 'Select This is my old PC.']
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['The Dock is located at the bottom of your screen. ... ', 'Select the files or folders you want to copy. ... ', 'Open a second Finder window to facilitate easier drag and drop. ... ', 'Select the location on your hard drive into which you want to transfer the items. ... ', "Safely eject your drive when you're finished."]
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Option 1: Flash drive or external hard drive Just plug your external drive into your old computer, drag your files over, and then plug it into the new computer and drag the files back.
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Connect the external hard drive to your new computer. This connection will likely use either a USB or FireWire connection, though the connection method is the same. Assuming you have a USB connection, plug the USB cord into the external hard drive, then into an open USB port on the computer.
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['Plug in your USB flash drive to your computer.', 'Wait until your flash drive is fully recognized then a dialog box will open up, select “Open folder to view files” and click “OK”. ... ', 'From your local hard drive, copy the files you want to transfer to USB.']