JAWS 18 has a new feature that allows you to export your settings and copy them to another JAWS installation. If you're using an older release, this unfortunately won't be available to you. Nor will it work if you can't run JAWS at the moment on the old machine.
Make sure you install all of the desired software on the new laptop. You need to install it afresh. You can't just copy it over. Then look at what is stored under your user directory on the old machine (or check your external backup), and copy your important files individually. This should be most easily performed from the external hard drive. It's exactly the same as copying files from one location to another in other situations. For example, if you have work stored under \users\yourname\Documents, this should be copied into the corresponding place on the new system. Helga Schreiber <helga.schreibe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all! How are you all! So I'm going to buy a new laptop computer this > weekend since my windows computer does not work at all! I have some issues > with it. So my question is, how do I transfer all my information that I have > on my old computer to my new computer? I have JAWS 17, dropbox and other > information. I do have an external hard drive, do I use that to transfer all > my information? If so, what are the steps in doing so since i never did it > by myself? Or do I need sighted assistance for it? Just wondering! I wil > really appreciate any help you can give me regarding this matter! I look > forward in hearing from you soon. Thanks and God bless! > > Helga Schreiber > Group Moderator > > for the IPad help for the blind > > ipadhelpfortheblind+subscr...@groups.io > > Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida Association of Blind > Students. > Member of the International Networkers Team (INT). > Independent Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research. > Phone: (561) 706-5950 > Email: helga.schreibe...@gmail.com > Skype: helga.schreiber26 > 4Life Website: http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx > INT Website: http://int4life.com/ > > "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever > believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 > Sent from my iPhone 7 running IOS 10.1 > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
