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A freind bought a new E machine and wants me to transfer the data from his old computer to the new emachine. He has windows XP and the new machine I am sure it is Vista, What is the best way to and easiest way to do that. IE[programs and email and Files ECT]
Probably the easiest is to remove the hdd from the old computer and use something like these.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...der%20Changers
Vista has a windows file transfer,migrate program. Is this good enuf is should I use another program
Copy / paste works for data, but they will need to reinstall all programs. Can not transfer them.
I recently used the Windows file/transfer wizard and it worked fine for email settings (outlook express) Browser favorites, and general computer prefs. Programs need to be reinstalled.
I burned the data file to a CD to complete the transfer.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928634