Transferring Files On Vista
First open and run Windows Easy Transfer on your computer running Windows Vista. Then open and run Windows Easy Transfer on your computer running Windows 7. You can open the Windows 7 version of Windows Easy Transfer by clicking the Start button. In the search box, type “Easy Transfer” and then click Windows Easy Transfer.
WyreNut, you say, '- use a USB thumb drive. Copy the files to it, then insert the drive into the new computer.' I tried that, and found it impossible. The thumb drive retained the path of my file on the old computer, and HP/Windows 10 gave a message. 'Can't find this file at the location listed.' Ominously, MS site says with Windows 10 you can't transfer files, unless you download something called LapLink.
Do you know if LapLink is a better bet for transferring files than using a Cloud? Can you help further? Thanks very much, Another 73 year old woman. Don't count us grannies out yet. Hello Hlee43078, Wyrenuts suggestion to the other person for using a USB Thumb drive is the easiest/quickest method to transfer your data files. Provided you are only copying stuff like Documents, Photos, Videos, Music. How any files are we talking about copying over?
Up to a few gigs or hundreds of gigs? If you have hundreds of gigs of files to copy, you would want to get an external hard drive to put those on.
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Externals are cheaper per gig and you would now have a nice backup of your stuff. You cannot 'copy' actual ' installed programs' over to the newer PC. That would be what Laplink is for and that doesnt always work either, especially considering your going from Vista to Windows 10. Your error with ' The thumb drive retained the path of my file on the old computer, and HP/Windows 10 gave a message 'Can't find this file at the location listed' indicates you copied shortcuts to the files rather than the actual files. Try this.Select the actual data files or folders and use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl/C ( press the Ctrl key and hold, then also press the C key ) to copy. On the thumb drive, hit Ctrl/V to paste.
How do I transfer my files from Vista to Windows 10? I have easysuite but it does not seem to work. Is there a download for this? How do I transfer my files from my old Lenova desktop with Vista to my new HP Desktop with Windows 10. I was told that Windows 10 is more difficult - 5417326.
I want to transfer files from my old pentium 3, windows 98 computer to my new pentium dual-core, vista computer. The problem i am having is that my old computer won't recognize the disk drive that is installed on it so i can transfer files to disk and then insert that disk into my new computer to transfer the files. Is there a way i can connect my old hard drive or my old floppy drive to my new computer so I can transfer those files? I was able to transfer the files onto floppy disc but my new computer does not have a floppy drive.
Hello Marty, Let me restate the scenario you described, in case of misunderstanding. You have a Windows 98-based PC with some important data in HDD, this PC can’t support additional hard disk. You want to install a floppy drive or the old HDD into the new machine, in order to copy the data to your new PC. If I get anything wrong, please let me know.
This is actually not a Windows Vista issue, and we are not the best support resources. However, I still list some suggestions and hope they can help: 1. If the data is not very large in size and both of the computers can visit Internet, I highly recommend you to transfer the data via E-mail. If both of your computers have USB ports, you may transfer the data via flash disk or other USB storages. Note: The flash disk or USB storages must support both Windows 98 and Windows Vista. If none of methods above is available, there are also some suggestions for internal drive migration: 1. Regularly, Windows Vista can support an extra hard drive or floppy drive, but if you connect Windows 98-based HDD with Windows Vista-based PC, Windows 98 may collapse.
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Therefore, installing a floppy drive is more preferred than HDD migration. Note: Not all hard drives or floppy drives are compatible to Windows Vista. If both of them are incompatible, the following steps may fail. Please backup all your important data before removing HDD or Floppy drive from old computer. For instruction to install a floppy drive, you may refer to the following website: 4. For instruction to install an additional hard drive, you may refer to the following website: Important Note: This response contains a reference to a third party World Wide Web site.
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