On your Windows 7 or 8 computer, just open the Start Menu or Start Screen (respectively) and type “Windows Easy Transfer,” then click on the utility application with that name. Using Windows Easy Transfer to transfer XP data to a Windows 8 PC. Choose to save it to your external hard drive, or to a cloud storage service. You’re given the option to password-protect your files, if you like, then asked where to save the file that contains all the data to be transferred. Choose “An external hard drive or USB flash drive” when asked where you want to save the data, and then wait while the application scans your system. Once you’ve downloaded the file and installed it, just run “Windows Easy Transfer Tool for Windows 7” on your Windows XP computer and walk through the steps. Using Windows Easy Transfer on a Windows XP machine. It’s included in Windows 8 and 7, but you’ll have to download it for the Windows XP computer. This application basically does what we described in the previous section-transferring the contents of the Users folder-for you, and also transfers over your user accounts and settings, unlike the previous options.
Windows 7 and 8 come with a built-in tool for transferring user data from one Windows PC to another, called the Windows Easy Transfer tool. Then, on your new Windows computer, move the files to the appropriate folders in C:/Users, which contains the My Documents and Desktop folders in Windows Vista, 7 and 8. You’ll also find the Desktop folder, which contains all the files you’ve dropped onto your computer’s desktop.Ĭopy over all the contents of C:/Documents and Settings to your external media. Here, you’ll find each user’s My Documents folder, which is the default location where Microsoft Office and most other software applications store documents. If you’ve been allowing your software to save files in the default location, then all of your important documents and files should be located in C:/Documents and Settings on your Windows XP computer. The other issue is that you’ll have to manually select the files to transfer. Windows XP’s Documents and Settings folder. Not only will it help with the data transfer, but you’ll be able to use it to back up your important files in the future. You can get a reliable, brand name 500GB external hard drive for $70 on Amazon or Newegg. If the only external storage you have is a 512MB flash drive you got at a Circuit City in 2007, it’s not going to be practical for transferring large amounts of data.įortunately, external storage has gotten quite cheap. The first is that you’ll actually need enough physical storage to make the transfer.
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