How Do I Backup My Programs to An External Hard Drive?
I recently bought a new PC with Windows 11 system. But I want to back up all the program data in my old computer to the external hard drive and then transfer it to the new computer, so I don't need to reconfigure the application data. Is there any simple way for me to do this?
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Rel· Answered on Nov 17, 2023
Your program data is saved on disk C. However, when you access the C drive on your computer, you will find the Program Files folder and another Program Files (x86) folder. In fact, these two folders are used to place the data of software programs you need, but the existence of x86 folders can facilitate you to run 32-bit applications on 64-bit operating systems. Therefore, you can also choose to back up the Program Files (x86) folder directly when backing up.
Although there is a Windows built-in tool - Backup and Restore, to help you backup your programs to an external hard drive, it has limitations.
Using this method to back up program files takes a long time, you need more patience. Also, if you want to recover these data on a new computer, you must recover them in the Windows System Image Recovery environment, which will also consume a lot of time and even cause some data loss or damage.
Since you need the simplest way to back up programs, you can use EaseUS Todo Backup Home to create an automatic backup plan.
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