data migration

After installing Win 7 on this computer I decided to use the Easy Transfer system (using migwiz file) to copy documents and settings across from another computer that uses Vista. The transfer occurred OK and then required a restart on finishing. From that point onwards there was no way I...

I just spent 18 and a half hours running Vista Easy Transfer on my old XP computer. I sent the files to an external hard drive. There were files on Drive C: & Drive D:, with the majority of them being on D:. When I tried to transfer them to the new Vista computer, it brought me to a window...

Hi all, My first post. I have not been able to find a previous thread about this, there may be a reason for that, but here goes. I currently have XP installed, but want to finally install my Vista Home Preimum upgrade that I got a little over a year ago. I don't want to loose the XP in case...

Hi I was having a Lenovo X61 laptop installed with Windows Vista Business. I did a backup using Control Panel > Backup Centre to a USB hard disk. After the Backup I saw it was backed up as *.wbcat (Global Catalog) files and numerous zip files. Now I am trying to restore it to a new X61...

Hello, I'm new here, this is my first post. I have a problem. I just installed Vista ( no SP1, I will do that later... ) and I need to move all my user folders to other partition. I googled but there is no tutorial that can help. When I go to Start I see my username ( In this case Cozmika )...

I am moving data from an old XP computer to a new Vista OS computer. When I try to find the folder for appdata on the Vista computer, supposedly in my user folder, I cannot find it. Is it somehow hidden, and if so, how do I view this folder? Norman

I'm hoping someone can help. We have a relatively new computer with Vista. Old computer had XP. Additionally, we utilize Maxtor Personal Storage 3100 for an external drive. We figured this would be an easy way to transfer data files from old to new. Unfortunately, that hasn't been the case - at...

i just bought a new computer loaded with vista, i need to swap all my music and video files from my xp machine to the new vista os. i cant really afford, nor do i need/want to setup a permanent network between the two. anybody have any suggestions?