Allow me a moment of old guy digression, how JFW friendly is "Windows Vista? I am a bit behind the power curve since you guys sent me to summer cant and then moved to google. *Smile*
At 08:31 AM 1/26/2007 -0500, David Ferrin wrote: >Like all things, if it does what it's cracked up to do then sure it will be >great or at least pretty good. >David Ferrin >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ricque" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 8:26 AM >Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: using windows easy transfer > > > >Hmmm, sounds like a possible improvement to the, "files and settings >transfer wizard" >that comes with Win XP. >Richard Justice >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Ferrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 7:48 AM >Subject: [JAWS-Users] using windows easy transfer > > > >Another great post from our own research department, keep them coming Ray. >David Ferrin >*** >Using Windows Easy Transfer to transfer your data to a new computer > >Table of Contents >List of 7 items >1. Introduction >2. The types of data can be transferred >3. Preparing the computers to use Windows Easy Transfer >4. Using Windows Easy Transfer with a Easy Transfer Cable >5. Using Windows Easy Transfer over a Network >6. Using Windows Easy Transfer with Removable Media >7. Conclusion >list end > >Introduction >When purchasing a new computer one of the most frustrating experiences is >moving existing data to the new computer from the older one. In the past >when >you wanted to transfer data you had to copy the data via a network, store it >onto a DVD/CD/Floppy and then copy it back onto the new PC, or physically >take the hard drive out of the old machine and install it into the new >machine. The main problem using these methods was that you could only move >files >such as documents, pictures, movies, saved games, etc. E-mail could be moved >but was a difficult a process. Moving settings and program configurations, >on the other hand, was not possible, except for the experts, and you had to >reconfigure each of the applications on the new computer. Windows Vista >changes >all this with a new bundled application called Windows Easy Transfer that >can easily migrate data from Windows XP SP2, Windows 2004 SP4, and Windows >Vista >operating systems. > >Windows Easy Transfer is a program that comes bundled with Windows Vista, >and when run, scans our computer for >data and settings >that you can transfer to your new computer. This migration can be done via a >myriad of methods including USB flash drives, DVDs, a network, or by using >a new product called a >Vista Easy Transfer Cable. >What makes this program so powerful and easy to use is that it is wizard >driven so you just answer questions, make sure all of your data was properly >selected, >and then press a button to start the transfer. For this tutorial, we will >focus primarily on migrating our data using the >Vista Easy Transfer Cable >or via a network. We chose these two methods as they are the easiest and >quickest methods to transfer your data. > >The types of data can be transferred > >Using Windows Easy Transfer you can migrate most files and program settings. >Below is a table describing the types of data and settings that can be >moved. > >Table with 2 columns and 7 rows >Data Type >Specifics >Files and Folders >Any files found in your My Documents, My Pictures, and Shared Documents >folder will be selected to be moved automatically. You can also add other >documents >that are in other locations. >E-mail messages and Settings >E-mail messages, contacts, account settings, and address books from Outlook >Express, Outlook, Windows Mail, and other programs. >Program Settings >Programs that are compatible with Vista will have their settings transferred >to the new computer. In order for this properly to work the program must >already >be installed on the Vista computer. >User Settings >Desktop settings, color settings, screen savers, fonts, Windows options, >printers, >etc. >Internet Settings >Favorites, cookies, and Internet Explorer settings. >Pictures, Video, and Music >Music files, playlists, and album are. Pictures (gif, jpg, bmp files) and >personal videos. >table end > >Preparing the computers to use Windows Easy Transfer > >Before you use Windows Easy Transfer on your older computer you first need >to install the software. The three methods that can be used to install >Windows >Easy Transfer on the old computer are: >List of 3 items >. The Windows Vista DVD > >. A CD that comes with an Easy Transfer Cable > >. Media that we create via the Windows Easy Transfer program in Windows >Vista. >list end > >The two easiest methods are to use the Windows Vista DVD to install the >program. To install the software off of the Vista DVD just insert it into >the old >computer and when the setup menu appears click on the Transfer files and >settings from another computer