# Changing computers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [November 6, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/changing-computers/3365 "2017-11-06T14:30:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Homard](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/homard/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Homard](https://bisq.community/u/Homard)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/changing-computers/3365/7 "2018-07-30T15:51:56Z")
There is a good post from Manfred on this topic: > [@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/changing-computers/3365)._