# Can I transfer to different laptop

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/can-i-transfer-to-different-laptop/8855>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 31, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/can-i-transfer-to-different-laptop/8855 "2019-12-31T13:06:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![tman01](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/tman01/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@tman01](https://bisq.community/u/tman01)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/can-i-transfer-to-different-laptop/8855/1 "2019-12-31T13:06:51Z")

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I have a new laptop, wanted to transfer my bisq balance to new laptop. Possible?

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**Author:** ![tman01](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/tman01/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@tman01](https://bisq.community/u/tman01)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/can-i-transfer-to-different-laptop/8855/2 "2019-12-31T16:03:36Z")

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Figured it out by recovering seed to new laptop.

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**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/can-i-transfer-to-different-laptop/8855/3 "2020-01-03T12:43:28Z")

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The seed is just for emergency. It’s better to move all directory data to new laptop, through copy/paste directory or, even better, with backup function.

You can suffer errors using Bisq through a seed import.

[https://docs.bisq.network/backup-recovery.html#restore](https://docs.bisq.network/backup-recovery.html#restore)

> [@Switching to a new data directory](https://bisq.community/t/switching-to-a-new-data-directory/1697):
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> There are some reasons why you might want to start over again with a new data directory. You got a bug which screwed up the internal data structure ou want to protect your privacy by separating trades which are connected via the onion address and/or bitcoin transaction graph (see upcoming blog post about privacy on the web page for more info) You have done a lot of trades and the application gets a bit slow as the wallet and overall data structure is getting dense (the more transactions you ha…