FerryYour files
Documents, Desktop, Pictures, Downloads — and the folders you keep on other drives. They land in a Restored folder on your new desktop, checked against the originals.
Windows 10 / 11 → Ubuntu 24.04
Switch computers. Keep everything.
Ferry backs up your files, turns the same USB drive into an Ubuntu installer, and puts it all back afterwards — your files, Wi-Fi, apps, bookmarks, even your wallpaper. No technical skills needed, and it's free.
Download for Windows
Free · about 3 MB · see the app
01 · On your Windows PC
Finding your files
0files · 38.6 GB
- Pictures6,912
- D:\Music3,149
- Documents2,104
- Desktop318
Windows' own files are left out
02 · Onto the USB drive
Encrypting onto the USB
0% · AES-256
Your password never leaves this PC
03 · Reinstall
Install Ubuntu from the same USB
Restart, choose the USB, and let the Ubuntu installer guide you. Ferry already put it there — and checked it.
04 · On Ubuntu
Done — welcome to Ubuntu
- 12,483 files are back in the Restored folder.
- Apps installed: VLC, Spotify, GIMP, Telegram.
- Wi-Fi saved: Home-5G, Studio.
- Firefox bookmarks, history and passwords.
- Your wallpaper and dark mode.
Three steps, one USB drive
Your files ride across on the same USB drive that installs Ubuntu. Nothing on your computer is touched until your backup has been checked.
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Back up
Ferry finds your own files — not Windows' — encrypts them with your password, copies them to the USB and checks every one.
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Install Ubuntu
The same USB now starts the Ubuntu installer. Restart from it and install, as the installer guides you.
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Restore
Open the USB in Ubuntu and double-click Restore with Ferry. Enter your password; your computer comes back.
Made for people, not IT departments
Two big buttons and plain words. Ferry explains each step and checks its own work before anything is erased.
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Nothing to configure
Plug in a USB drive, pick Ubuntu, set a password. Ferry works out the rest.
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Checks before it trusts
Every file is compared with its copy on the USB before Ferry calls the backup done.
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Honest when it can't
No Linux version of an app? Ferry says so — or offers a clearly labelled alternative. It never guesses.
More than files come back
The things that make a computer feel like yours — carried across in one trip.
Your apps
Ferry lists the apps you installed yourself and installs their Linux versions — one Ubuntu password prompt.
Wi-Fi
Saved networks and passwords reconnect on their own. Work and school logins just ask you to sign in again.
Browser data
Firefox bookmarks, history and passwords move across. Chrome, Edge and Brave bookmarks come back ready to import.
Your look
Your wallpaper and dark mode follow you, so the new system feels familiar from the first minute.
A cloud copy, in case the USB goes missing
Keep a second encrypted copy in Ferry's cloud — free for now, up to 50 GB, deleted after 30 days.
Encrypted on your computer
AES-256 with a password only you know — before anything is copied or uploaded.
We can't read your files
Your password never leaves your computer. Not even Ferry can open your backup.
No accounts, ads or tracking
The app works without signing up. This site sets no cookies and runs no analytics.
Download Ferry
Runs on the Windows computer you're moving away from.
- Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
- A USB drive bigger than your files plus about 7 GB for the Ubuntu installer — Ferry tells you the exact size first
- The USB drive is erased first, so use one with nothing you need on it
Download Ferry for Windows
Windows may say “Windows protected your PC” because the installer isn't signed yet. Choose More info → Run anyway. Signed releases come with the open-source launch.