If you upgrade a single user computer from Windows 95, 98 or Me, Windows XP, XP's installer will automatically save all files and settings. But if you upgrade from another version of Windows such as Windows 2000 Professional, you must move the settings for the user to perform the upgrade rule Administrator and all other user profiles on the machine. This is where the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard comes in.
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Files and Settings Transfer Wizard is a utility that stores files and settings for each user on the machine. The guide can also help to transfer user data to another computer or another operating system on the same computer.
The wizard runs from your previous operating system, extract all the necessary information and place it in a format that Windows XP can understand. Before you run the wizard, you must create a location where you can store this information.
Use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
To use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard, insert your Windows XP installation CD. If AutoPlay is enabled, you will see the CD's splash screen. If the splash screen is not displayed, go into My Computer and run the CD's setup.exe file to display the splash screen.
On the splash screen. Click Perform additional tasks followed by transferring files and settings This will launch the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. If you run the wizard on a machine already running Windows XP, the wizard will ask you whether the machine is old or new. Select the option for an old machine, since it is the machine (or operating system) that you are extracting files and settings from.
At this point, you will see a screen that asks you what type of transfer you want. The best way is to create a file and send it to a network drive or a CD. To do this, select Other options and specify the location you wish to write the file to.
When you click Next, you will see a screen that asks what you want to transfer. You can only transfer files, settings, alone or both files and settings. The default setting is to download both files and settings.
Click Next and the wizard will start copying. Once the copy is complete, click Finish button to close the wizard.
After installing Windows XP, you can import the settings that you extracted, run the wizard again. This time, when the wizard asks you if you use the old computer or new computer, select New computer option. Simply follow the instructions. When you get to the screen that tells you the location of the extracted information, fill in the path of the file where you saved the information. Windows XP will read in all the necessary information and your new computer is ready for use.
