When updating your computer from Windows 7 to Windows 10 we do not want our data to be lost in the process. To ensure that they are safe, we can use the best tools to copy them to the new version of our computer.
It is tedious for everyone to have to migrate your computer data when updating Windows. With Microsoft‘s announcement about the removal of official support for Windows 7 , many users do not want to be left unprotected. There are many people who cannot use Windows 10, but this novelty will cause many to end up taking the step one way or another.
However, to jump to the latest version of Windows, maintaining our data and applications is vital for the change to be a success. For this there are several solutions available that will allow us to migrate our content after updating your computer so that you have everything under control.
PCMover Express, migrate your data according to Microsoft
Previously, Microsoft developed Easy Transfer, its own tool to keep data intact when upgrading to Windows 7. But it doesn’t work on Windows 10, so the company recommends an external program, PCMover Express . Its main function is to transfer data between two computers, the old and the new.
But also with it, in addition to the availability of a USB memory or an external hard drive, we can create a file that will allow us to export and import all the data from the computer later. We simply have to choose the location where we will save the file and the program will be in charge of scanning and saving all the data so that we update without fear from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
The most interesting thing is that we can choose , one by one, all the data and applications that we want to maintain and discard those that we are not interested in having after updating. Thus, we will fully customize the files that will be with us when we go to Windows 10.
The program is paid, but offers a free version with which we can download the file and import it on the new computer or on the same with Windows 10 as the operating system.
EaseUS PCTrans, the strongest alternative
Beyond the program recommended by Microsoft, we can migrate our data from Windows 7 to Windows 10 with some good alternative. Here EaseUS All PCTrans is the best known, enshrined as a great option to keep data updated.
It is, without a doubt, the best program that exists for this task. With EaseUS we can directly transfer the files from an old computer to a new one, in case this is our intention. But we can also create an image that will allow us to import all the files we want after upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
Even being free, we can enjoy a fully customizable data migration with an incredible experience. We just have to connect both computers to the same network and start the transfer of everything we want or create an image file with the data that interests us, export it and import it once we want with the new operating system.
However, it also has a paid version. And the free one only allows us to create files of a size of 500 MB, but if we pay the license we can enjoy unlimited migrations.
Migrate your data at a stroke with the power of TransWiz
Until now, all alternatives had the payment handicap. However, there are also very powerful free options on the market. This is the case of TransWiz , a very light and portable tool that will allow us to export all the data we want, without exception, from a user of our computer.
In addition, it has a very interesting utility, and it allows us to protect the file with all our data with a password , so that the migration to Windows 10 is as secure as possible. The best thing is the ease of use, which allows us to export all our data with a couple of clicks and import them with the same ease once we have updated our operating system.
Maintain the configuration of your programs with CloneApp
To be honest, the worst thing about upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 may be the loss of some programs and their settings. When we work with hundreds of applications we find it impossible to remember how everything was. But CloneApp allows us to save all the data of our programs so that they are as always when we change computers or operating systems.
It is also a portable program that allows us to select all the programs we want to keep, together with their configurations, to export them and import them into a file whenever and wherever we want.
Once we have chosen the applications that we want to keep after the update, we simply click on “Backup” and the program will save the data to get them ready after the migration. And the best thing is that the backup will be stored in the same folder as the program, so that it goes with us wherever we want.
Save games from your games with GameSave Manager
We all like to play a game from time to time. And our biggest fear is wasting the hundreds of hours we spent on our favorite games. To avoid being deleted forever with our migration to Windows 10 we can use GameSave Manager. This powerful tool is portable, although we can also install it, but it is not necessary.
As soon as we start it, the program will be in charge of analyzing all the games that are installed on our computer and will allow us to make a backup copy of all the data that we want to migrate to our new computer. In addition, all backups will help us restore previously saved games.