XP to Vista 64 conversion

[RVFLYER]

Hello

My XP motherboard crashed. I bought a new computer preloaded with Vista
64 and installed my old hard drive in my new computer. I have all my old
files on the extra HD but Easy transfer will not give converting those files
as an option. How do I convert the files from one HD(XP) to the other(Vista)?

Thank you

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

What do you mean by "convert"? What kind of files are you talking about?
Data files are just data files. Windows Easy Transfer must be used on the
old computer while it is running. That is obviously not the case. Why
aren't you just copying the files from the extra HD to the new one?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Wade,

The Easy Trasfer Tool has to be run from within a working XP installation,
and then from the Vista install. It can't be used to grab files from the
failed system in the manner you are trying to use it. For what you are
trying to do, all you need to do is copy/move the files from the old drive
to the new. You wouldn't "convert" anything, you probably just need to
access the files.

Currently they are "owned" by the user account you had in XP. To change
permissions, right click the destination folder and select properties. On
the security tab click advanced, then go to the ownership tab. Click edit,
then change to your account. Enable the line to propagate to all
subcontainers and folders, then apply/ok. It should take some time to run
through, exit when complete. You should then be able to access the files.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[RVFLYER]

Thanks. I was referring to outlook and windows users setting, I didn't know
if the format was the same and didn't want to try it with checking first.

Thanks Rick, I will give that a try.