I got a new computer to replace my 12-year-old Dell. I have several photo programs that I would like on the new computer.
Many were installed from downloads, not discs. I have not removed any of the updates,
but knowing how to use them now is doubtful. And getting them new is too expensive.
I use about 3 of them and wonder if I can move them. Does it make a difference if I now have Windows 11 instead of 10? I'm not doing as much as I used to but like my processing to remain good? I'm now 90 years old. I think I got my first camera when I was 12, an Ansco 620.
I've read all the replies here and maybe renting would work? I would appreciate your comments.

Yes

I have used Acronics for about 10 years. About 3 years into using it I had total failure of my computer but was able to restore quickly. This year I had some problems with it and their tech called me 3 times until we felt it was working right. It ended up being a bad USB cable between computer and backup drive. It seemed to work sometimes but not all the time.

Haha!

I was told by a tech that Canon printheads have a heater in them to make the ink dry quickly. When it goes out it changes the resistance of the circuit which causes the blink. It is not repairable.

Beautiful!

Very nice

I have done about 15 books and used many different companies and not disliked any of them. Some years ago I did 2 books for grandchildren graduating from highschool. Did these with Blurb. They were excellent but cost more than others. My last one was done using a program called My Memories. This book was about a real person but I made them all animals in a ferry tail. Had just a few photod.Fun project.

I'm not used to quoting GB and TB and got a little mixed up. This is what I have:
19,000 Documents @ 407 GB
55,000 Photos @ 209 GB
30 downloads @ 30 GB
? on desktop @ 15 GB
Total these items: 661 GB.

My C drive has used 869 GB.
My last full backup was 360 GB.

I'm not 86 years old and started taking pictures when I was 12 and still have some of them.
I have 4 adult children, 10 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren.
Takes a lot of pictures of these to keep the family happy.
On documents, I was a writer and manager of TechWriters by occupation for 36 Years and did write a number of technical books. That is where all of this came from.
Jerry

I used a passport for about 3 years and it failed. I then went to a WD 2TB usb 2 drive. Worked well but not big enough for me now. I just change to a WD 6 TB usb 3 drive. I did not time the difference in speed but it seemed to be about half. In addition, I do a full backup of my computer once a week that is about 400 TB.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong? I'll try again. OK I can see my photo above this reply. It says Download below the photo. It's not really that good.

(Download)

Done again so you can see the original
Jerry

I worked on an old photo somewhat like this, spending about 30 hours on it. I wanted to see the faces better and had many faces to redo. I only worked on this for about 15 minutes. I could have worked longer, starting over, but this improved the faces.

Yes, Tb.

I want to buy a new larger hard drive, 6-12 gig. Where is the best place to buy them these days??