How to Move World of Warcraft to Another Drive or Computer

How do I move WoW from one hard drive to another?

“I just bought a much larger hard drive and want to move World of Warcraft over to it. What's the fastest, most efficient way to do this? I'd like to make sure all my settings, add-ons, macros, et cetera, come with me, without having to reinstall everything from scratch. Any suggestions?”

After upgrading to a new PC, do you need to transfer World of Warcraft from the old computer without reinstalling it? Or do you have insufficient space on the old hard drive and want to move WoW from one drive to another to free up space effectively? PC Transfer Software can solve all such issues. It allows you to effortlessly move WoW and World of Warcraft Classic to another drive, computer, or external hard drive. Keep reading for more details.

How to Move World of Warcraft to Another Drive

To move WoW to another HDD or SSD, you can use the Program Migration feature of the PC Transfer tool. It lets you effectively transfer installed programs to a new hard drive without worrying about whether the software will function properly.

Download the Migration Tool, and then follow the step-by-step instructions to move World of Warcraft from one hard drive to another.

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Tool: Todo PCTrans

• Migrate to a New PC: Steam, Origin, LOL, Blizzard.
• Move to a New Hard Drive: DIABLO, WORLD OF WARCRAFT, OVERWATCH, HEARTHSTONE, HEROES OF THE STORM, etc.
• 迁移游戏应用到新电脑或新硬盘只需3步。

Step 1: Run Todo PCTrans and Select Transfer Mode

On the main interface of Todo PCTrans, go to the “App Migration” section and click “Start” to proceed.

Step 2: Choose the app and other drives to move

1. Select the source partition and check the apps, programs, and software you want to migrate (labeled as "Yes").

2. Click the triangle icon to select another drive or disk as the target device, and then click “Transfer” to start the migration.

Select the apps you want to migrate

Step 3: Complete the migration process

When the transfer is complete, click OK.

You can now restart your PC to keep all changes, and the migration app should run again on another drive.

The App Migration feature can also move WoW to an external hard drive. See How to Transfer Apps and Programs from PC to an External Hard Drive.

How to Transfer World of Warcraft to Another Computer

In addition to local transfers, the PC Transfer tool also supports moving WoW over a network connection or via an image file from one computer to another.

Aside from account login software, this PC transfer tool also lets you move license applications, such as transferring Microsoft Office from one laptop to another, or antivirus software from an old PC to a new one.

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Step 1: Run Todo PCTrans on Both Computers

On the source computer, select “PC to PC” on the Todo PCTrans main screen, and then continue.

Select "PC to PC Transfer" mode

Step 2: Choose the transfer direction - from the old computer or to the new one.

"New" - Transfer all data from an old computer to the current new one, remotely.

"Old" - Transfer all data from your current old device to the new computer.

Select transfer direction

Step 3: Connect the two computers

1. Select the target computer you want to connect to, either by its IP address or device name, and then click "Connect".

2. Type the target computer's login password, then click OK to confirm.

If the target PC is not listed, you can also click Add PC to manually connect to it by entering its IP address or device name.

Step 4: Select the apps, programs, and software to transfer to the target computer

You can select and choose what to transfer from the current computer to the target computer.

2. After selecting the apps and programs you need, click on “Transfer” to start the transferring process.

Conclusions

While it is possible to manually transfer WoW from one HDD to another by copying the WoW folder (including add-ons and settings) to the new drive and then changing the path in Battle.net to point to the new WoW, this is not recommended. Given the size of the folder, the process can take a long time and any issues during the transfer could damage or corrupt the files. To ensure a smooth transition with no issues, we strongly advise using a professional program for the migration.