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Ron Victoria
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Posted 30 Jul 2010 7:06 am |
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I will be getting a new desktop soon. Should I use a zip drive to copy the files over or would it be easier to install the old HD and use it as slave? How about the fav's? I have someone more knowledgeable than myself to help.
thanks, Ron
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 30 Jul 2010 7:32 am Re: copying files to new pc
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| Ron Victoria wrote: |
I will be getting a new desktop soon. Should I use a zip drive to copy the files over or would it be easier to install the old HD and use it as slave? How about the fav's? I have someone more knowledgeable than myself to help.
thanks, Ron |
What is your current OS and what will be the new OS?
If the files you want to copy are just audio-visual, or documents you created with an application that will be installed on the new PC, copy them to a thumbdrive and drag/drop them into a folder of your choice on the new PC.
You may be able to use the old hard drive as a slave, depending on the motherboard sockets on the new PC. If your old drive is a P-IDE drive and the new motherboard only has SATA sockets, you are out of luck.
If you wish to transfer not just documents and files, but also settings and email, you'll need to export them to a file using the file transfer wizard supplied with the new computer. It will have you install an executable on the old PC and run it. Save the compressed file to a USB drive. Carry that drive to the new PC and run the transfer wizard to import the saved settings. After you reboot, your "My Documents," IE Favorites and email settings will be restored.
However, there is no email client supplied with Windows 7, so restoring saved Outlook Express email will not do anything for you. There is no such program anymore. You will need to install Windows Live Mail (WLM), then import your Outlook Express mail from the old hard drive, if it was setup as a slave. If you don/can't slave the old hard drive, export (File > Export > Accounts, then Email) your existing Outlook Express accounts and email to a file and save it to a USB stick. Plug that stick into the new PC. Open WLM and go to File > Import. Locate the USB drive and import your accounts and email messages.
You may or may not lose custom folders created in Outlook Express. You will need to type your passwords for any transferred email accounts, and possibly the POP and SMTP port settings, if non-standard.
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 30 Jul 2010 7:53 am
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I should also mention, that you must reinstall all of your desired programs onto the new PC. If they require licenses, you'll need to copy the saved license keys to a file, carry that file to the new PC, then copy and paste in the license keys for each commercial program.
If you have a lot of programs and associated files to move, this will be extremely tedious and possibly costly (if you don't have copies of the license keys on file). You may wish to purchase a copy of PCMover to do this for you. If you are moving programs from XP to Win 7, you will need the (less expensive) Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant instead of the standard PCMover. It is described in the lower half of the web page.
All program licenses will be transferred to the new PC, as well as all files you have saved or created. If some of those programs will not run under the new operating system, try changing their icon properties to launch them in XP Compatibility Mode. Do this by right-clicking on a desktop or Start Menu shortcut or icon and choosing Properties. Click on the Compatibility tab and you'll find a checkbox with options for running in various Compatibility Modes.
Note, that if you opt for the PCMover solution, you are purchasing a license to move your programs just once. Doing so again requires another license.
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Gary Shepherd
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Posted 31 Jul 2010 1:35 pm
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If it were me, I'd install the old hard drive in the new machine. HD to HD file moves are a lot faster that copying to external drives (twice).
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 31 Jul 2010 1:38 pm
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| Gary Shepherd wrote: |
| If it were me, I'd install the old hard drive in the new machine. HD to HD file moves are a lot faster that copying to external drives (twice). |
If you do connect the old drive as a slave, make sure you have an anti virus/malware program installed and running, just in case there is an Autorun threat of the old drive.
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Gary Shepherd
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Posted 31 Jul 2010 1:59 pm
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Furthermore, after copying the files, I'd probably reformat the old drive and make it a backups drive.
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Ron Victoria
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New Jersey, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2010 3:07 pm
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| I use Mozilla Thunderbird for email. I exported all the Outlook files. This new pc is so fast it scares me!!! My old one was over 5 years old. I bought aHP Pavilion. I have to move the rest of my files this week. Where can I remove a saved password in Mozilla?ron |
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Mitch Drumm
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Posted 8 Aug 2010 5:26 pm
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| Where can I remove a saved password in Mozilla?ron |
What exactly do you mean by that and what exactly are you trying to do?
I don't understand why you would need to "remove a saved password in Mozilla".
I guess you used Outlook on the old PC and want to use Thunderbird on the new one. Other than that, more details are needed. |
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Ron Victoria
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New Jersey, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2010 5:32 pm
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When you use a site where you need a password, you have a choice on the toolbar to save it. I did but now want it unsaved. I'm using Mozilla browser.
thanks, Ron |
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Mitch Drumm
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Posted 8 Aug 2010 5:39 pm
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I assume you are referring to Firefox?
If so, look here:
Tools/options/
and then choose the security tab.
There is a passwords and saved passwords section. |
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