I will use a few programs, Microsoft and the provided WD backup software, to accomplish my goals.  Thanks for all the input. God Bless, Ralph
Hello All,   I will soon be setting up a new Dell 3670 Inspiron (Windows 10) for a friend and need some input please. I will be connecting a WD My Book backup drive (3 TB) to backup the files on their old Windows 7 computer.  When I am able, I will then connect the WD backup drive to the new Dell Inspiron (1 TB) computer and install the backup files onto the new computer.  The WD hard drive will then be used to make regular backups for the new computer. Do you have any suggestions on some backup software that they can use to make such backups.  They are not tech savy so the program needs to be real simple and user friendly.  AOMEI and Cobian are good programs but they are not user friendly for folks who are not tech savvy.  They also compress files so you cannot simply browse through old backups.   1. It needs to make daily or hourly backups of files they work on (Word, Excel, Images).  2. It needs to save backups in case they need to go back in time to access various backup files/dates.  They need to be able to view the backup files also and not necessarily restore them.  It seems most backup programs save the backup in a compressed fashion which makes it difficult or impossible to simply view old files.   They will be using a 3TB backup drive to backup a 1TB computer so space shouldn't be an issue.  If space becomes an issue they can simply delete some of the old backups.  3. They need to be able to make a system backup as well in case windows suffers an issue.  Otherwise, can Windows Restore be used for this?   God Bless, Ralph
Backing up files on old computer and moving to new computer, help please