Re: i'm getting a new computer soon, how to move my data to it
The fastest way I can think of is just using network sharing. Do this only if you're at home and have a secure Wi-Fi network.
First of all, for this to work, your Windows account needs to have a password. If it doesn't go and add one. Then, in Explorer, navigate to a folder that you want to share. This could either be just your user folder, your downloads or even your entire C drive. Go to its properties, and on the sharing tab just go to the advanced sharing button. Here you just check the checkbox to share the folder, you can then give it a name and configure the permissions for the share (by default it's set up so that you can not only read but also write and delete files!).
When you get your new computer, to access the share, in the run dialog or the address bar in explorer, type in 2 backslashes followed by your old computer's name. Windows will then ask you to log-in. This is why you needed to have a password on your account. Enter your username (if you're logging in with a microsoft account your username is whatever your folder under C:\users is called) and your password, you can also optionally check the box to have Windows remember these for next time. And that's it. You should now see any folders you shared and you can work with them the same way you would with any other file, so you can just hit copy and paste them into any location on the new computer. Obviously for this to work both computers need to be on and connected to the same network. Also, these transfers should be rather fast and not effected by how fast your internet connection is as the two computers are talking to each other over the local network so the internet is never used if you're doing this, other than going through your router to find each other.
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