advice on moving to a new PC requested

I’ve done this before but not in several years, so I’d like some advice/suggestions on the best order to do things in.

My wife has a Dell XPS13 that’s 4+ years old. It has been updated to Windows 11 Home. She has ordered a new XPS13 with Win 11 Pro. I want to make the new machine look and work as much like the old one as possible for her. Here’s what I remember from the last times I did this with both her previous Dell and my previous Lenovo Thinkpad X1. I’m not sure I correctly remember the order I did these or if this is the best order.

1. On startup the first time, create a local login rather than a MS login. I have notes on how I was able to do this. 2. Check for and i…

I’ve done this before but not in several years, so I’d like some advice/suggestions on the best order to do things in.

1. On startup the first time, create a local login rather than a MS login. I have notes on how I was able to do this. 2. Check for and install Windows 11 updates 3. Disable Bitlocker if it is enabled. 4. Disable Onedrive. Maybe uninstall it completely? 5. Repartition the 1 TB SSD drive into a C: and D: partitions, each 500 Gb. (Her old machine is partitioned this way.) With a new machine that has mostly empty space on its drive, I can use Disk Manager from Control Panel. I also have EaseUS Partition Master, which could move data but that isn’t necessary. 6. Install or activate the MS Office Home product purchased with the Dell laptop. This is a newer version than what she has on the old Dell.

I think the above is what I did to prepare for transferring apps and data to the new laptop. Those are the main steps I’d like confirmation about. The following ones are pretty specific to Laplink PC Mover.

7. Download and activate Laplink PC Mover on the old machine. Activation will be via wifi. 8. Connect the two machines via the Laplink USB Thunderbolt cable. Both laptops have Thunderbolt ports. 8. Follow the Laplink procedures for installing and activating on the new laptop, maybe with a temporary ethernet connection to the router just for activation. After Laplink is running, I don’t want the new machine connected to the internet until after all apps and data are transferred. I made the mistake of not doing this once and Laplink switched its tranferring to wifi, which was way slower than the direct cable connection. 9. Laplink does an amazing job of transferring apps and data to the new PC, almost as good as iPhones and Macs do. There will be tweaking of settings and some programs will need reactivation. The new desktop should look pretty much like the old one.

Thanks for any comments or suggestions.

OS Windows 11 Pro

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model Lenovo X1 Extreme 21CS

CPU Intel

Hard Drives 2 TB SSD

Internet Speed 9 Kbps (rural Internet!)

Browser Firefox

Antivirus Windows Defender

Operating System Windows 11 Pro

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model Lenovo X1 Extreme 21CB

CPU Intel

Motherboard OEM

Kate and I recently updated all three of our computers to new models. We have a Microsoft 365 Family Plan subscription, and we use OneDrive, BitLocker, and the latest Office Suite. We don’t partition our drives and didn’t use Laplink. Obviously, we set up our computers quite differently and for that reason I’ll just watch the thread and see how you do. Best of Luck!

OS Windows 11 Pro

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model Dell XPS 16 9640

CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Memory 32GB LPDDR5x 7467 MT/s

Graphics Card(s) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 8GB GDDR6

Monitor(s) Displays 16.3 inch 4K+ OLED 90 Hz Infinity Edge Touch

Screen Resolution 3840 x 2400

Hard Drives 1 Terabyte M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD

Case Black Anodized Aluminum

Cooling Vapor Chamber Cooling

Mouse None

Internet Speed 942 Mbps Netgear Mesh + 2 Satellites

Browser Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

Antivirus Windows Security (Defender)

Other Info Microsoft 365 subscription Microsoft OneDrive 1TB Cloud Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio Code Microsoft Sysinternals Suite Microsoft BitLocker Microsoft Copilot Dell Support Assist Dell Command | Update Macrium Reflect X subscription 1Password Password Manager Amazon Kindle for PC Lightroom/Photoshop subscription Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation

Operating System Windows 11 Pro

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model Microsoft Surface Laptop 7

