Dave J Posted October 5, 2010 ID:323518 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Can someone give me a simple and affective way to place files from a working external HDD enclosure (win XP ) to a new PC win 7 that does see the external HDD and its files. I thought I could use easy transfer, but Ii am told you need two workinjg PC's for that to work. any help is very much appreciated. I took the HDD from a laptop that Mobo crashed, and slipped it into an enclosure.thank you in advance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted October 5, 2010 ID:323537 Share Posted October 5, 2010 It should be a matter of copy and paste....Right click on the files and select copy and then paste them into the folder you want in the windows 7 pc.Or you can drag and drop the files too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted October 5, 2010 Author ID:323543 Share Posted October 5, 2010 It should be a matter of copy and paste....Right click on the files and select copy and then paste them into the folder you want in the windows 7 pc.Or you can drag and drop the files too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted October 5, 2010 Author ID:323545 Share Posted October 5, 2010 so just put them into the same folders, so Ii should install the softeware on the new drive first like Tubo Tax etc, then copy and pastehow about old e-mail from outlook Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted October 5, 2010 ID:323567 Share Posted October 5, 2010 yes you have to put them in the right folders....ONLY copy data, like my documents and pictures for example and copy them to the right location. Software needs to be installed in the new computer, you can not copy the software.In windows xp the location was like: C:\documents and settings\USERin windows 7 the location will be like c:\users\USERas for outlook you need to copy the PST file (which contains all your email and contacts) from the XP computer. This Microsoft article may help you with this, it is located HERE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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