Now Microsoft is ending Windows 8 support and all Windows 8 users have three choices - upgrade to Windows 8.1, upgrade to Windows 10, or downgrade to Windows 7. However, any of these options requires users to reinstall their system, reinstall applications, manually set up their computers and sometimes may cause unexpected data loss disasters. So here we would like to introduce you reliable Windows 8 easy transfer and shows you how to use this tool to transfer your installed programs, data, settings, and everything important from Windows 8 to other Windows versions.   

What is the best Windows easy transfer for Windows 8

Whether you choose to upgrade Windows 8 to Windows 8.1/10 or downgrade Windows 8 to Windows 7, you should find a reliable Windows 8 easy transfer tool if you want to keep your program, data or settings in a safe way. But which the best one? Here we recommend you try EaseUS PC transfer software. The program is a professional and user-friendly utility which is designed to help users migrate applications, data, and settings from an older computer to a newer one or from the previous OS to new OS after Windows in-place upgrade, which can save you a lot of time and effort in the process.

Steps to transfer data, programs, and settings with Windows 8 easy transfer

EaseUS Windows easy transfer for Windows 8 is a very easy-to-use tool. When you use it to migrate installed programs, data, settings, and everything important from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1/10, you just need to create a backup file of the apps, files, or account information from your Windows 8 to an external storage device, then copy and recover the backup file to your computer after Windows 8.1 or 10 is installed.

Step 1. Create a backup file. 

1. Connect your USB (flash) drive/external hard drive to your source computer. Launch Todo PCTrans, click "Backup & Restore > Start" on the main screen.

2. Select "Data Backup" to move on.

3. Click "Edit"  at Applications, User Accounts, and Files columns to choose the specific data, applications, etc. to create a backup file. 

Step 2. Recover via the created backup file.

1. Plugin your USB drive which stores the created backup file to the target PC and open EaseUS Todo PCTrans. Click "Backup & Restore > Start > Data Restore".

2. Click "Browse" to locate the Image file. Then, choose "Restore" and go to the next step.

3. Now, you can select Applications/Files/Accounts you want to restore.

Or you can click the "Edit" button to choose the specific data to be transferred flexibly. Click "Finish" to confirm. Besides, you can also click the edit icon > "Submit" to change the target path to recover and save the files.