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Since: Sep 14, 2006
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:44 am
Post subject: Transferring data
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I'm getting a new computer. Can I transfer to the new computer
a lot of the data which I have saved, e.g., Favorites, files, other
programs, etc.,
and if so, how can I do this? Your comments are welcomed.
Dora
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:56 pm
Post subject: Re: Transferring data [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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If you look at the help for "Files and Setting Transfer Wizard" I think that
is what you want to use. It allows you to burn a cd with all the thing you
mentioned. Run it on the old PC and then again on the New. Check the help
anyway. It also works on other versions of Windows if the old PC is not
Windows XP.
You will find the program at Start->All Programs->Accessories->System
Tools->Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
Or if somebody has messed with your system just look in
%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\usmt\migwiz.exe
%SYSTEMROOT% is probably C:\WINDOWS in most cases, or just do a seach for
migwiz.exe.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:56 pm
Post subject: Re: Transferring data [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Many thanks! I'm going to make that CD right after lunch.
Dora
"Chris" <nobody.TakeThisOut@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:OGLquZB2GHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> If you look at the help for "Files and Setting Transfer Wizard" I think
> that is what you want to use. It allows you to burn a cd with all the
> thing you mentioned. Run it on the old PC and then again on the New. Check
> the help anyway. It also works on other versions of Windows if the old PC
> is not Windows XP.
>
> You will find the program at Start->All Programs->Accessories->System
> Tools->Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
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> Or if somebody has messed with your system just look in
> %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\usmt\migwiz.exe
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> %SYSTEMROOT% is probably C:\WINDOWS in most cases, or just do a seach for
> migwiz.exe.
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> Hope this helps
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:56 pm
Post subject: Re: Transferring data [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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It will not transfer programs. You will need to reinstall them - such as
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:56 pm
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limey wrote:
> Many thanks! I'm going to make that CD right after lunch.
Before you do it, be aware that the answer isn't entirely correct. Yes, you
can transfer data files that way, but programs can't be transferred--neither
that way, nor any other way. Because installed programs have many pointers
to them, in the registry and elsewhere, you can generally not do this
(except for a very occasional tiny self-contained program). You will have to
reinstall the programs on the new computer from their original media.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> "Chris" <nobody.TakeThisOut@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:OGLquZB2GHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> If you look at the help for "Files and Setting Transfer Wizard" I
>> think that is what you want to use. It allows you to burn a cd with
>> all the thing you mentioned. Run it on the old PC and then again on
>> the New. Check the help anyway. It also works on other versions of
>> Windows if the old PC is not Windows XP.
>>
>> You will find the program at Start->All Programs->Accessories->System
>> Tools->Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
>>
>> Or if somebody has messed with your system just look in
>> %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\usmt\migwiz.exe
>>
>> %SYSTEMROOT% is probably C:\WINDOWS in most cases, or just do a
>> seach for migwiz.exe.
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>> Hope this helps |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:25 pm
Post subject: Re: Transferring data [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"limey" <limey113.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I'm getting a new computer. Can I transfer to the new computer
>a lot of the data which I have saved, e.g., Favorites, files, other
>programs, etc.,
>and if so, how can I do this? Your comments are welcomed.
>
>Dora
Use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. See the article by MVP
Gary Woodruff at http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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