How To & More: Setting up Your Computer

Moving Hardware from the Old to the New Computer

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Setting up Your Computer

If your main reason for buying a new computer is to replace an older computer, consider what really needs replacing. Quite a bit of an older computer's hardware may find a home inside or alongside the new computer. It all depends on the shape of the older system's components.

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Moving from Your Old Computer to Your New Computer

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Setting up Your Computer

If your main reason for buying a new computer is to replace an older computer, consider what really needs replacing. Quite a bit of the older computer's hardware may find a home inside or alongside the new computer. It all depends on the shape of the older system's component. The following sections illuminate what can, might, and shouldn't be moved to the new system.

Antiques: Don't bother

If your early computer is older than four years, then there's probably no hardware in the thing that would serve the new computer well.

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Moving Data Over to Your New Computer

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Setting up Your Computer

On your older computer, you probably have lots of data files you have created, documents, images, and other information you need and use every day. The goal is to get those data files over to your new computer, if not all of it, at least the stuff you really, really need.
Here are the methods you can use to move over your data files:

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