CPU Snapdragon® X Elite (12 Core) with Hexagon NPU delivering 45 TOPS

Memory 32GB LPDDR5x 8448 MT/s

Graphics card(s) Integrated Adreno GPU

Sound Card Omnisonic speakers with Dolby Atmos spatial sound

Monitor(s) Displays 13.8″ PixelSense Flow touchscreen 120 Hz 600 NIT

Screen Resolution 2304 × 1536 (201 PPI), 3:2 aspect ratio

Hard Drives 1 TB PCIe NVMe Gen 4 SSD

Case Black Anodized Aluminum

Cooling Vapor Chamber Cooling

Mouse None

Internet Speed 942 Mbps Netgear Mesh + 2 Satellites

Browser Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

Antivirus Windows Security (Defender)

Other Info Microsoft 365 subscription (Office) Microsoft OneDrive 1TB Cloud Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 Microsoft Visual Studio Code Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation Lightroom/Photoshop subscription 1Password Password Manager Microsoft Sysinternals Amazon Kindle for PC Microsoft BitLocker Microsoft Copilot

As both computers has Win 11, my suggestion is: Make a drive image of the new computer drive on an external drive. On the old computer, clean the drive with Disk Cleanup or CCleaner. Clone the old computer drive into the new computer drive. Upgrade the cloned drive (Win 11 home) to Win 11 Pro

OS Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP 64 - Lubuntu

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model custom build

CPU i5 6600K - 800MHz to 4400MHz

Motherboard GA-Z170-HD3P

Memory 4+4G GSkill DDR4 3000

Graphics Card(s) IG - Intel 530

Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 226BW

Screen Resolution 1680x1050

Hard Drives (1) -1 SM951 – 128GB M.2 AHCI PCIe SSD drive for Win 11 (2) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for Data (3) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for backup (4) -1 BX500 SSD - 256G for Windows 7 and Lubuntu

PSU Thermaltake 450W TR2 gold

Keyboard Old and good Chicony mechanical keyboard

Mouse Logitech mX performance - 9 buttons (had to disable some)

Internet Speed 500 Mb/s

Browser Firefox 64

Operating System Windows 11 Pro

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model Asus Q550LF

CPU i7-4500U 800- 3000MHz

Motherboard Asus Q550LF

Memory (4+4)G DDR3 1600

Graphics card(s) IG intel 4400 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Sound Card Realtek

Monitor(s) Displays LG Display LP156WF4-SPH1

Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080

Hard Drives BX500 120G SSD for Windows and programs & 1T HDD for data

Internet Speed 500 Mb/s

Browser Firefox 64

john1955

. . . Jack of all trades . . . master of one

Why are you buying a new XPS13 when what she already has is an XPS13?

OS Windows XP, 7, 10 & 11

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model Custom

CPU Intel i5 12400

Motherboard Gigabyte Z690 UA ATX DDR4

Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB

Graphics Card(s) On Board (for now) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

Sound Card ?

Monitor(s) Displays 43" Samsung tu7000

Screen Resolution 2560 x 1440

Hard Drives SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 1TB NVMe M.2

PSU 500W

Case LIAN LANCOOL_205M

Cooling Bunch of fans . . . :o)

Keyboard Unicomp: Ultra Classic White Buckling Spring USB

Mouse M510

Internet Speed 50mbps

Browser Fire Fox

Antivirus Windows

Why are you buying a new XPS13 when what she already has is an XPS13?

That is a good question.

OS Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP 64 - Lubuntu

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model custom build

CPU i5 6600K - 800MHz to 4400MHz

Motherboard GA-Z170-HD3P

Memory 4+4G GSkill DDR4 3000

Graphics Card(s) IG - Intel 530

Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 226BW

Screen Resolution 1680x1050

Hard Drives (1) -1 SM951 – 128GB M.2 AHCI PCIe SSD drive for Win 11 (2) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for Data (3) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for backup (4) -1 BX500 SSD - 256G for Windows 7 and Lubuntu

PSU Thermaltake 450W TR2 gold

Keyboard Old and good Chicony mechanical keyboard

Mouse Logitech mX performance - 9 buttons (had to disable some)

Internet Speed 500 Mb/s

Browser Firefox 64

Operating System Windows 11 Pro

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model Asus Q550LF

CPU i7-4500U 800- 3000MHz

Motherboard Asus Q550LF

Memory (4+4)G DDR3 1600

Graphics card(s) IG intel 4400 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Sound Card Realtek

Monitor(s) Displays LG Display LP156WF4-SPH1

Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080

Hard Drives BX500 120G SSD for Windows and programs & 1T HDD for data

Internet Speed 500 Mb/s

Browser Firefox 64

I wouldn’t ever use Laplink either. A new device has a clean OS. It deserves having apps installed cleanly and having a fresh user profile.. The only thing I move are my files and I do that myself.,

never anything affecting the user profile

like appdata. Any changes or tweaks to the users profile on the new computer I do it all cleanly from the new machine. I also always suggest one makes an image of a new machine before he starts messing with it and then another image after he is finished.

copy

the users personal files to an external drive, then

copy

them again from the external drive onto the new device. Doing it this way prevents permission problems.

