Re: Transfering Files from old CPU to new CPU

William R. Walsh

Hi!

> Windows natively treats firewire as a standard network connection if 2
> machines are connected this way.

While this is convenient, it is not true for any release of Windows other
than XP or Vista. (I doubt that Me supported it...and even if it did, it
probably wouldn't work right.) As long as both machines are XP machines,
this will work fine and is probably the fastest of any option besides
gigabit Ethernet.

> Atlernatively, you can get USB gizmos that will connect two USB
> ports together. Software has to be loaded onto both machines and
> this usually provides a transfer wizard as well.

Detto IntelliMover is one such example.

> If you really don't want to connect a screen, then you can remoove the
> hard drive from the old machine and connect it to the new via a USB drive
> box or USB/ATA interfac lead.

This brings up something that really surprised me about the Windows
migration wizard. It can't import data straight from hard drives, at least
not in any way that I could find. This isn't much help if you have a dead
computer with a good hard drive and all your files. Then you have to do it
manually, or find some software to do the job.

William