Migrating Files To New PC. Windows 10

Use the Windows 7 Backup (System Image Backup)

To clone your files for transfer.

Yes, you have this option still in Windows 10

Right click and save the image above to your PC desktop if the image is too small for you to read.

Once you have downloaded it you can vary its size. Or simply click the three dots in the toolbar and select the "zoom" function.

Thanks for the reply. Maybe I don't understand system image properly but doesn't it include all you programs etc.?

My new PC will be set up with a windows 10 disk, no bloatware, clean install. 

I absolutely only want the files from the old PC. Can this be done with File History?

One strange thing about file history. I've just used it for the first time and Its backup on an external disk differs numerically from my PC............

It reads:

404GB,  65117 files and 1799 folders.

whereas the user file in explorer on the PC shows:

401 GB, 77715 files and 4760 folders.

Any idea why these should differ?

None at all. Perhaps this might help:

http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/29/windows-10/enable-file-history-windows-10.html

Thanks again Cass.

I'm already backing up my data using File History I need to know whether this is a safe option for restoring the same files on my new PC when it arrives next week.

Any Microsoft experts out there? All advise is warmly welcomed (I need it).

You might get a response quicker if you contact the "Answer Desk" and open a dialogue window.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/contactus/technicalsupport?wa=wsignin1.0

Just click on "Services and Apps"