if i buy this HP chromebook how do i transfer my email and accounts from old computer.
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Your online email (such as gmail) will still be available, but emails that you have downloaded to your computer (such as to outlook) will no longer be available (unless they are on a server accessible from the Internet), since you will not be able to install an email program like outlook. The idea of this computer is not the same as any windows or Mac, or even other Linux operating system for that matter. If you want to get an idea of what you can do on this computer, close every other program on your current computer and open up chrome...pretty much anything you can do in chrome you can do on a chrome book (there are a few exceptions such as java applets). Anything else, well, you can't. So, you can use gmail and google play and google docs, but not Outlook or iTunes or PowerPoint.
799098
If you are using Google Chrome all will be transfered with log on to Google Chrome. No hassle there.
799099
The last time I looked, there is no mail handler app for the Chrome OS, no matter which Chromebook you buy. However, you can add POP accounts (other email accounts) to your Gmail account and they will all show up there, so in effect your gmail account will act like a mail handler. Any emails kept on the servers for those accounts will still be accessible through gmail. However, for emails kept on your local (other) machine, you will have to transfer them manually - copy the folder(s) onto an SD card or USB stick and transfer them to your Chromebook that way.Hope this helps.
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Since we use gmail for our email and mail we had saved is stored at their site rather than locally on our old computer all we had to do to continue email just we had been doing on the old computer (an Apple laptop on which we had been accessing the internet using Safari) was to start up the Chromebook and sign into gmail as usual with the same ID and password as always. Everything just looked and acted the same with everything we had previously saved still there. How that would work moving from a different kind of computer with a different operating system or using a different program for internet access and a different site for email I wouldn't know. Since we use gmail for our email and mail we had saved is stored at their site rather than locally on our old computer all we had to do to continue email just we had been doing on the old computer (an Apple laptop on which we had been accessing the internet using Safari) was to start up the Chromebook and sign into gmail as usual with the same ID and password as always. Everything just looked and acted the same with everything we had previously saved still there. How that would work moving from a different kind of computer with a different operating system or using a different program for... » Read More Since we use gmail for our email and mail we had saved is stored at their site rather than locally on our old computer all we had to do to continue email just we had been doing on the old computer (an Apple laptop on which we had been accessing the internet using Safari) was to start up the Chromebook and sign into gmail as usual with the same ID and password as always. Everything just looked and acted the same with everything we had previously saved still there. How that would work moving from a different kind of computer with a different operating system or using a different program for internet access and a different site for email I wouldn't know. « Show Less
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Kind of Klunky. Search internet for "Chromebookapps." Easier ways but that'll get you there.
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If you want to transfer the OS and all of your apps and data from your old hard drive to your new one, you will need software like Apricorn's EZGig and a usb to eSATA cableto hook up the new hard drive to a usb slot on your old computer. Once you transfer all of the info from the old to new hard drive, you turn off the old computer, disconnect the battery if possible, and then open up the computer to switch out the hard drives. If you aren't interested in preserving your old data and have OS and all of the drivers for your computer, you can install the new hard drive and then set it up from scratch by installing the OS and then all drivers and applications you desire. Make sure you have all of the installation discs or downloads for the applications you want to reinstall if you don't do a drive copy.
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Can't say for sure as I have never used a Chromebook. Best advice I can give is to go to the HP site and go to the bottom and use the Contact Us link. You can ask them directly about that specific mouse and if it works with the Chromebook. HP is really good about responding!
44434
I tried this on a few computers with mixed results. Essentially the newer your computer, the more likely it is that the transfer will work.
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If I get access to it for use on my current computer, will I be able to use it again when I replace the computer?
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If the connection is the same, yes it can, but the information on your original unit has to be obviously transferred to the new one. I used this drive in an older machine so I just rebuilt the OS on the newly installed drive. It worked fine. I have an Acer C100 tablet.
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You will always need the computer to transfer whatever you want. The only direct way is with the voice recorder, and I know that is not what you meant by direct.
789703
The easiest way is to hook both up to a single computer and transfer from there. I use MS Home Server of run them from the router and copy.
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Hi! I hope so because the computer I have now let me down and I will need it for the new one... But I am sure you can, if not, you could make a copy from your computer to "download" it to your new one. I do not know how but I know you can do it.
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No because the Chromebook has no disc drive and this program requires one. It must be downloaded onto the hard drive.
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Info says it just deactivates the software, leaving all the files so should be simple process to move them to the new PC.
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Another great thing about Google Drive--all your docs, spreadsheets, and presentations are saved on the cloud, so you can access them from any computer. I took my Chromebook to a conference, and didn't need to save my notes on a flash drive to transfer them to my work or home computer--I just log into my Google account and there they are!
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No need to create a new account...just call the 1~800 and they will assist you in transferring your data service to the new device...be sure to have yoir old device and internet receiving device when you do it.
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I'm not familiar with Google Chrome, but this might help. Found this article on the Web: http://www.androidcentral.com/how-upgrade-ssd-your-acer-c720-chromebook
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If you go on the square trade website they have this method of "registering" your chromebook with the warranty. That way it'll be there and ready whenever you need to use it. They have a nifty chat feature as well, if you have any questions while you do that. Else you can always call the company. Good luck!
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I haven't done that with this laptop, but have swapped a hard drive with an SSD on another HP laptop and it worked great. You just need to get an SSD hard drive that fits in a laptop, most of the more common SSD's do. You also will need to backup and restore the operating system from the existing disk to the new ssd drive.