data transfer

Hello everyone, this is my first post in this forum and I hope I can get some help from you guys. So I will try to explain my problem as simple as possible. My Dell laptop originally came with Windows 8. While trying to install Ubuntu alongside I don't know what happened and Windows 8 was fully...

I'm building a new rig and planning to install Windows 8.1 on an SSD as the boot drive. I'd like to move over my HDD with Windows 7 boot from my old machine to the new PC to use as a storage drive. Do I have to format the HDD in my old machine first or can I just install it to my new rig as is...

Anybody help me for conversion of Mac Outlook 2013 to Windows 2013, now i am using MS windows 8.1... Please Help me...! Piyush Ghosh

When your copying a data CD or folder or whatever, when your copying anything windows should check to see if the file names are going to be too long BEFORE it copies or movies, to stop things from being so difficult. Personally, I backup large amounts of data sorted into many folders and...

So I want to move my User folder called james_000 from my Windows (C) drive into my Local Disk (D) drive. Is there any easy and fast way to do this? I'm running out of space in my Windows (C) drive and this one folder holds 60 gigabits of data. Thanks for your help in advance!

Hi, I have Win 7 Pro. This has never happened to me before. I have an external USB drive of backups from an XP SP3 box. I want to copy them over to an external USB on my Win 7 box. I open 2 explorers. one in each box and 'copy'. It shows as Preparing to Copy and Calculating but then...

Hi, I accidentally deleted a corrupt user account in windows 7 before creating a new user account. I chose not to delete the files, thankfully. The files are there in the c: drive under the deleted user. My question is this; how can I bring those files over to my new user account? Any help...

I am trying to move a user in a domain to a new PC. Both PC's are Windows 7 Pro. I tried Easy Transfer and the transfer was successful. However when I log on, I do not have the users desktop icons, background, or shortcuts. I am a bit confused because on the old PC the users profile shows as...

ive been wondering since i have a desktop and a laptop too and when i install a file or a game and make saves in said game i want those saves on my laptop so like is there a way to synchronize folders or something like that i would love to know if there is

Hi, I started to transfer a file in Windows 8.1 pro but it will only use up to 22% watching the disk in task manager. I tested it in crystal mark and HD tune and they both give the hard drive 150 MB's Read /write. This is EXTREMEMLY annoying for network transfers as well since I can get 250 MB's...

How do I set my computer with windows 7 back to factory settings? Also, the thing is my friend that gave it to me has about 450 gb worth of data on it that he wants to save. What is the best way to save his data so I can set the computer and windows 7 software back to factory settings? I thought...

Hi all, I have not been a member if this forum long, but have been helped by what I have learnt from here. I won't go into to much detail, but recently on startup I got nothing but a black screen and could not even start in safe mode. I have tried many things and the best I can now do is start...

Is there a diffrence between uploading information on Skydrive and just sending an email attachment to someone directly?

Hi there, I have a very strange problem. I downladed a very large file (cointained mostly .PDF) files. Download fine it was zipped. I unzipped it using winzip and it extracted fine. When I went to the directory to view the files it said the folder was empty. I right clicked on it and to...

Hey all, I'm new here I am using Compaq CQ Series notebook. I just copy some data from CD/DVD room a couple days ago, and next day when i start up my computer, there is eternal loading bar windows screen. I have try some effort to fix this : 1. I select "Last Known Good Configuration", and still...

Is the any possible way available to import the emails files from outlook into apple mail in mac book air. I got a new mac book pro and apple mail is the mail client I want to continue with. But I want to keep all my previous mail files that are stored in outlook 2010 in windows. How can I...

I am building 2 computers exactly the same. I have purchased 2 copies of Windows 7 pro I have installed one copy Windows 7 Pro and all of my programs and data files on the first computer and activated it. After I get the second computer built I would like to avoid re-installing everything on...

Hi I don't know why it does this all the time, I used to be able to drag things from folder to folder with no problems, In Windows 8 I constantly have the folders in Windows Explorer move to a new position just as I release the mouse button to place the files in the new location. The files...

Need urgent help to move my all emails of Windows live Mail to Outlook

Help. I'll be upfront and honest and confess that I'm Apple knowledgeable but not PC. That said, I'm looking to buy and upgrade our computer system at a non-profit organization here in our town (food pantry/thrift store). We currently have a Dell computer with Windows XP that must be at least...