Any paid app you use one your old device should have the license deactivated and the app uninstalled from the old device before reinstalling the app on the new one. Otherwise your license key might not work. I ALWAYS set up the user account fresh. I did one for my husband just yesterday. Besides, getting a new computer is the prime time to clean up unused and duplicated files and old apps you do not use.

OS Windows 11 Pro 25H2 26200.7462

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model Dell Optiplex 7080

CPU i9-10900 10 core 20 threads

Motherboard DELL 0J37VM

Memory 32 gb

Graphics Card(s) none-Intel UHD Graphics 630

Sound Card Integrated Realtek

Monitor(s) Displays Benq 27

Screen Resolution 2560x1440

Hard Drives 2x1tb Solidigm m.2 nvme /External drives 512gb Samsung m.2 sata+2tb Kingston m2.nvme

PSU 500w

Case MT

Cooling Dell Premium

Keyboard Logitech wired

Mouse Logitech wireless

Internet Speed so slow I’m too embarrassed to tell

Browser #1 Edge #2 Firefox

Antivirus Defender+MWB Premium

Operating System Windows 11 Pro 24H2 26100.6899

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model Beelink Mini PC SER5

CPU AMD Ryzen 7 6800U

Memory 32 gb

Graphics card(s) integrated

Sound Card integrated

Monitor(s) Displays Benq 27

Screen Resolution 2560x1440

Hard Drives 1TB Crucial nvme

Keyboard Logitech wired

Mouse Logitech wireless

Internet Speed still too embarrassed to tell

Browser Firefox

Antivirus Defender

Other Info System 3 is non compliant Dell 9020 i7-4770/24gb ram Win11 PRO 26100.6899

Why are you buying a new XPS13 when what she already has is an XPS13?

That is a good question.

My wife has a Dell XPS13 that’s 4+ years old.

OS Windows 11 Pro 25H2 [rev. 7462]

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model Intel NUC12WSHi7

CPU 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1260P, 2100 MHz

Motherboard NUC12WSBi7

Memory 64 GB

Graphics Card(s) Intel Iris Xe

Sound Card built-in Realtek HD audio

Monitor(s) Displays Dell U3219Q

Screen Resolution 3840x2160 @ 60Hz

Hard Drives Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB

Keyboard CODE 104-Key Mechanical with Cherry MX Clears

john1955

. . . Jack of all trades . . . master of one

Not knowing much about DELL I see now that the Dell XPS13 is a major model line that gets upgrades every year. Like buying a car that has the same name as the one you bought 20 years ago (y)

Ive never bought a brand computer after my first one in 1993

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OS Windows XP, 7, 10 & 11

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model Custom

CPU Intel i5 12400

Motherboard Gigabyte Z690 UA ATX DDR4

Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB

Graphics Card(s) On Board (for now) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

Sound Card ?

Monitor(s) Displays 43" Samsung tu7000

Screen Resolution 2560 x 1440

Hard Drives SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 1TB NVMe M.2

PSU 500W

Case LIAN LANCOOL_205M

Cooling Bunch of fans . . . :o)

Keyboard Unicomp: Ultra Classic White Buckling Spring USB

Mouse M510

Internet Speed 50mbps

Browser Fire Fox

Antivirus Windows

Although a new computer is extremely faster than a 4 + years old, I don’t think that a computer has to be replaced only because it’s 4 + years old. Depends on what you use it for. I’ve build a new desktop computer in 2016 and replaced my wife’s computer with the old one (from 2011). My laptop was given to me. It is an Asus from 2014. So my wife’s desktop is 15 years old, my laptop is 12 years old and my desktop is 10 years old All them have Win 11, 8G of memory, a small SSD for the OS and a HDD for data. They all do the job very well.

