# Can I transfer to different laptop **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**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")
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): > > 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://bisq.community/t/can-i-transfer-to-different-laptop/8855)._