First, you use the home networking wizard to setup a peer to peer network between the systems, then you can use the file & setting trasfer wizard over the network
2nd option, take the hard drive out of the old system & hook it up as a slave in the new system, & copy files that way
I don't get it! I wish this was simplier, if only you could just connect one cable to each PC and start moving files, I just can't figure it out. And I can't take my harddrive out of the old system because the old system is a notebook:) I think I'm just going to go to Circuit City, buy a external harddrive, bring it home, transfer my files and then return the drive. They don't do restocking fees anymore, it's a bit inconvienent but it's easier then doing all this drama. I doubt Dell would assist me for free on this, yes or no?
I'm sure it is:) And I feel really stupid because I'm very good with computers, I have just never done this before and I don't understand it. Are there step by step instructions anyplace online that I could maybe understand easier?
Running the home networking wizard is easier than schlepping all the way to circuit city. It takes about 5 minutes to do, one networked, the file & transfer wizard is a breeze.
if you are transfering from an old XP system to an new one using XP Media Center Edition,.....
....BEWARE!!!!!
i have a new dimension8300 with the Media Center Edition, (MCE), and was transfering files from my old system which has the old regular XPpro OS........................... transfering using the files and setting transfer wizzard should not be done in this case...................................................
although it seems to work fine at first, soon you will find that the new MCE OS will begin assigning folder types, (photo, music, and video), as well as thumb-nail pictures randomly to any folder it wants to..............................
i set up my new system to my old system using a cross-over cable to transfer all my old data to my new system, but because it was from XP to the XP MCE, the dll files are different and do not transfer seamlessly......................
i was told that any file transfers should be done with a CD, and to make sure all folder type assignments are removed, (which can be done through the customize tab on each individual folder's properties window).............. otherwise all will be a mess, and the only way to fix it is to re-format the hard drive and reinstall the entire OS and the other dell CD's one at a time.......which is a total pain, as i have had to do it twice so far after only 60 days of having the thing in my house...................... since things messed up initially during my first 30-day return period, i was sent a new hard-drive from dell, but my problems are many since that time as well, although different..........
the senior tech i spoke with said that eventually micorsoft should come up with a patch/upgrade/fix to address the problem, but untill then to only use the home network cable to run the modem connection from my old system, and to not transfer any files using the cable................................ i can only transfer from there to here using a floppy, or a CD, or a memory key which seems to work fine as long as i am absolutely certain i have removed any of those folder type assignments first.........................otherwise i will mess everything up and will have to re-format for a third time................ which i really do not want to have to do, so untill i see the patch/update, i will not connect the cable network for fear of messing it all up..........................................
as far as transfering from Xp to Xp the crossover cable it the answer, and is really very simple by setting up a home network using the network set-up wizzard in the accessories/communication folder from the all programs start list.................... but if you are moving from any other system to the new one, i would be very careful.............. especially if you have opted for the new Media Center Edition of XPpro........... then as i said BEWARE!!!!!!!
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First, you use the home networking wizard to setup a peer to peer network between the systems, then you can use the file & setting trasfer wizard over the network
2nd option, take the hard drive out of the old system & hook it up as a slave in the new system, & copy files that way
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April 26th, 2004 17:00
if you are transfering from an old XP system to an new one using XP Media Center Edition,.....
....BEWARE!!!!!
i have a new dimension8300 with the Media Center Edition, (MCE), and was transfering files from my old system which has the old regular XPpro OS........................... transfering using the files and setting transfer wizzard should not be done in this case...................................................
although it seems to work fine at first, soon you will find that the new MCE OS will begin assigning folder types, (photo, music, and video), as well as thumb-nail pictures randomly to any folder it wants to..............................
i set up my new system to my old system using a cross-over cable to transfer all my old data to my new system, but because it was from XP to the XP MCE, the dll files are different and do not transfer seamlessly......................
i was told that any file transfers should be done with a CD, and to make sure all folder type assignments are removed, (which can be done through the customize tab on each individual folder's properties window).............. otherwise all will be a mess, and the only way to fix it is to re-format the hard drive and reinstall the entire OS and the other dell CD's one at a time.......which is a total pain, as i have had to do it twice so far after only 60 days of having the thing in my house...................... since things messed up initially during my first 30-day return period, i was sent a new hard-drive from dell, but my problems are many since that time as well, although different..........
the senior tech i spoke with said that eventually micorsoft should come up with a patch/upgrade/fix to address the problem, but untill then to only use the home network cable to run the modem connection from my old system, and to not transfer any files using the cable................................ i can only transfer from there to here using a floppy, or a CD, or a memory key which seems to work fine as long as i am absolutely certain i have removed any of those folder type assignments first.........................otherwise i will mess everything up and will have to re-format for a third time................ which i really do not want to have to do, so untill i see the patch/update, i will not connect the cable network for fear of messing it all up..........................................
as far as transfering from Xp to Xp the crossover cable it the answer, and is really very simple by setting up a home network using the network set-up wizzard in the accessories/communication folder from the all programs start list.................... but if you are moving from any other system to the new one, i would be very careful.............. especially if you have opted for the new Media Center Edition of XPpro........... then as i said BEWARE!!!!!!!