option. If we have autorun disabled then open >the >DVD and double-click on the setup.exe program. The setup screen is shown >below. > >Vista DVD Setup Screen >Figure 1. Vista DVD setup screen > >If you purchased a >Vista Easy Transfer Cable >then insert the CD that came with it into the old machine and install the >software. If these two options are not available then follow the >instructions >below in order to create installation media using the Vista's Windows Easy >Transfer program. > >The following instructions should be performed on our new Vista computer. >List of 11 items (contains 1 nested list) >1. Click on the Start button. > >2. Click on the All Programs menu option. > >3. Click on Accessories > >4. Click on System tools > >5. Click on the Windows Easy Transfer icon. > >6. When Windows Easy Transfer starts, click on the Start a new transfer >option > >7. At the next screen you should click on the My New Computer option. > >8. When it asks if we have an easy transfer cable, click on the option >labeled No, show me more options. > >9. At the next screen it will ask if we have Windows Easy Transfer installed >on the older computer. We should select the option labeled No, I need to >install >it now. > >10. A new screen will appear asking how we would like to install Windows >Easy Transfer on the older computer. Our options are to use a CD, USB Flash >Drive, >External Hard Disk or shared network folder, Windows Installation Disc or >Windows Easy Transfer DVD. > >Create Installation Media Options >Figure 2. Create installation media options > >List of 4 items nesting level 1 >. If you select the CD option, Vista will ask for the drive letter that >corresponds to a CD or DVD writer. Insert blank media into the writer and >select >its drive letter in the drop down menu. Then press the Next button to create >the installation software on this media. > >. If you select the USB flash Drive option, Vista will ask for the driver >letter of our USB flash drive. Select the driver letter and press the Next >button >to copy the installations files to the drive. This option will be dimmed and >unavailable if there is no USB flash drive plugged into the computer. > >. If you select the External hard disk or shared network folder option, >Vista will ask for a folder on an external hard drive or a network share >where the >installation files will be stored. Under this newly created folder will be a >autorun.inf file and another folder called MigWiz. To start the setup open >the MigWiz folder and double-click on the Migsetup.exe file. > >. If you select the Windows installation disc or Windows Easy Transfer CD >option, Vista will assume that one of these two methods were used and ask >how >we would like to transfer our data. > >list end nesting level 1 >11. When the installation media has finished being created, use this media >to install Windows Easy Transfer on to the older computer. >list end > >Using Windows Easy Transfer with a Easy Transfer Cable > >For many users the best method to transfer data to a new Vista computer is >to use a >Vista Easy Transfer Cable. >An Easy Transfer Cable is a cable that has a USB plug on each end of the >cable and gets plugged into both computers. This allows you to transfer data >between >the two computers using the Windows Easy Transfer program. For the best >speed, it is advised that you plug both ends of the cable into a USB 2.0 >port on >each computer in order to maximize your transfer speed. The steps necessary >to use an Easy Transfer Cable to migrate data to our new computer are >outlined >below. As you go through these instructions the tutorial will indicate which >computer you should be using. > >Do not plug the Easy Transfer Cable into either computer as of yet! > >On our new Vista computer: >List of 9 items >1. Click on the Start ( >) button. > >2. Click on the All Programs menu option. > >3. Click on the Accessories menu option. > >4. Click on the System tools menu option. > >5. Finally click on the Windows Easy Transfer icon to start the program. >When the program loads you will be greeted with the welcome screen below. > >Windows Easy Transfer Welcome Screen >Figure 3. Windows Easy Transfer welcome screen > >Click on the Next button to continue to the next screen. >6. You will now be at a screen, shown below, where the program is asking >whether this is a new transfer or if you want to continue an old one. > >Select Transfer Type >Figure 4. Select the transfer type > >As this is a new transfer click on the Start a new transfer option >7. At the new screen the program will ask whether the computer we are >performing these steps on is the old or new one. > >Select the computer you are on >Figure 5. Select the computer we are on > >As you are doing this step on the new computer, you should click on the My >new computer option. >8. You will now see a screen asking if we have an Easy Transfer Cable or >need to use another method to transfer the