Windows 11 How do I migrate a Windows 10 user profile to another new Windows 11 PC?

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I've got an old Windows 10 Pro PC. Most of my data is stored on an external hard drive that's formatted NTFS (and I think they are protected - owner: full control only).I'm building a new Windows 11 PC and going to install Windows 11 Pro.Is there a way to migrate my local profile/account to the new PC without losing 'security privileges', AKA access to 'owned' files on the external drive? Sorry, been a LONG time since I needed and used the correct nomenclature for userID and file permissions, etc.Everything I've found seems to just copy data and 'settings'... but does NOT specify 'security pri

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