Imagine if data transfer were done this way. Ugh!

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. From time to time, you may need to transfer files between Windows PCs — whether it's to move documents between work computers, share photos ...

You don't need to upload files to the cloud just to access them on your other devices.

Back in the older versions of Windows, there used to be a handy feature called Windows Easy Transfer that painlessly guided the process of migrating files and settings from one computer to another.