What am I doing wrong? I've got all my files from my windows vista laptop backed up on an external HDD. My laptop then crashed, so I reinstalled windows and it's working fine, but now I'm trying to get my files back onto my laptop, and certain folders simply do not copy. No warning or error message is shown, it just doesn't copy. Click here to cancel reply. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Subscribe without commenting E-Mail:. Want to have your AD seen here?
The following kinds of programs cannot be transfered: Programs that do not use an installation program. For example, WETC does not detect some plug-in programs. Therefore, these plug-in programs do not appear in the program selection list. Antivirus programs and operating system monitoring programs.
These kinds of programs appear under Will Not Transfer in the program selection list. Programs that are already installed on the destination computer. These programs appear under Will Not Transfer in the program selection list. Operating system components. What Next? Leave a comment Subscribe to Watching The Net.
Schuh Your best method for transferring, is to copy the document s to a CD or USB drive or if you are on a Network just map a drive to the other Computer. ICEMAN MS had a beta version for a program that could transfer installed programs but they are no longer making it available any more I have re-edited the article above.
In our case, we are starting with the old computer, so click on This is my old computer. You will need to use this key on the new computer.
Now go to your new Windows machine and start the Windows Easy Transfer wizard. You can open it in Windows 8 by going to the Start screen and then right-clicking anywhere until you see All apps at the bottom right. Find the migwiz folder and copy it to a USB flash drive or to the cloud, etc.
However you do it, just copy that entire folder to your Windows 10 PC and then double-click on migwiz. Now follow the same steps as above: click Next on the welcome screen, choose a network for how you want to transfer, and then choose This is my new PC. Click Next. Click Next again. Now go ahead and type in the key that you got from your old computer and click Next. The program will download any updates to the Easy Transfer program first:.
Once it has done that, it will scan the user accounts on the old computer which takes a few minutes and tell you exactly how many MBs worth of data will be transferred:. If you click on the Advanced link here, you will get an Explorer dialog where you can check and uncheck specific folders under each of the main folders.
If you click on Advanced Options, you can change how the mapping of the user accounts will occur. If the names of the accounts on both computers are the same, it will automatically link them, but you can change it here:. Click on Transfer and your files and settings will be transferred over!
The most important thing here is the App Settings, which is really useful if you installed some heavy-duty programs on your computer like MS Office, customized them, and now have to reinstall them on Windows So here is one solution,If you are running Windows XP want to make the switch to Windows Vista with your settings of personal files and other things Windows Easy Transfer Tool is just the right tool for you.
This software comes integrated with Windows Vista which allows you to transfer settings in between vista to vista machines, also FolderShare — a free software utility from Microsoft that can synchronize the contents of folders on different computers over the internet.
The steps are very simple to follow. You need to select which files, folder and settings you want to transfer. The security feature is integrated with Easy Transfer Tool. You can suggest a password to protect the files. However , You do need a genuine Windows XP to download the software.
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