Getting new system

[Guest Jim Brown]

I am getting a new system with Windows Vista Home 64 bit. My old system is

Windows XP Home. How do I get programs and data to my new system from the

old system?

[Guest Malke]

Re: Getting new system

 

Jim Brown wrote:

> I am getting a new system with Windows Vista Home 64 bit. My old system

> is

> Windows XP Home. How do I get programs and data to my new system from the

> old system?

 

You don't get programs to it. You install programs from installation media

(CD, DVD, installable executable). As for the data, you can try Windows

Easy Transfer:

 

Windows Help - Transferring files and settings: frequently asked questions

http://tinyurl.com/6q53vn

 

Or just copy the data to USB flash drive or burn to CD/DVD.

 

Malke

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[Guest Twayne]

Re: Getting new system

 

> Jim Brown wrote:

>

>> I am getting a new system with Windows Vista Home 64 bit. My old

>> system is

>> Windows XP Home. How do I get programs and data to my new system

>> from the old system?

>

> You don't get programs to it. You install programs from installation

> media (CD, DVD, installable executable). As for the data, you can try

> Windows Easy Transfer:

>

> Windows Help - Transferring files and settings: frequently asked

> questions http://tinyurl.com/6q53vn

>

> Or just copy the data to USB flash drive or burn to CD/DVD.

>

> Malke

 

Or if you have, or plan to get, an external USB drive, they're pretty

cheap these days, just move it from machine to machine. Works wonders

and fantastic for doing backups. Up to 500 Gigs are pretty reasonable

priced nowadays. I have a 500 on this machine and a 360 Gig to service

my laptop and the DELL dual-xeon ex-server.