AlanHo Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 A friend has just ordered a new Dell Win XP desktop computer to replace his 7 year old Win98 machine.He has asked me to help set it up when it arrives. What is the easiest way of transfering his document files from one machine to the other (not programmes - he has the njecessary installation CD's). I do not wish to physically move the old hard drive into the new computer in the hope that there might be a USB1 to USB2 method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Have a look at this article; it may be a starthttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/s...november12.mspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Files & Settings Transfer Wizard is the thing to use for this. Look in Help & Support on the new XP for details of how to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted August 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 The new computer is very basic - with no serial or parallel ports - just 6 USB ports and a network socket. The wizard calls for a laplink cable connected via serial ports and makes no mention of USB.I could loan him my external hard drive to transfer files - but it is my emergency back-up drive and I don't want to be without it for even a short while. Hence my hope that another method using USB might be available. I wondered whether a USB Flash Drive would do the trick - I have never used one and don't know whether this is practical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Very good idea about USB Flash drive. You'd have to find out how large the files are to transfer to determine what size you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Are they too big for a CD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted August 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 The old computer lacks a CD writer - it is so old when you fire it up the clock in the task bar has roman numerals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4may Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 The USB Flash drive seems like the best option, and you do not need to copy all the documents in one go, just copy them in batches if there are lots of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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