Windows 7 : Easy Transfer Files, Users and Settings
Windows 7 comes with an inbuilt utility which allows you to transfer Files, users, Settings, documents, emails, Internet Favorites, videos, shared documents etc from one computer to another without removal from your old computer. This will help you migrate users and their settings to a new system.
You can find this utility under Accessories > System Tools. This utility should be helpful and must be used by system admin either in office which will save so much of hassles to reconfigure again. You can use an external hard drive, USB drive, Network or Easy transfer Cable which directly sends data to your new computer.
Windows 7 Easy transfer Detailed options
It scans for the users and the scans what are the data which has to be backed up fro the user. Here is the list :
- User Scan
- Shared Items / Data Scan
You can easily configure what you want to backup once the scan is complete. Here are the snapshots:
Windows 7 easy transfer
Windows 7 transfer Options
Windows 7 Easy transfer : Select OLD or New computer
Windows 7 Easy transfer Scan
Windows 7 Easy transfer Detailed options
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I would like to have more information about what control I would have over the destination of the old files on my new computer. I intend to have a SSD for the OS and a few key files, and put photos, documents, emails and the like on a HDD. Will the transfer utility allow me to do that easily?
Dear Ashish: At 72 I am considered “not bad” at computer issues, BUT, I have a real concern regarding the following: Our OE6 is corrupted : can’t change fonts; Windows “compacts” FOLDERS & CONTACTS (unnecessarily), and on and on….so my problem is: when I get a new Dell computer including Windows 7, and when I transfer from my XP to the new computer, I fear I will be transferring the above problem with OE and undoing all the positives about getting Windows 7. How do I avoid tranferring OE6 info to the new computer, please. Thanks so much, and regards from Australia: Vivian Anderson And thank you for all your wonderful articles/information.
@Vivian : I would suggest you to repair the OS with the boot cd / installation cd that came along with it. All you will need is the Cd / DVD and your OS Admin password.
You need to boot from the CD / DVD and then trigger the installation. The next point would be to look for repair option which is given as one of the option before actual installation starts.
This will replace all your corrupt files and when you migrate to windows 7 all your files remain intact
HTH
Ashish
Seems good but does not work with 64 bit -> 32 bit dist :/
Thanks you.All you have wrote is very usefull
I’m preparing to migrate from XP to Seven and I can’t upgrade directly,so I hope that this way works!
This is useful, if only Win7 Transfer tool was BACKWARD COMPATIBLE with its own brethren. I should be able to use the old stand by tool in XP to do this transfer. Bad Development! No doughnuts for you, no bonus, and weak sales.
Looking for some help on File transfer. I had XP on my laptop and did a clean install of Win 7. Before I started I ran File and Settings Transfer in XP with all intentions of being able to ‘imprt’ this information once Win 7 was loaded. To my surprise, after loading Win 7, the Win 7 tool is completely different and doesn’t recognize the XP File and Settings transfer. First of all this seems stupid. Secondly do you know of a way to load my old files and settings on the new Win 7 image?
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