It sounds like you don't have the necessary resources to be running Bitcoin Core.
You should look into either using a hybrid wallet such as blockchain.info or installing a lightweight wallet such as MultiBit or Electrum.
You can import your wallet.dat file into a new blockchain.info wallet to be able to immediately send the bitcoins to whatever wallet you choose.
That's exactly my problem.
My last wallet.dat backup is from 4 months ago.
It might be a silly newbee question, but I rly just don't know. Any link to a YT vid demo or something?
https://blockchain.info/wallet/import-wallet