data migration

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?

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...

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...

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?

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...

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...

hey guys, i installed a valid copy of windows 7 on my PC.. but in a different partition. before i isntalled, i shrunk the volume of Vista C:\ and it only allowed me to have 54 GB unallocated space- there was at least 190GB of space that was unused in the hard drive, buit when i pressed hrink, it...

I am trying to transfer files etc from my W7 64bit computer to my W7 32bit laptop using the Belken Easy transfer cable for W7. And Windows Easy Transfer. I get the message W7 64 bit can't be transfered to W7 32 bit. Any help would be apreciated. :(

I've got Vista 64bit Ultimate currently installed on EIDE 400 gb HDD. I bought the W7 Professional edition, because I won't use the features of W7 Ultimate. Therefore a custom install is indicated by MSFT. Bought a 1TB WD SATA drive I disconnected the EIDE drive from computer and did a clean...

I exported the data to .pst file on the windows XP and tried to read the file on the same outlook version on the windows 7 it behave as if it reads but nothing is imported into the new outlook.

I had installed windows 7 on a partitioned drive as windows xp. Now I'm liking 7 but the problem I'm facing is that I want to transfer some files from XP to 7. Now I figured how to gain access to the files/folders on xp but i can't copy them over to 7. Every time I try I get a message that I...

Hi all, I hope some clever bod out there can help - I don't know what I'm doing so consequently am not getting too far. I have a PC with a hard disk that has 3 partitions - Windows 7, WinXP and documents. Each partition was getting a little full so I want to upgrade it. I bought a 1Tb...

I've tried about five times to install 7, and it resets in the final step every time around 62/63% and then reverts back to vista. I've looked into the 62% bug, but I dont see anything in the log to indicate this. I have deleted all the programs it recommends, minus symantec endpoint protection...

Overview Agood solution for XP users. This software installs Windows Easy Transfer on a computer running the 32-bit version of Windows XP so you can copy your files, photos, music, e-mail, settings, and more to a computer running Windows 7. If your computer is running another version of...

Hello all, I am new to the forum and searched for an answer to this question but couldn't find a definitive answer so here it is: I have Vista32 on my C: drive and Win764 on my K: drive which was partitioned for Win7. When booted to Win7, I believe Win7 is on C: and Vista is on D...

OK, I now have a new laptop running Vista Ultimate 32, and an extra (as per tblount) HDD. My W7 Upgrade is "In The Mail". I want to end up with W7 Ultimate 64 with 2 partitions. Hardware specs are 3.06GHz Duo 2 T9900 processor, 8GB memory & 320GB HDD. There are no apps on the Vista system except...

I know Windows Mail will not be available in Win 7 and Win Live is there for me to use, however, I'm planning on doing a clean install anyway, and probably moving to OpenOffice mail, if not that, I'll use Win Live. Can anyone tell me what I need to backup or export so I can successfully...

I am running Vista Home Premium 64 Bit and Windows 7 64 Bit. I am duls booting. I went to import Bookmarks(Favorites into Win 7 from Vista. When I browse for the file and find my Vista Favorites while in Win 7.I click on it and get file has to be htm. Favorites in Vista are just Favorites no...

I'm an IT Consultant who manages networks for small businesses. I just ordered a new laptop with Windows 7 Professional to replace my XP machine. The XP laptop works fine but I want to be familiar with Windows 7 when my customers want to upgrade. I use Microsoft Fax on my laptop for sending...

I recently installed Windows 7, I copied my GC bookmarks and such onto the windows 7 side, but where do I put them. It may be in users, local settings, like on XP, but there is nothing like that in my user folder. Maybe it's hidden?