Windows 10 to 11 - backup - how much is enough>

From: charles meyer <reachmeplace_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:31:54 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG
My esteemed listmates,

I've been hearing the "upgrade from W10 to W11 isn't supposed to be bad

I'm super concerned now.

It's Monday afternoon 10-13-2025m and it's taken 3,5 hours already to
backup my 12.5GB hard drive on my Dell laptop. It's been stuck on 99% for
over an hour copying all sports of weird files like .mo, etc.

I haven't even gotten to the install W11 yet.

I don't know which files besides my text, graphics and videos files I need
from W10 ??

I'f read that a few had to re-install W10 after the bad install of W11 so I
thought I;d back uop my whole hard drive (C).

I backup by highlighting my C drive and press Ctrl + A then Ctrl C and then
on the external hard drive I press Ctrl + v

I don't have any $$$$ backup software and will NEVER backup to the cloud.

Can I just cancel the backup at 99%?

It's been stuck at 99% for 1.75 hours.

Thank you,

Charles.

Charlotte County Public Library
Received on Mon Oct 13 2025 - 15:33:32 EDT