OS Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP 64 - Lubuntu

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model custom build

CPU i5 6600K - 800MHz to 4400MHz

Motherboard GA-Z170-HD3P

Memory 4+4G GSkill DDR4 3000

Graphics Card(s) IG - Intel 530

Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 226BW

Screen Resolution 1680x1050

Hard Drives (1) -1 SM951 – 128GB M.2 AHCI PCIe SSD drive for Win 11 (2) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for Data (3) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for backup (4) -1 BX500 SSD - 256G for Windows 7 and Lubuntu

PSU Thermaltake 450W TR2 gold

Keyboard Old and good Chicony mechanical keyboard

Mouse Logitech mX performance - 9 buttons (had to disable some)

Internet Speed 500 Mb/s

Browser Firefox 64

Operating System Windows 11 Pro

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model Asus Q550LF

CPU i7-4500U 800- 3000MHz

Motherboard Asus Q550LF

Memory (4+4)G DDR3 1600

Graphics card(s) IG intel 4400 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Sound Card Realtek

Monitor(s) Displays LG Display LP156WF4-SPH1

Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080

Hard Drives BX500 120G SSD for Windows and programs & 1T HDD for data

Internet Speed 500 Mb/s

Browser Firefox 64

CCleaner

Definitely NOT! This tool should not be used. It creates more issues than it solves

OS Win 11 Pro 25H2 26200.7462 / Linux Mint 22.2

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model Lenovo A485

CPU Ryzen 7 2700U Pro

Motherboard Lenovo (WiFi/BT module upgraded to Intel Wireless-AC-9260)

Memory 32GB

Graphics Card(s) iGPU Vega 10

Sound Card Realtek

Monitor(s) Displays 14" FHD (built-in) + 14" Lenovo Thinkvision M14t (touch+pen) + 32" Asus PB328

Screen Resolution FHD + FHD + 1440p

Hard Drives Intel 660p m.2 nVME PCIe3.0 x2 512GB

PSU 125W(Dock)/65W(Travel Adapter)

Keyboard Thinkpad / Logitech MX Keys

Mouse Logitech MX Master 2S

Internet Speed 600/300Mbit

Browser Edge (Chromium)

Antivirus Windows Defender

Other Info SecureBoot: Enabled TPM2.0: Enabled AMD-V: Enabled

Operating System Win 11 Pro 25H2 26200.7462 (RP)

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model Custom

CPU i7-7700k @4.8GHz

Motherboard Asus PRIME Z270-A

Memory 32GB 2x16GB 2133MHz CL15

Graphics card(s) EVGA GTX1080Ti FTW 11GB

Sound Card Integrated

Monitor(s) Displays 32" 10-bit Asus PB328Q

Screen Resolution WQHD 2560x1440

Hard Drives 512GB ADATA SX8000NP NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4

PSU 850W

Case Fractal Design Define 7

Cooling Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black

Keyboard Logitech MX Keys

Mouse Logitech MX Master 2S

Internet Speed 600/300Mbit

Browser Edge (Cromium)

Antivirus Windows Defender

Other Info AC WiFi Card

john1955

. . . Jack of all trades . . . master of one

Although a new computer is extremely faster than a 4 + years old, I don’t think that a computer has to be replaced only because it’s 4 + years old. Depends on what you use it for. I’ve build a new desktop computer in 2016 and replaced my wife’s computer with the old one (from 2011). My laptop was given to me. It is an Asus from 2014. So my wife’s desktop is 15 years old, my laptop is 12 years old and my desktop is 10 years old All them have Win 11, 8G of memory, a small SSD for the OS and a HDD for data. They all do the job very well.

A new one can also be not much faster unless you spend $$$ . . . depending on what the old one has in it. I would look at a CPU and RAM upgrade and maybe the GPU as well and see what the price difference is. Upgrading can be just as good as a new one for less money and for less effort with less risk of things going south doing transfers (which I would never do). I dont notice any difference between my 12 year old and my 2 year old puters but I know the new on is more capable if I were gaming and I did not get the best GPU for the new one. You just might have to re-activate Windows with some hardware changes.

OS Windows XP, 7, 10 & 11

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model Custom

CPU Intel i5 12400

Motherboard Gigabyte Z690 UA ATX DDR4

Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB

Graphics Card(s) On Board (for now) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

Sound Card ?

