I have just acquired a new computer running Windows XP. My existing
computer runs Windows 2000. I wish to copy all the data on one of the
drives on my existing computer to a partition of the hard drive on my
new computer. What is the most efficient way of doing this please?


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"Alasdair Baxter" <llb@llb.me.uk> wrote in message
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Remove the hard drive from the old computer and install it in the new.

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one_red_eye wrote:
True. Set the jumper correctly though...try CS firs (cable select) or Slave
if that didn't work. Then use Windows Explorer to copy files as needed.

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"Alasdair Baxter" <llb@llb.me.uk> wrote in message
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use the file transfer wizard provided as an option on XP CD.

first, use it on the win2k machine to save the files in a compressed format
(save to your partition)
next on your new XP machine, run the file transfer wizard again (select the
location you saved the files)

i assume you have the two machines networked.
you can also save the compressed files that XP gathered onto a CD\DVD.

XP file transfer is the preferred way (best practices) to transfer your
email data from old to XP.

-a|ex

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 19:53:38 -0500, "one_red_eye" <someone@your.house>
wrote:

I should have explained that the existing machine is a tower and the
new machine is a laptop which makes the above suggestion a little
difficult.
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On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 01:12:14 GMT, "127.0.0.1" <loopy@localhost> wrote:

I don't as a matter of fact.
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Alasdair Baxter wrote:

Well, then network them.

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"Alasdair Baxter" <llb@llb.me.uk> wrote in message
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If you have a CD burner in the old machine, CDs are cheap. Or you could buy
an adapter that allows connecting a laptop hard drive to a full size PC.
Install the laptop drive into the desktop and transfer files that way.

Or you could connect both computers to a network and transfer files across
the network.

Or like me, you could invest $80 USD in an Iomega USB power Zip 250 drive.
Disks are about $8 USD and the drive is recognized on any Windows 98 or
later machine without installing drivers.

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