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    Windows 7 Moving files from Mac backup drive to my windows 7 pc

    Hi, I need super support here. My Mac crashed last month and I was happy to report that I had the critical files backed up on an external drive. I gave up on the Mac world and bought a PC with Windows 7 (which I Love). The problem has been getting my data off of the old backup drive. First...
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    Windows 7 Moving a hard drive from XP to 7

    I hope someone can help. There doesn't seem to be much information "out there". I have an XP machine (or did - it died hence the move to 7). In addition to the C system drive I had an F and a G drive, both had file systems and a ton of valuable files. ALL of Microsoft's "helpful" data...
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    Windows 7 Transferring files from WinME to Windows 7

    My wife saved her Latin lessons with WinME word pad in *.wps format. Have tried to copy them from "My Documents" via flash drive and CD but her new computer with OS Win7 does not recognize them. We want to donate the old computer but need to get those files transferred. Would appreciate...
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    Windows 7 How to move Imported Folder in Windows live Mail over to Inbox

    I have imported my Outlook Express email messages Folders into new laptop and I have imported those Message Folders into Windows LiveMail. All good. But all my Message folders are sitting in Windows live Mail in a seperate folder called Imported Folder/Local Folder at the bottom. How do I move...
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    Windows 7 Outlook Express files in Live Mail unable to see in Live Mail

    Hi All I have imported my Outlook Express files into Live Mail (from an XP machine to a laptop running windows 7) using the import function in Live Mail. When I look in the Storage Folders there are no files to view. In the Quick Views I am able to read and see unread emails from Outlook...
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    Windows 7 Change USER and Programs file location

    I performed a successful clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I installed the OS to a 100gb volume with the intention of using that only for the OS. I, without thinking, allowed the setup to name that drive C. Further, without noticing I allowed the Programs folder and the...
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    Windows 7 Transfer Cables

    Running W-7 X64 Enterprise, which to Transfer Files from my XP PC . Can I just use USB cable or do I need special Transfer Cables?
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    Windows 7 Easy Transfer Win7 32 to Win7 64? Will it work?

    I did easy transfer (backing-up) on my 32bit Windows 7 onto an external HD. I would like to wipe it out and install the 64 bit Windows 7 which my Quad core is capable of and easy transfering my files etc. back. Is this possible? Thanks
  9. Windows 7 Strange user profile issue, I'm stumped.

    Hey all, I've been looking around the forums for a while for a similar thread and couldn't find one so i thought i'd just post it. So. I am currently playing a game (ArmA 2) that has real issues with allowing a profile change. When you first install the game it just grabs the Users...
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    Windows 7 Really need clarification! Need the nuts-bolts low-down on creating new user accounts in diff situat

    I am/have tried to create a new user account, specifically to take the place of a suspected corrupt user account (per MS Moderator posts re Excel not responding repeatedly when copying). I have looked around the web, MS support sites, and read posts all over a couple of forums and am trying to...
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    Windows 7 Can't transfer emails from Vista to Windows 7 using Microsoft Outlook 2007 sp2

    I hope I've used the correct forum to address my issue. Please advise if not a correct forum. I had Vista, Ultimate and used Outlook 2007, SP2. I saved my emails in second hard disk by File > Import/Export in Outlook email programe before clean installing Windows 7. After installing W 7...
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    Windows 7 How can I import my existing XP into the VM? (7 Ultimate/XP Pro dual boot)

    I have XP Pro installed on my primary IDE drive (C:) I installed a SATA drive and installed 7 Ultimate to it as a dual boot system. XP sees the drive as E:. When booted in 7 it sees the drive as C: and the XP drive as D: I have downloaded, installed and configured the XP VM plus the patches. The...
  13. Windows 7 Replace Disk 1 with Disk 0 in Computer Management

    Its a bit complicated to state my situation, anyways, I have 2 HDD, and the PC won't boot if I removed the old HDD even though I've formatted the old HDD and win7 is on the new HDD. I have 2 physical HDD in PC (1) 80GB old hdd and noisy. (not SATA) (2) 500GB SATA hdd and sexy. My...
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    Windows 7 Transferring adware to new computer

    I have a new Dell Inspirion 540 computer (running Windows 7) that is now infected with Adware-Isearch. When I transferred the files from my old computer which runs Windows XP using a Belkins Easy Transfer cable, the adware was transferred over. When I run McAffee antivirus, the Adware-Isearch...
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    Windows 7 Documents and Temp on D:

    My Windows is on SSD, and I've heard it's better if you put the regularly changing folders to a HDD, cause SSD cells can only be rewritten 10000 times. How can I move Users and Temp folders to D: while they remain usable?
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    Windows 7 Problems moving files/data to new medium.

    I have Windows 7 Pro on a pc and use ShadowProtect Desktop for imaging and backup. My original image of the OS will fit on a USB Flash Drive/Thumb Drive. For some reason I'm unable to transfer, send or copy and past the image to the Flash Drive or a blank CD. I haven't tried a blank hard drive...
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    Windows 7 Please Help - Microsoft Outlook 2007 Question....

    My old computer is about to die, so I decided to get a new laptop that came installed with Windows 7. When I installed Office 2007 everything went fine & I went to transfer over my Outlook.pst file from the old computer to the new one & I can not find a .pst file anywhere on Windows 7. Is...
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    Windows 7 Transferring Files from Windows 7 comp to Windows XP comp

    Would it be at all possible for me to transfer files from a Windows 7 computer to a Windows XP computer with the XP Computer being the destination? If it is possible can I do it with a Cat5 Cable or does it have to be done in a different way? How do you do it?
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    Windows 7 rECOVER FILES after windows 7 fresh install

    I am having a problem accessing files. I was running vista til my had to do a fresh install of windows 7. I had been backing up with nt backup and still have those files. They were under an administrator account. When I attempt to restore them I see the files transfered but am unable to see them...
  20. Windows 7 How to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7

    Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 - Help & How-to - Microsoft Windows Please note that it is highly recommended to do a clean installation, not an upgrade ! Introduction To upgrade your PC from Windows XP to Windows 7, you'll need to select the Custom option...