Monitor(s) Displays 43" Samsung tu7000

Screen Resolution 2560 x 1440

Hard Drives SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 1TB NVMe M.2

PSU 500W

Case LIAN LANCOOL_205M

Cooling Bunch of fans . . . :o)

Keyboard Unicomp: Ultra Classic White Buckling Spring USB

Mouse M510

Internet Speed 50mbps

Browser Fire Fox

Antivirus Windows

I’ve done this before but not in several years, so I’d like some advice/suggestions on the best order to do things in.

My wife has a Dell XPS13 that’s 4+ years old. It has been updated to Windows 11 Home. She has ordered a new XPS13 with Win 11 Pro. I want to make the new machine look and work as much like the old one as possible for her. Here’s what I remember from the last times I did this with both her previous Dell and my previous Lenovo Thinkpad X1. I’m not sure I correctly remember the order I did these or if this is the best order.

1. On startup the first time, create a local login rather than a MS login. I have notes on how I was able to do this. 2. Check for and install Windows 11 updates 3. Disable Bitlocker if it is enabled. 4. Disable Onedrive. Maybe uninstall it completely? 5. Repartition the 1 TB SSD drive into a C: and D: partitions, each 500 Gb. (Her old machine is partitioned this way.) With a new machine that has mostly empty space on its drive, I can use Disk Manager from Control Panel. I also have EaseUS Partition Master, which could move data but that isn’t necessary. 6. Install or activate the MS Office Home product purchased with the Dell laptop. This is a newer version than what she has on the old Dell.

I think the above is what I did to prepare for transferring apps and data to the new laptop. Those are the main steps I’d like confirmation about. The following ones are pretty specific to Laplink PC Mover.

7. Download and activate Laplink PC Mover on the old machine. Activation will be via wifi. 8. Connect the two machines via the Laplink USB Thunderbolt cable. Both laptops have Thunderbolt ports. 8. Follow the Laplink procedures for installing and activating on the new laptop, maybe with a temporary ethernet connection to the router just for activation. After Laplink is running, I don’t want the new machine connected to the internet until after all apps and data are transferred. I made the mistake of not doing this once and Laplink switched its tranferring to wifi, which was way slower than the direct cable connection. 9. Laplink does an amazing job of transferring apps and data to the new PC, almost as good as iPhones and Macs do. There will be tweaking of settings and some programs will need reactivation. The new desktop should look pretty much like the old one.

Thanks for any comments or suggestions.

It sounds ok to me apart from Laplink. Although personally I wouldn’t partition the drive, but some do. Point 4) right click on the one drive cloud icon on the taskbar, select settings and select "unlink this computer". If you can’t find that, it might not be linked in the first place if you set up with a local account, but that is usually the process. Then uninstall One Drive. I do that from control panel. Although you can do it from the apps list.

If you’re copying files across later and adding programs from scratch then it sounds ok. But agree with making a system image you can revert back to as a "factory set up image. So I would do two: One on first set up (after uninstalling One Drive), and one after all Windows updates done.

OS Windows 11 Home 25H2

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model HP Pavilion 14-ce3606sa

CPU Core i5-1035G1

Memory 32gb

Hard Drives Samsung 870 evo sata ssd

Cooling Could be better

Internet Speed 50 mbps Starlink

Browser Firefox

Other Info Originally came installed with a 500gb H10 Optane ssd

Operating System Windows 11 Home

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model HP Pavilion ce3606sa

CPU Intel Core i5-1035G1

Memory 16gb

Hard Drives Hynix Gold P31 2TB

Internet Speed 200mbps Starlink

Browser Firefox

Antivirus Defender

john1955

. . . Jack of all trades . . . master of one

Well . . . forget about upgrading if what Google search says us true that these have soldered RAM and some even have soldered memory CPU and GPU

OS Windows XP, 7, 10 & 11

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model Custom

CPU Intel i5 12400

Motherboard Gigabyte Z690 UA ATX DDR4

Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB

Graphics Card(s) On Board (for now) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

Sound Card ?