data. > >Do we have an easy transfer cable >Figure 6. Do we have an easy transfer cable? > >Since these instructions are for using the Easy Transfer cable, select Yes, >I have an Easy Transfer Cable. >9. Your computer is now in a ready state waiting for the two computers to be >connected via the Easy Transfer Cable. An example of this screen is below. > >Waiting for the other computer to connect >Figure 7. Waiting for the other computer to connect > >For now, hold off on inserting the Easy Transfer Cable until you get the >older computer set up and ready to go. Let's move on to the steps that you >need >to do on the old computer. >list end > >On our older computer: >List of 4 items >1. Insert the CD that came with the Easy Transfer Cable into the older >computer. > >2. When the setup program starts you should click on the Next button. > >3. Select I agree and press the Next button. > >4. When the program is done installing you should click on the Finish >button. >list end > >On both our older computer and the new Vista computer: >List of 2 items >1. Take one end of the Easy Transfer Cable and plug it into the old >computer's USB port. If the older computer has a USB 2.0 port you should use >that port >in order to achieve the best transfer speeds. > >2. Take the other end and plug it into the Vista computer's USB port. >list end > >On the older computer: >List of 8 items >1. When you plug the cable into the older computer a small window will >appear asking if you would like to transfer files. Select the Take no action >option >and then press the OK button. > >2. Click on the Start Menu, select All Programs, and finally click on the >Windows Easy Transfer icon. > >3. When the Windows Easy Transfer welcome screen appears click on the Next >button. > >4. You will now be at a screen asking if we want to use an Easy Transfer >Cable to transfer the files. > >Select Transfer Type >Figure 8. Select the transfer type > >Click on the Use an Easy Transfer Cable (recommended) option. > >Once we select that option, the Windows Easy Transfer program on both >computers will attempt to connect to each other. When they connect, you will >see a >screen like the following appear on the Vista machine. > >Vista Detected the connection and is now waiting for the data to be >transfered >Figure 9. Vista detected the connection and is now waiting for the data to >be transferred > >5. Now that a connection has been established, Windows Easy Transfer on the >older machine will automatically switch to a new window asking what data you >would like to transfer. > >Data Transfer Options >Figure 10. Data transfer options > >Select the All user accounts, files, and settings (Recommended) option. > >6. A new screen will appear listing the programs, files, settings, mail >data, favorites, etc that will be moved over to the new computer. This data >is grouped >by user so you can easily see what user's data will be moved. > >The Data that will be transferred >Figure 11. The data that will be transferred > >If you are happy with the settings click on the Transfer button and proceed >to the next step in this guide. On the other hand if want to add files that >the program did not automatically select or remove files, click on the >Customize button. This will bring you to a new screen where you can >customize the >data that will be transferred. > >Customize the Data that will be transferred >Figure 12. Customize the data that will be transferred > >Using the Add files, Add folders, Select Drives, and Exclude folders >options, customize the data that will be transferred to the new computer. If >there >are files or folders that were not added automatically, use the Add files or >Add folders options to browse to this data so it is added. You can also >exclude >data from being transferred by removing the checkmark next to a specific >item in the list. > >Once you have customized the data that will be transferred to the new >computer, click on the Next button to continue. > >7. A new screen will appear that allows you to specify whether or not the >data should be transferred to an existing Vista account or if a new account >should >be created to transfer the data to. > >Figure 13. Account to transfer the data > >To specify a new account, type the login name that you would like created. >If you would like to use an existing account then use the drop down menu to >select >the account that will receive the data. If you create a new account, the >password of the old account is not transferred to the new computer. Instead >when >you log into that account for the first time, Vista will prompt you to set a >new password. > >8. At this point the data will begin to transfer to the new computer. > >Data is being transferred to the new computer >Figure 14. Data is being transferred to the new computer > >Once the data transfer is complete you will see a screen similar to the one >below. > >The Data Transfer is Complete >Figure 15. The data