Getting files from USB My Passport Ultra onto new computer

I was using my My Passport Ultra USB on my older computer that crashed (Vista). Now I have a new computer (8.1) and I need to connect it and get all my music files onto my new computer without losing anything. How do I do it?Thanks for any help

Hi.
Welcome to the WD Community.
Depending on how you put the files on the drive, there are different ways to copy the information to the new system.
If you used the WD Smartware backup software to backup your files, you will need to use the same software to restore the files to the new computer.
If it was with the WD Smartware, please see the page 49 of the user manual for detailed information on how to retrieve your files.
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/UM/ENG/4779-705057.pdf

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