Monitor(s) Displays 43" Samsung tu7000

Screen Resolution 2560 x 1440

Hard Drives SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 1TB NVMe M.2

PSU 500W

Case LIAN LANCOOL_205M

Cooling Bunch of fans . . . :o)

Keyboard Unicomp: Ultra Classic White Buckling Spring USB

Mouse M510

Internet Speed 50mbps

Browser Fire Fox

Antivirus Windows

Definitely NOT! This tool should not be used. It creates more issues than it solves

Don’t agree. I run it every week. Never had any issues with it. You need to know how to configure (what to set)

OS Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP 64 - Lubuntu

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model custom build

CPU i5 6600K - 800MHz to 4400MHz

Motherboard GA-Z170-HD3P

Memory 4+4G GSkill DDR4 3000

Graphics Card(s) IG - Intel 530

Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 226BW

Screen Resolution 1680x1050

Hard Drives (1) -1 SM951 – 128GB M.2 AHCI PCIe SSD drive for Win 11 (2) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for Data (3) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for backup (4) -1 BX500 SSD - 256G for Windows 7 and Lubuntu

PSU Thermaltake 450W TR2 gold

Keyboard Old and good Chicony mechanical keyboard

Mouse Logitech mX performance - 9 buttons (had to disable some)

Internet Speed 500 Mb/s

Browser Firefox 64

Operating System Windows 11 Pro

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model Asus Q550LF

CPU i7-4500U 800- 3000MHz

Motherboard Asus Q550LF

Memory (4+4)G DDR3 1600

Graphics card(s) IG intel 4400 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Sound Card Realtek

Monitor(s) Displays LG Display LP156WF4-SPH1

Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080

Hard Drives BX500 120G SSD for Windows and programs & 1T HDD for data

Internet Speed 500 Mb/s

Browser Firefox 64

When we get a new computer, we always start fresh from the ground up. We don’t partition our drives or use Laplink. We keep all our data and photos in our individual Terabyte of OneDrive and the moment we log in to Windows all our own data and photos are instantly there. Since we subscribe to Microsoft 365, all of Office is simply there. Most apps we use are automatically installed from the Microsoft Store. We log in to our 1Password Family and Macrium Reflect X subscriptions. Setting up a new computer really is quick and easy for us.

OS Windows 11 Pro

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model Dell XPS 16 9640

CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Memory 32GB LPDDR5x 7467 MT/s

Graphics Card(s) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 8GB GDDR6

Monitor(s) Displays 16.3 inch 4K+ OLED 90 Hz Infinity Edge Touch

Screen Resolution 3840 x 2400

Hard Drives 1 Terabyte M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD

Case Black Anodized Aluminum

Cooling Vapor Chamber Cooling

Mouse None

Internet Speed 942 Mbps Netgear Mesh + 2 Satellites

Browser Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

Antivirus Windows Security (Defender)

Other Info Microsoft 365 subscription Microsoft OneDrive 1TB Cloud Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio Code Microsoft Sysinternals Suite Microsoft BitLocker Microsoft Copilot Dell Support Assist Dell Command | Update Macrium Reflect X subscription 1Password Password Manager Amazon Kindle for PC Lightroom/Photoshop subscription Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation

Operating System Windows 11 Pro

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model Microsoft Surface Laptop 7

CPU Snapdragon® X Elite (12 Core) with Hexagon NPU delivering 45 TOPS

Memory 32GB LPDDR5x 8448 MT/s

Graphics card(s) Integrated Adreno GPU

Sound Card Omnisonic speakers with Dolby Atmos spatial sound

Monitor(s) Displays 13.8″ PixelSense Flow touchscreen 120 Hz 600 NIT

Screen Resolution 2304 × 1536 (201 PPI), 3:2 aspect ratio

Hard Drives 1 TB PCIe NVMe Gen 4 SSD

Case Black Anodized Aluminum

Cooling Vapor Chamber Cooling

Mouse None

Internet Speed 942 Mbps Netgear Mesh + 2 Satellites

Browser Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

Antivirus Windows Security (Defender)

Also NEVER run the Registry cleaner, unless you have intimate knowledge of windows registry.

To quote someone else, "I wish that I could state facts as confidently as you state opinions."

I use CCleaner. Its Registry cleaner has never created an issue for me. (It appears to be conservative.)

Which is not to claim that it isn’t basically worthless.

I don’t like the free version CC 7 much. The interface has gone to what appears to me to be a significant downgrade from version 6. Its goal seems obvious: to get people to upgrade to the paid version.

