Date: 9/09/2025 00:04:23
From: Bulgarian Umbrella
ID: 2314445
Subject: Me dealing with Windows 11

Jo seems better adapted to it. She doesn’t like it though. I ….on the other hand have bought a lappy loaded with it, & I hate hate hate (add any number of hates you like) hate it. I even forked out some coin for Windows 11 for dummies. I’m even too dumb for that. does this have to be so hard? or can I return it to something I recognise?

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Date: 9/09/2025 11:15:09
From: Kingy
ID: 2314502
Subject: re: Me dealing with Windows 11

How do I backup files from a Win 10 PC and restore them to a Win 11 PC?

What is the point of this external File History backup if I can’t restore it to another PC(Win 11). I am having enough trouble with onedrive already to be trying to set up another potential cause of problems.

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Date: 9/09/2025 11:19:03
From: Bubblecar
ID: 2314506
Subject: re: Me dealing with Windows 11

Kingy said:


How do I backup files from a Win 10 PC and restore them to a Win 11 PC?

What is the point of this external File History backup if I can’t restore it to another PC(Win 11). I am having enough trouble with onedrive already to be trying to set up another potential cause of problems.

Personally, I don’t use OneDrive, it’s a cloud thingy. If I want to back something up I copy it to an external HD.

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Date: 9/09/2025 11:29:55
From: Woodie
ID: 2314508
Subject: re: Me dealing with Windows 11

Kingy said:


How do I backup files from a Win 10 PC and restore them to a Win 11 PC?

What is the point of this external File History backup if I can’t restore it to another PC(Win 11). I am having enough trouble with onedrive already to be trying to set up another potential cause of problems.

Mr Kingy,

This sort of backup/restore is meant to only work on the environment/computer that the backup was created from.

ie. If you make a massive stuff up, you can restore your computer back to a known point.

Onedrive has very limited space available unless you pay for it.

Did you see my post from last night?

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Date: 9/09/2025 11:49:07
From: captain_spalding
ID: 2314516
Subject: re: Me dealing with Windows 11

Yesterday, i abandoned Windows altogether, and went to Linux Mint.

I decided that there was little, if anything, on my PC that i could not live without, and installed Linux Mint, entirely obliterating Windows.

It’s going quite well.

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Date: 9/09/2025 11:54:49
From: Ian
ID: 2314518
Subject: re: Me dealing with Windows 11

Woodie said:


Kingy said:

How do I backup files from a Win 10 PC and restore them to a Win 11 PC?

What is the point of this external File History backup if I can’t restore it to another PC(Win 11). I am having enough trouble with onedrive already to be trying to set up another potential cause of problems.

Mr Kingy,

This sort of backup/restore is meant to only work on the environment/computer that the backup was created from.

ie. If you make a massive stuff up, you can restore your computer back to a known point.

Onedrive has very limited space available unless you pay for it.

Did you see my post from last night?

Yeah, I would just use File Explorer… Click-copy or drag and drop

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Date: 10/09/2025 14:18:42
From: Ian
ID: 2314722
Subject: re: Me dealing with Windows 11

Kingy and others might like https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-operating-systems/want-to-keep-windows-10-heres-the-one-thing-you-must-do-before-the-october-deadline

Another year of Win 10 security updates.

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