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Questions tagged [data-migration]

Data Migration is the process of moving information from one system / format to another.

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Migrate data of a Chrome extension from one computer to another

I'm looking for how to migrate data of a Chrome extension from one computer to another. I'm not looking for migrating extension installation, but extension's stored data.By data, I mean the normal user's data created through out the extension's…
Omar
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Migrate TrueCrypt system volume to a new drive (Windows, SSD)

The only good advice I have seen so far was to decrypt system drive, then migrate using Acronis or whatnot, then encrypt it back. This advice works, except with SSD you could have as well just left your drive unencrypted. Especially, if you have…
galets
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Reoccuring Issue with Windows Fails to Start After Shutdown

Recently I have completed data migration from Intel i330 120GB SSD to Intel 535 240GB SSD using Intel Data Migration Software. Intel i330 was my first SSD which I also used for data migration from my HDD before that. After migration I booted SSD and…
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How to extract data from DOS-based Opto (Professional Practice Systems) for migration?

I’m assisting an optometrist in migrating decades of patient data from Opto, a legacy DOS-based program by Professional Practice Systems, Inc., to a cloud-based solution. The challenge: There’s no obvious export function or documented way to access…
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How to Import MySQL 4.1.14 data into MySQL 5.7.44?

I have a fresh install of WordPress 6.5.3 on MySQL 5.7.44-1.el7 up and running via Docker, accessible via my web browser. I also have old data from WordPress 2.0.2 on MySQL 4.1.14 saved into a directory that contains the following files: 4.0K…
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Samsung Magician Not Detecting EVO 870 Plugged in from SATA to USB

I bought a 1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD on November 2022. I'm finally getting around to swapping it with my 500GB EVO 850 since I need more space anyways. I am trying to do data migration from my 500GB to my 1TBSSD. I downloaded the latest version of…
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Cannot boot from Samsung SSD 950 EVO after Samsung Magician's Data Migration finished

There's this Samsung Magician software that Samsung recommends to use with its Samsung SSD 950 EVO drives and they provide this feature - Data Migration. Idea is that it can take a system drive with Windows OS on it and clone it to the new drive. I…
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Moving windows from SATA SSD to NvMe SSD

I have Win 10 on an old Samsung EVO 850 256GB drive, so I bought a new M.2 PCIe gen 4.0 SSD (2 TB WD SN850). In order to be able to boot with the NVMe drive installed, I updated my ASUS STRIX 570-E motherboard (Running 3900x). The new drive was…
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Ubuntu best way to migrate 16.04 to 18.04 across hardware?

I am running Ubuntu 16.04 on a HP PC with a Core i5 Ivy Bridge processor. I am moving to another HP PC with a Core i7 Kaby Lake. So the hardware is different. I will be doing a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 on the new PC. My question is what is the…
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Migrating to a new hard drive: WindowsApps, WpSystem, WUDownloadCache, OneDrive\Pictures

I have a Windows 10 x64 Pro (for which I am the only user), an internal hard drive A (that is not the OS drive) and an external hard drive B (an internal drive trapped inside an external USB enclosure). I wish to move all of my data from A and B…
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Migrating OS/contents of one SSD to another SSD

I have a 120GB SSD which I have loaded my OS (windows 10) on. I then used a 1TB HDD as a storage Drive. I wanted to keep some programs/files on my SSD while using the 1TB HDD as my main storage. I bought a new 500GB SSD and I want to merge all…
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Migrate non-redundant data to larger disk on Synology NAS

I have a Synology DS213j using two disks I had to spare, 2TB and 1.5TB. These are nearly full so I plan to replace them. To put all data onto the new disks I just wanted to connect the old disks to my desktop computer and copy the files. But now I…
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How to clone SSD on PC while OS is running?

I have on my PC an Intel 120 GB SSD (the Windows drive) and a 1 TB HDD. I want to replace the Intel 120 GB SSD with a Crucial 256 GB SSD (and after that use the Intel drive as a third drive). How can I clone the Intel SSD to the Crucial one (after I…
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Moving the files and databases from one server to other

I have to move my entire website with the source code , databases and other supporting software modules from one system to another. Both the systems have CentOs Operating system. Using putty I have to move the data. To be safe, I created a new user…
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Data Migration - Windows 8 storage pool

I have three identical disks in a Windows 8 storage pool. I'd like to move to Linux, but I'm using about 3/4 of the space across all three drives in the pool - how would you recommend I get Linux going while keeping the data from all three drives?
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