-=PCTechTalk=- Re: transferring to a new computer
- From: "bookworm54 tds.net" <bookworm54@xxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:18:38 -0400
Thanks Don,
I'll be helping him set it up.
Jo Ann
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Don <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The first time your friend fires up the new hard drive he might need to
> a) format it, b) Configure software that is pre installed on it, c)
> delete all the software if he doesn't want it or d) none of the above.
>
> Once that is finished he can simply drag and drop files from his old
> computer onto it and then move the drive to his new computer and drag
> and drop them where he wants them.
>
> If he is wants to he can use a utility to do much of this and more. In
> XP to XP use Win XP's Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. In Vista to
> Vista or XP to Vista use Vista's Windows Easy Transfer. In either case
> start on the new computer.
>
> Both of these will transfer files as well as email settings, accounts,
> message folders, favorites and more. Read the Help and Support files on
> them before using either one.
>
> Don
>
> bookworm54 tds.net wrote:
> > I have a friend who has just bought a new computer. He also bought an
> > external hard drive. What is the best way to transfer things he wants to
> > save from his old machine to the new? I don't know if the new one has
> any
> > IDE connections or not. Couldn't he just hook the external to his old
> > computer and use it?
> > Jo Ann
> >
>
>
>
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