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Your personal files — Documents, Pictures, Videos, Music, Desktop and Downloads — plus any folders you add. It also lists the apps installed on your old computer so you know what to set up again. Programs, Windows itself and drivers are not copied; installing those fresh is safer and more reliable.
No. You can download, scan, plan and run a free migration without creating an account. An account is optional and only helps with license recovery and keeping your migration history.
Open OthTech Switch on both computers on the same network. The new computer shows a short pairing code; type it on the old one and confirm. No IP addresses, ports or cables to configure — though a network cable works too and is usually faster.
Your progress is saved continuously on both computers. When they reconnect, the migration continues from where it stopped. Files already verified are never sent again.