data transfer

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...

I am trying to transfer emails from mac mail to microsoft thunderbird in windows pc. Its not the first time I am trying to import emails from mac mail to thunderbird. Earlier it was a smooth transfer but this time the import is not functiong the way it did. I have few thousand emails that I need...

I need to transfer all my emails from entourge 2008 that runs in mac book pro over to windows outlook 2010. I have a huge collection of important mails that I can't afford to loose at any cost, arranged in many folders. So how can this migration of entourage 2008 to outlook 2010 be done without...

Need a solution for migrating all the data of Mac entourage 2008 over to Windows outlook 2010. I need a solution that is easy as I have loose hand in technical stuff as I have tried many step following procedures but the results were of no use. Please suggest some really good solution that is...

I'm considering the idea of connecting both my W7 desktop and XP ThinkCentre simutaneously to my docking station, so I don't have to carry it back and forth. That way I could transmit data computer to computer more easily, with the data just pausing at the docked drive until I got to it. The...

This is an item I have heard about in passing many times, but never paid much attention to, because at the time, I didn't see why I would want one. However the notion struck me that it would be a convenient means of transferring data via a hard drive from one computer to another, so I quickly...

I just used the folder sync function of TI to move a few hundred video files from one drive to another, it worked as expected except that when checking the target drive after completion, it was highly fragmented, and it looks as though it is going to take many hours for defragging. I only used...

My wife's laptop broke. Sony Vaio running windows Vista. I took out the hard drives. (It has 2 of them) I plugged my SATA/IDE to USB adapter to one of the drives and I got a message saying I must format the drive before I can use it.im running a toshiba laptop with windows 7 64 bit. I plug it...

The prices have come down to the point that I'm thinking of buying another 3TB hard drive for video archiving. I was thinking of the regular 5400 RPM green label drive, which is what I already have several of, but looking at the description of the WD30EURS, something caught my eye...Silkstream...

"In this video, I will show you how to make your laptop USB3 compatible, even if your laptop did not come with USB3 ports. The key to making this change is simply to use an express card in order to benefit from the new speed of USB3. The throughput and bandwidth capabilities of USB3 far exceed...

I am thinking about upgrading to new solid state hard drive and would like to migrate my operating system to the new drive without going through all of the hassle of re-installing all of my operating system and data. Can anyone help with this? Walter