Free Download Windows Easy Transfer Windows 11 | Effectively Transfer Your Data

What is Windows Easy Transfer?

Windows Easy Transfer is a tool created by Microsoft. Its job is to help you move your files and settings from an old Windows computer to a new one. For instance, if you're using Windows Vista, XP, 7, and you're getting a new computer with Windows 8, 8.1, or another newer version, this tool can be quite handy.

You can connect the old and new computers with a special cable, a USB drive, an external hard drive, or even through your home network to transfer specific data. Usually, things like your documents, pictures, music, emails, and the way your computer is set up can be transferred. However, Windows Easy Transfer relied on older technology that wasn't well-suited to modern data transfer demands. Due to its limitations, there was a higher risk of data loss or corruption during the transfer process.

This is useful when you're getting a new computer and you want all your important stuff to be on it, just like it was on your old computer. It also works well when you're putting a fresh version of Windows on your computer and you don't want to set everything up from scratch.

Does Windows Easy Transfer work on Windows 11?

Regrettably, Windows Easy Transfer has been discontinued and is no longer available in recent Windows versions. Microsoft suggests other ways to move data and settings. Users of Windows 10 and 11 can't use this feature and need to explore an alternative. Regarding this discontinuation, people have speculated about its reasons and identified limitations causing inconvenience.

It cannot support transferring data from a 64-bit system to a 32-bit system.

This function exclusively transfers data from Windows 7 and 8, but it doesn't support Windows Vista or other Windows 8.1 computers. To migrate data from Windows 8.1, the only viable option is using a USB connection.

The tool does not support moving applications, meaning users had to reinstall programs on the new system.

Users couldn't easily select specific files or folders to transfer, often resulting in transferring more data than necessary.

Some newer file types and configurations were not supported by Windows Easy Transfer.

Therefore, the alternative should avoid those limitations and bring more advanced experience for Windows 10 and Windows 11 users. 

The best tool for Windows 11 Easy Transfer

To meet modern data transfer demands, it is recommended to try AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard. Its Disk Clone feature can break the limitations of Windows Easy Transfer, and bring advanced experience for data transferring. This Windows 11 easy transfer software can safely migrate all OS files and system-related partitions to the target disk without reinstalling, which allows you to use the familiar system on a new device in a short time.

With AOMEI Partition Assistant, you can enjoy: 
✍ AOMEI Partition Assistant can be compatible with almost all Windows versions, including Windows 11/10/8/8.1/7/XP/Vista, while Windows Easy Transfer can only support Windows Vista/ XP/7/8/8.1
✍ It can move files, folders, programs, applications, and operating system. But Windows Easy transfer can only transfer simple files and computer settings. For daily backup, you can rely on this tool as well.
✍ This software provides different cloning methods that allow users to choose to clone the entire disk or partial parts, avoiding resource waste.
✍ It has no file type limitations.
✍ It is far more than a data transfer tool. You can also use it for daily computer management like extending C drive space or solving computer issues on your own.

Notice: Kindly note that cloning the system disk is only available to the Professional Edition. You can upgrade to it and explore more advanced functions.

Now, I will show you how to clone to SSD.  Before starting, we need to do some preparations in advance to ensure that there are no issues during the cloning process.

Preparations:
✎ Firstly, connect the new SSD to your PC and make sure it can be detected. If your PC has no extra disk bay for it, you need a USB-to-SSD cable.
✎ The capacity of the new SSD should not be smaller than the used space of your current disk.
✎ Please initialize the SSD if it's new. When setting the partition style, please set the partition style (MBR or GPT) as the same as the HDD. 

Then, you can follow the guide about how to clone HDD to SSD in Windows 11, 10, 8, and 7. 

Step 1.Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant, click the "Clone" main tab and select "Clone Disk". (You can also right-click the Disk you want to clone and select the "Clone Disk" tool to run disk clone.)

Step 2. Choose the hard disk that you need to clone as the source disk and click "Next".

Step 3. Select the destination disk to put the data of the source disk on, and then click "Next".

Step 4. Then, you will enter the Confirm interface where you can check the source and destination disk. After all is set, you can click the "Confirm" button to continue.

In lower left corner of the window, you can click the "Settings" button to adjust the partition size on the destination disk. There are three options for you:

• Clone without resizing partitions: all partitions will be cloned to the target disk as the original partition size. It is available when the target disk is larger than the source disk. If it is smaller, this option will be grayed out.
• Fit partitions to entire disk: all partitions will be cloned to the target disk and take up its full capacity according to the original partition size proportion.
• Edit partitions on this disk: you can change every partition size on the target disk as you need.

After finishing the adjustment, please click "Save".

Notes:

• You can tick "4k alignment" to improve the reading and writing speed of SSD if the selected destination disk is an SSD storage.
• All data on this selected destination disk will be wiped out after you save the operation to physical disk. If there is important data on the destination drive, please make a backup in advance.
• If you clone to a smaller SSD, the first option is grayed out. If you select Sector-by-Sector Clone, it is unable to adjust the size on the destination disk.

Step 5. You can preview the disk cloning operating by viewing the "Pending Operations". To commit the "Pending Operations", please click "Apply" and "Proceed".

Step 6. The cloning process will start and you can check the cloning process.

Further reading: How to move operating system only with Windows 11 Easy Transfer

Sometimes, you might prefer to solely relocate the operating system to the new drive without allocating significant storage space to the old data. If you have upgraded to AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, you can directly use its another practical feature, "Migrate OS to SSD". It ensures that both the Windows operating system and all your files continue to function exactly as they did before. What's more, it allows for a 4K alignment on the destination SSD drive during migration to enhance SSD performance. If you are Windows Server user, please choose the Server Edition for compatibility.

Conclusion

About Windows 11 easy transfer, we share a powerful tool, AOMEI Partition Assistant in this post. Its other advanced features can also play a significant role in partition management in creating, formatting, deleting, cloning, resizing, or moving. It also boasts the features of secure erasing SSD to protect your privacy, moving certain software, allocating free space, etc.