Re: easiest way to migrate files from ME to XP
From: DL (dl_at_spoofmail.co)
Date: 08/21/04
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Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:36:30 +0100
If using NTbackup ensure you use same version for backup/restore
"James M. Fisher" <xrayjames@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Wow! You've done your homework there!
> FAST is great, but I admit I have never used it on anything other than XP
to
> backup files and settings. Others I know have with great success.
> I would use this along with any of your other choices, since you can never
> have enough backups!
> I am a proponent of imaging software and I feel it is necessary to have
> anyway.
>
> HTH,
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> James M. Fisher
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> <pan762@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:motei0l0lvao4mrbn8b7nepjb75vbucg7r@4ax.com...
> > I'm planning on installing XP on my wife's computer. She is
> > currently running ME. Our computers are networked through a
> > router/switch that allows us to both share a cablemodem. My system
> > uses XP with two hard drives one of which is used mostly for backups.
> >
> > I have an XP OEM install disk with a valid key. I know microsoft
> > backup files will not be read, so I have come up with three possible
> > approaches to installing xp and restoring her files. Note that if I
> > screw this up and lose anything I will be sleeping on the couch.
> > Mostly we are talking about her MyDocuments folder. Additionally,
> > she uses Pegasus Mail so I'll have to get here mail folders.
> >
> > (1) Use the file settings and transfer wizard to backup her stuff to
> > my computers second drive over our network, then put them back once XP
> > is installed.
> >
> > (2) Use NTbackup to backup her files over the network and the to
> > restore her files once XP is installed.
> >
> > (3) Purchase a copy of Norton Ghost and make an image of her entire
> > C: drive, then use the Ghost explorer to restore those files she wants
> > to keep. This option has the added bonus of removing the possiblity
> > that I might miss something important.
> >
> > I suppose a forth option would just be to copy all the files to the
> > second hard drive over the network and then recopy them after
> > installing XP.
> >
> > Which option is a nice balance of reliability and time saving?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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