Move with a USB drive
With a USB drive or external disk, the two computers never need to meet. You copy to the drive on the old computer, then restore from it on the new one.
What you need
- A USB drive or external disk with enough free space for everything you select. The whole selection must fit on one drive.
DANGER
The copy on the drive is not encrypted. Anyone who holds the drive can read the files on it, including SSH keys and browser profiles if you included them. Keep the drive with you, and erase the CloneStudio folder from it when you are done.
On the old computer
Open Clone Studio, select This is my OLD computer and choose what moves.
Under How should the two computers talk?, select USB drive or external disk.
Plug in the drive. It appears under Pick a drive to copy onto with its free space. Select it.
Read Quick check before we start: Enough free space on the drive, Plugged into power and Drive is ready.
If there is not enough space, go back and pick less.
Select Start copying.
Wait for Safe to unplug!, then remove the drive.
Clone Studio writes into a folder named CloneStudio on the drive. Other files on the drive are left alone. An earlier Clone Studio transfer in that folder is replaced by the new one.
On the new computer
Open Clone Studio and select This is my NEW computer.
Select USB drive or external disk.
Plug in the drive. The transfer appears under Plug in your drive. Select it.
On Review what's on the drive, untick anything you do not want to restore here.
Select Restore it.
The restore ends with the same receipt as a network transfer.