I’ve replaced my old laptop with a new one and I have over 350GB worth of data to move over, moving all of it to an external drive and then moving them to the new laptop doesn’t seem efficient and it seems like it’s gonna take forever

I know there are some special cables that can do that but I don’t wanna waste money on something that I’m only gonna use once every 5 years at most.

  • FiveMacs@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Then use/get a usb data stick and transfer em that way or subsequently if it’s the laptop you want to transfer off of, remove the HDD or SSD and get an adapter to plug the drive into usb.

    Look for sata to usb adapters

    • Fester@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      USB drives are ridiculous these days. 512g for ~$40 USD. And USB 3 can fill it up in like a minute. Plus it’s always handy to have one. Best value option IMO.