file transfer

[dman11235]

I just bought a new laptop (replacing my old one, of 8 years....), and I'm curious as to the fastest/best way to transfer my stuff from old to new.  Currently using Google drive to upload all my D&D stuff including all the homebrews so I have access to those anywhere (overdue, yeah), but the other stuff needs to just move over.  So...just a hard drive?  Or is there a better way?  I'll have to dig out my mom's HD wherever it is if I choose that route, that's probably the fastest external HD option we have.

[Nanshork]

External HDD or a crossover cable would probably be your fastest options.  (Or connecting them both to your wired network, you won't need to buy a cable that way.)

[Stratovarius]

External HDD or a crossover cable would probably be your fastest options.  (Or connecting them both to your wired network, you won't need to buy a cable that way.)

First step (which it looks like you've done), is shift as much to the cloud as possible, because it really does make setting up new machines easier. Otherwise, I'd echo Nanshork and the wired network. I've found that to just be a more reliable method than using a crossover cable and faster than the external HDD (one copy vs two).

[dman11235]

Yeah,that's what I thought.  The reality is that I got my last laptop before clouds becamewidespread.  So I never set up anything and I'm just now putting some things to the cloud.....it's...taking a while to upload everything....