transfer is complete > >Because the data has finished transferring you should press the Close button >to shut down the program. >list end > >On the new Vista computer: >List of 2 items >1. After the transfer has been completed you will be shown a summary screen >of the files that were transferred. > >Transfer Summary >Figure 16. Transfer Summary > >If you want to see all the information that was transferred you can click on >the Show me everything that was transferred option. When done, click on the >Close button to exit the program. > >2. Vista will now ask you to log off in order to finish the transfer. Allow >it to log you off, and when you log back on, all your settings and data will >have been transferred to your existing account or the new account if one was >created. >list end > >Your data has now been successfully migrated to our new computer. > >Using Windows Easy Transfer over a Network > >By far the quickest and cheapest method to transfer your data is over a >network. For those of you who have a network set up this is definitely the >choice >you should use. A lot of the steps described below have already been >discussed with screen shots in the previous section. Therefore, we have only >added >screen shots to this section when the screen is new to this tutorial. > >On our new Vista computer: >List of 13 items >1. Click on the Start ( >) button. > >2. Click on the All Programs menu option. > >3. Click on the Accessories menu option. > >4. Click on the System tools menu option. > >5. Finally click on the Windows Easy Transfer icon to start the program. > >6. When the welcome screen appears click on the Next button to continue. > >7. At this screen you will be prompted to start a new transfer or resume an >existing one. As you are performing a new transfer select the Start a new >transfer >option. > >8. You will now be asked what computer, the old or new, you are on. As you >are doing these instructions on the Vista computer, select the My new >computer >option. > >9. Windows Easy Transfer will now ask how you would like to transfer the >data. As you are going to transfer the data over the network, and not via a >Easy >Transfer cable, select No, show me more options to continue to the next >screen. > >10. At this screen select the Yes, I installed it option as you should have >already installed Windows Easy Transfer on your older computer. > >11. On this screen the program asks if we want to transfer the data over the >network or using removable media. > >Select the Transfer Type >Figure 17. Select the Transfer Type > >You want to transfer the files over the network so select Yes, I'll transfer >files and settings over the network. > >12. In order for the new Vista computer and the older computer to properly >connect and securely transfer files, you need to generate a security key. >Windows >Easy Transfer will use this key to find the new Vista computer and connect >securely to it. The screen, shown below, asks if you have an existing key or >need to create one. > >Figure 18. Create a Windows Easy Transfer Network Key > >As you do not currently have a Windows Easy Transfer key, you need to create >one. To do this click on the No, I need a key option. > >13. Windows Easy Transfer will now create the security and display it to us >in the screen below. > >Windows Easy Transfer Network Key >Figure 19. Windows Easy Transfer Network Key > >Write down the key as you will need to input it on the older computer before >you can transfer data to the new machine. The program will now wait to be >connected >to by the older computer. >list end > >On the older computer: >List of 10 items >1. Click on our Start Menu, select All Programs, and finally click on the >Windows Easy Transfer icon. > >2. When the Windows Easy Transfer welcome screen appears click on the Next >button. > >3. At the following screen, click on the Transfer directly, using a network >connection option. > >4. When it asks how you would like to transfer the data over the network >select the option labeled Use a network connection. > >5. You will now be asked whether or not you have a Windows Easy Transfer >key. That is the key you created on our Vista machine and wrote down. As you >have >the key select Yes, I have a key. > >6. The program will now prompt you to input your Windows Easy Transfer key. >Type the key into the field labeled Type our Windows Easy Transfer key. When >you are done click on the Next button. > >7. You are now presented with a screen asking what type of data you would >like to transfer. Select the All user accounts, files, and settings >(Recommended) >option. > >8. A new screen will appear listing the programs, files, settings, mail >data, favorites, etc that will be moved over to the new computer. This data >is grouped >by user so you can easily see what user's data will be moved. If you are >happy with the settings click on the Transfer button and proceed to the next >step >in this guide. On the