Windows Easy Transfer


  1. Posts : 142
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit; SP1
       #1

    Windows Easy Transfer


    I'm getting ready to replace my son's hard drive (Dell computer) plus upgrade his OS from XP Pro to Windows 7 Home Premium. I've downloaded the XP version of Windows Easy Transfer and ran it backing up the files to an external drive but I'm wondering if something went wrong.

    Looking at the backed up file (on the external drive) it doesn't look like what I've seen in tutorials which shows an icon named Windows Easy Transfer - Items from old computer.

    The file I get is a file that doesn't know what program created it although the size seems right. I've ran Windows Easy Transfer twice with the same results.

    Does this seem normal why wouldn't my file look like a normal file (knowing which program created it) with the icon and name as above?
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  2. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #2

    If transfering from Win XP, download the update WET from here:
    Download details: Windows Easy Transfer for transferring from Windows XP (32 bit) to Windows 7

    Windows Easy Transfer - Transfer To & From Computers

    Warning do not use the old Win XP Easy Transfer, will not work with Vista or Windowds 7.

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    How to extract files from MIG
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