new computer transfer mclemore1 12.07.2007 21:44:02 Is there a fast and easy way to transfer all the files, user accounts, documents, everything from one computer running win xp pro to a newly setup computer running xp pro without loosing anything. also can I move programs too such as office xp?

RE: new computer transfer Patti MacLeod 12.07.2007 21:54:02 Hi mclemore1, You would have to install any programs that you wanted on the new XP computer, but you can use File and Settings Transfer Wizard to migrate files and settings from the one computer to the newly set up computer: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457074.aspx Regards, -- Patti MacLeod Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User "mclemore1" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Is there a fast and easy way to transfer all the files, user accounts, > documents, everything from one computer running win xp pro to a newly setup > computer running xp pro without loosing anything. also can I move programs > too such as office xp?

Re: new computer transfer "Ken Blake" <kblake[ at ]this.is.an.invalid.domain> 12.07.2007 22:26:59 "mclemore1" <mclemore1[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:60624386-179C-4C73-AEA6-EFB2F8295537[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Is there a fast and easy way to transfer all the files, user accounts, > documents, everything from one computer running win xp pro to a newly > setup > computer running xp pro without loosing anything. also can I move > programs > too such as office xp? You can easily transfer all user data, etc., but you can not transfer programs. That's because all applications (except for a very occasional trivial one) have many entries and pointers to them within Windows--in the registry and elsewhere. The programs without Windows--without those entries and pointers--are worthless. So if you have a new installation of Windows, you also have to reinstall all your programs. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup

Re: new computer transfer "peter" <peter[ at ]nowhere.net> 13.07.2007 01:56:19 Have you thought about taking the whole HD and installing into the new computer......moving the new comps HD to a secondary location (slave). And then doing a repair installation of XP pro to correct the drivers needed for the new system........... Of course this would only work if you had a retail copy of XP.........not a "recovery" copy that came with thesystem. peter "mclemore1" <mclemore1[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:60624386-179C-4C73-AEA6-EFB2F8295537[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Is there a fast and easy way to transfer all the files, user accounts, > documents, everything from one computer running win xp pro to a newly > setup > computer running xp pro without loosing anything. also can I move > programs > too such as office xp? >

Re: new computer transfer Ron Martell <ron.martell[ at ]gmail.com> 13.07.2007 19:54:22 mclemore1 <mclemore1[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Is there a fast and easy way to transfer all the files, user accounts, >documents, everything from one computer running win xp pro to a newly setup >computer running xp pro without loosing anything. also can I move programs >too such as office xp? See the article on using the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard by MVP Gary Woodruff: http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito."