transfer Ai files to another pc

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February 21, 2022
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I have a new computer, want to move all my Ai work files from old pc to the new pc, whats best way to do that without losing links and keeping everything intact as is. I did not ue packaging when I created my work.

Please help

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Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

Philipo,

If you have everything on a single harddisk, and if you can use the same OS version (to start with), you ought to be able to clone it.

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philipo70115596Author

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Clone it, how do you mean?

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

Philipo,

If we are only talking about a few dozen, there is no need to consider anything of the kind; basically it is the creation of an identical (structure in the) harddisk. I imagined something like a dozen dozen of dozens or more.

The recommendation by Adobe sounds promising; and you can see the result straight away.

Kevin Stohlmeyer

Community Expert

The route will change no matter what you do. The original location for the linked files is tied to your current folder architecture.

If you can replicate the entire structure verbatim including all sub folders, etc. where the linked file is located then it may work without issue but there are no guarantees.

Otherwise I would centralize your linked artwork before migration. That will make it easier to relink when you transfer.

How many AI files are we talking about?