Files & transfer problem on upgrade

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I have purchased a new copy of Windows XP Professional. I am trying to upgrade from Windows 2000 Professional. I have checked the suitablity issues, which are fine.
I have run the Files & Transfer application from the CD. I have attached a 40 Gg hard drive in an external drive enclosure, which becomes my "F" drive. I have a 17 Gg hard drive on the desktop.
I have two problems that I would really appreciate some help on:
1) When I run the F & T app with the "files and settings" setting it attempts to copy everything including what's on the "F" drive. I have a lot of other stuff on there and the copy process will run out of space if I let it - uselessly - copy itself in full. How do I use an external drive, as the app lets me do, without it backing up that drive?
2) The machine was connected to a corporate network and has several users, all of which I ignore except myself. I would like it to become a single user machine, albeit connected to a Linksys hub to share a cable internet connection. If I transfer settings am I going to replicate the old network settings on XP and should I just transfer files only? Does that mean that I have to reload all the apps, Office etc?

Any help would be very much appreciated before I take the plunge.

Regards

GeoffreyG
 
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|I have purchased a new copy of Windows XP Professional. I am trying to upgrade from Windows 2000
Professional. I have checked the suitablity issues, which are fine.
| I have run the Files & Transfer application from the CD. I have attached a 40 Gg hard drive in an external
drive enclosure, which becomes my "F" drive. I have a 17 Gg hard drive on the desktop.
| I have two problems that I would really appreciate some help on:
| 1) When I run the F & T app with the "files and settings" setting it attempts to copy everything including
what's on the "F" drive. I have a lot of other stuff on there and the copy process will run out of space if I
let it - uselessly - copy itself in full. How do I use an external drive, as the app lets me do, without it
backing up that drive?
| 2) The machine was connected to a corporate network and has several users, all of which I ignore except
myself. I would like it to become a single user machine, albeit connected to a Linksys hub to share a cable
internet connection. If I transfer settings am I going to replicate the old network settings on XP and should
I just transfer files only? Does that mean that I have to reload all the apps, Office etc?
|
| Any help would be very much appreciated before I take the plunge.
|
| Regards
|
| GeoffreyG
 
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