Migrate files and settings from one PC to another PC
Locate the removable media or the network drive that contains the Windows Easy Transfer wizard files,
and then double-click Migwiz.exe to start Windows Easy
Transfer.
If you are running any other programs, you will be prompted to
close these programs. You can save your work in each program, and then close
the programs individually. You can also click Close All in
Windows Easy Transfer to close these programs immediately.
Click
Next.
Determine the appropriate removable transfer media, and then click On a CD or other removable media, such as a flash drive.
Click To a network drive to save the files and the settings to a folder that is on the removable
drive.
In Where do you want to save your files, type the path to a folder on the removable drive, and then click Next.
Click Everything - all user accounts, files, and
program settings (recommended) to migrate all the files and the settings.
If you want to determine exactly which files and settings that you want to migrate,
click Only my user account, files, and program settings, or click
Custom.
Review the list that contains the files and the settings that
you want to migrate, and then click Start. To add or to remove files or settings from
the list, click
Customize.
Click Close after Windows Easy Transfer
has completed migrating files and settings.
Connect the removable media to the destination
computer.
Start Windows Easy Transfer, and then click
Next.
Click Continue a transfer in
progress.
In Where did you copy your files, click Removable media. If the Removable media
option is unavailable, click Network Drive, and then click
Next.
In Locate your saved files, type the path
where you saved the files and the settings. You can also click
Browse to locate the files and the settings. Click
Next after you have located the files and the settings.
Select the user names on the destination computer
that match the user names on the source computer. If
there is not any user account that is created on the destination computer, you may have to
create new accounts. To create an account on the local computer, directly type
a user name. To create a profile or a domain user, type a user name in the
following format: domain\user.
In Choose the drives for files on your new computer, select the destination drive for each source
drive.
Review the list that contains the files and the settings that
you want to migrate, and then click Start. To add or remove files or settings from
the list, click
Customize.
Click Close after Windows Easy Transfer
has completed migrating files and settings.