OS Windows 11 26200.6899

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model homebuilt

CPU Amd Threadripper 7970X

Motherboard Gigabyte TRX50 Aero D Rev. 1.0

Memory 128GB (4 X 32) G.Skill DDR5 6400 (RDIMM)

Graphics Card(s) Gigabyte RTX 4090 OC

Sound Card none (USB to speakers), Realtek

Monitor(s) Displays Innocn 32" OLED

Screen Resolution 3840 X 2160 @ 60Hz

Hard Drives Crucial T700 2TB M.2 NVME SSD WD 4TB Blue SATA SSD Seagate 18TB IronWolf Pro

PSU BeQuiet! Straight Power 12 1500W

Case Lian Li 011 Dynamic Evo XL

Cooling SilverStone Technology XE360-TR5, with 3 Phanteks T30 fans

Keyboard Cherry Streaming (wired)

Mouse Logitech M500s (wired)

Internet Speed 2000/300 Mbps (down/up)

Other Info Arris G36 modem/router

Operating System windows 11 26200.6899

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model homebuilt

CPU Intel I9-13900K

Motherboard Asus RoG Strix Z690-E

Memory 64GB G.Skill DDR5-6000

Graphics card(s) Gigabyte RTX 3090 ti

Sound Card built in Realtek

Monitor(s) Displays Philips 27E1N8900 27" OLED

Screen Resolution 3840 X 2160 @60Hz

Hard Drives WDC SN850 1TB 8TB Seagate Ironwolf 4TB Seagate Ironwolf

PSU eVGA SuperNOVA 1300 GT

Case Lian Li 011 Dynamic Evo

Cooling Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX Liquid CPU Cooler

Keyboard Logitech K120 (wired)

Mouse Logitech M500s (wired)

I use clone disc software, it may come with new computer, or new ssd. If not either buy it, or if there is a trial (which I don’t like trials they usually don’t have what I need). They also have software that is made to move disc file from one pc to a new one. Sort of like cloning. It depends what you have sometimes, if you don’t have anything that is critical you can copy stuff. Most of mine is EaseUS, but also have software that came with SSD’s I bought.

OS Win11

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model Asus Home built

CPU i9-13900

Motherboard ASUS Strix Z790-H

Memory 64 GB

Graphics Card(s) Nvidia RTX 5070 TI OC

Monitor(s) Displays Sony 55"

Hard Drives SSD

PSU 850 watt EVGA

Case Cooler Master Haf 932

Cooling CoolerMaster

Keyboard RedDragon

Mouse CoolerMaster

Internet Speed 300/300

Antivirus Defender

Other Info VR, Virtual Reality

You need to know how to configure (what to set)

My Windows knowledge is way beyond CCleaner, and while it may be useful in some instances, it is often more trouble than worth. I can fix everything within Windows, using only Windows built in tools or manual editing, whatever that may be. My system has 99.99% of the time nothing to clean anyways, and so should nobody else have.

OS Win 11 Pro 25H2 26200.7462 / Linux Mint 22.2

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model Lenovo A485

CPU Ryzen 7 2700U Pro

Motherboard Lenovo (WiFi/BT module upgraded to Intel Wireless-AC-9260)

Memory 32GB

Graphics Card(s) iGPU Vega 10

Sound Card Realtek

Monitor(s) Displays 14" FHD (built-in) + 14" Lenovo Thinkvision M14t (touch+pen) + 32" Asus PB328

Screen Resolution FHD + FHD + 1440p

Hard Drives Intel 660p m.2 nVME PCIe3.0 x2 512GB

PSU 125W(Dock)/65W(Travel Adapter)

Keyboard Thinkpad / Logitech MX Keys

Mouse Logitech MX Master 2S

Internet Speed 600/300Mbit

Browser Edge (Chromium)

Antivirus Windows Defender

Other Info SecureBoot: Enabled TPM2.0: Enabled AMD-V: Enabled

Operating System Win 11 Pro 25H2 26200.7462 (RP)

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model Custom

CPU i7-7700k @4.8GHz

Motherboard Asus PRIME Z270-A

Memory 32GB 2x16GB 2133MHz CL15

Graphics card(s) EVGA GTX1080Ti FTW 11GB

Sound Card Integrated

Monitor(s) Displays 32" 10-bit Asus PB328Q

Screen Resolution WQHD 2560x1440

Hard Drives 512GB ADATA SX8000NP NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4