other hand if want to add files that the program did >not automatically select or remove files, click on the Customize button. >This >will bring you to a new screen where you can customize the data that will be >transferred. > >If you clicked on the Customize button you can use the Add files, Add >folders, Select Drives, and Exclude folders options, customize the data that >will >be transferred to the new computer. If there are files or folders that were >not added automatically, use the Add files or Add folders options to browse >to this data so it is added. You can also exclude data from being >transferred by from being transferred by removing the checkmark next to a >specific item >in the list. > >Once you have customized the data that will be transferred to the new >computer, click on the Next button to continue to go to the next step. > >9. A new screen will appear that allows you to specify whether or not the >data should be transferred to an existing Vista account or if a new account >should >be created to transfer the data to. To specify a new account, type the login >name that you would like created. If you would like to use an existing >account >then use the drop down menu to select the account that will receive the >data. If you create a new account, the password of the old account is not >transferred >to the new computer. Instead when you log into that account for the first >time, Vista will prompt you to set a new password. > >10. At this point the data will be transferred to the new computer. Once the >transfer is complete, you should press the Close button to exit the program. >list end > >On the new Vista computer: >List of 2 items >1. After the transfer has been completed you will be shown a summary screen >of the files that were transferred. If you want to see all the information >that >was transferred click on the Show me everything that was transferred option. >When done, click on the Close button to exit the program. > >2. Vista will now ask you to log off in order to finish the transfer. Allow >it to log off, and when you log back on, all your settings and data will >have >been transferred to your existing account or to the new account if one was >created. >list end > >Your data has now been successfully migrated to the new computer. > >Using Windows Easy Transfer with Removable Media > >Windows Easy Transfer also has the ability to transfer our data using >removable media. This method is not suggested unless we are moving small >amounts of >data due to the limited capacities of removable media. As this method will >not be used too often we only provide brief instructions. > >On the older computer: >List of 4 items >1. Start Windows Easy Transfer on the older computer and go through the >screens until it asks you how we would like to transfer the data. At this >prompt >we would select Use a CD, DVD, or other removable media. > >2. You will now be at a screen where it asks you what removable media you >would like to use to transfer the data. > >Remobable Media Choice >Figure 20. Removable Media Choice > >You should now select the removable media type that you wish to use to >transfer the data. The CD and USB flash drive options will be dimmed and >unavailable >unless the appropriate media is inserted into the computer. Therefore we >need blank media in the CD or DVD writer or a USB flash drive plugged into >the >computer for these options to be available. > >3. Once you select the removable media that you will use, the program will >prompt you for the driver letter for this media. Select the drive letter and >press the Next button. > >4. The program will start copying the data to the removable media. When it >is done you will be shown a screen stating that you should remove the media >and >insert it into the new Vista machine. > >Remove the media >Figure 21. Remove the media > >Remove the media. >list end > >On the new Vista computer: >List of 5 items >1. Insert the removable media it into the new Vista machine. > >2. Launch Windows Easy Transfer on the Vista machine and follow the prompts >until it asks if this is a new or existing transfer. As we are finishing an >existing transfer we select Continue a transfer in progress. > >3. At the next screen when it asks what type of transfer you want to >continue, select Removable media. > >4. When it asks for the location of our files, browse to the removable media >and then press the Next button. > >5. Follow the rest of the prompts to finish migrating the data from your >removable media. >list end > >Your data has now been transferred to your new computer. > >Conclusion > >As you can see the Windows Easy Transfer program provides a myriad of >mediums to transfer your data to your new computer. Not only that, but you >now have >the ability to easily move your e-mail, documents, and program settings >without hiring a consultant or having advanced computer skills. 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