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is to use a Run from CD/DVD version of Linux and a decent size USB flash drive.

The following assumes you have a DVD drive in your old PC and the PC is a 64 bit system. (Most do have a DVD drive and most are 64 bit)

You'll need to use a CD/DVD burner and a blank DVD to create a copy of an .iso file. Most cd burning software will do this for you.

Download the following .iso file.

https://mirrors.cicku.me/linuxmint/iso/stable/21.3/linuxmint-21.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso

Burn this file to your blank DVD.

Restart the old PC with the newly burned DVD disc. In some systems you may have to set the system Bios to start from the DVD.

Once the Mint system has completely started insert your USB drive in a USB slot. Use the built in file manager to copy your old files to the USB drive.

Once you're satisfied you have all the files you need just insert the USB drive into your new system and copy.your files.

This won't affect your old computer and will avoid the total time consuming hassle of trying to do this in Windows.