PSU 850W

Case Fractal Design Define 7

Cooling Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black

Keyboard Logitech MX Keys

Mouse Logitech MX Master 2S

Internet Speed 600/300Mbit

Browser Edge (Cromium)

Antivirus Windows Defender

Other Info AC WiFi Card

Kate and I recently updated all three of our computers to new models. We have a Microsoft 365 Family Plan subscription, and we use OneDrive, BitLocker, and the latest Office Suite. We don’t partition our drives and didn’t use Laplink. Obviously, we set up our computers quite differently and for that reason I’ll just watch the thread and see how you do. Best of Luck!

Just out of curiosity and thinking of Macs, if one of your machines went kaput/stolen, whatever, could you just by a new PC and have everything you lost automatically restored exactly as it was by going to your MS account and Onedrive? A friend with a Mac did that right in an Apple store when her Mac was bricked.

OS Windows 11 Pro

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model Lenovo X1 Extreme 21CS

CPU Intel

Hard Drives 2 TB SSD

Internet Speed 9 Kbps (rural Internet!)

Browser Firefox

Antivirus Windows Defender

Operating System Windows 11 Pro

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model Lenovo X1 Extreme 21CB

CPU Intel

Motherboard OEM

Just out of curiosity and thinking of Macs, if one of your machines went kaput/stolen, whatever, could you just by a new PC and have everything you lost automatically restored exactly as it was by going to your MS account and Onedrive? A friend with a Mac did that right in an Apple store when her Mac was bricked.

Nope, Windows does not have similar built in functionality as MacOS. Some minor settings you can get back and user files if you have them going to OD automatically.

OS Win 11 Pro 25H2 26200.7462 / Linux Mint 22.2

Computer type Laptop

Manufacturer/Model Lenovo A485

CPU Ryzen 7 2700U Pro

Motherboard Lenovo (WiFi/BT module upgraded to Intel Wireless-AC-9260)

Memory 32GB

Graphics Card(s) iGPU Vega 10

Sound Card Realtek

Monitor(s) Displays 14" FHD (built-in) + 14" Lenovo Thinkvision M14t (touch+pen) + 32" Asus PB328

Screen Resolution FHD + FHD + 1440p

Hard Drives Intel 660p m.2 nVME PCIe3.0 x2 512GB

PSU 125W(Dock)/65W(Travel Adapter)

Keyboard Thinkpad / Logitech MX Keys

Mouse Logitech MX Master 2S

Internet Speed 600/300Mbit

Browser Edge (Chromium)

Antivirus Windows Defender

Other Info SecureBoot: Enabled TPM2.0: Enabled AMD-V: Enabled

Operating System Win 11 Pro 25H2 26200.7462 (RP)

Computer type PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model Custom

CPU i7-7700k @4.8GHz

Motherboard Asus PRIME Z270-A

Memory 32GB 2x16GB 2133MHz CL15

Graphics card(s) EVGA GTX1080Ti FTW 11GB

Sound Card Integrated

Monitor(s) Displays 32" 10-bit Asus PB328Q

Screen Resolution WQHD 2560x1440

Hard Drives 512GB ADATA SX8000NP NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4

PSU 850W

Case Fractal Design Define 7

Cooling Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black

Keyboard Logitech MX Keys

Mouse Logitech MX Master 2S

Internet Speed 600/300Mbit

Browser Edge (Cromium)

Antivirus Windows Defender

Other Info AC WiFi Card

Antivirus Windows Defender

Browser Firefox 64

john1955

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Browser Firefox 64

Antivirus Defender+MWB Premium

john1955

. . . Jack of all trades . . . master of one

Browser Firefox 64

Other Info SecureBoot: Enabled TPM2.0: Enabled AMD-V: Enabled

john1955

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Other Info Originally came installed with a 500gb H10 Optane ssd

john1955

. . . Jack of all trades . . . master of one

Browser Firefox 64

Other Info Arris G36 modem/router

Other Info SecureBoot: Enabled TPM2.0: Enabled AMD-V: Enabled

Antivirus Windows Defender

Other Info SecureBoot: Enabled TPM2.0: Enabled AMD-V: Enabled

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