moving xp files to windows7

[toyt]

not sure if this is the place to post this. moving to windows 7 from xp and
wanted to know what kind of issues I would need to deal with when moving
personal files over. I have xp sp2 and 32bit and want to get new laptop with
window 7 64bit. will this be a strait forward file move or complicated? the
plan is to move my files to external HD then onto new machine.

[Bob I]

Your files don't care about the "bitness" of the operating system, only
that you have installed the application that you wish to open them with.

toyt wrote:

> not sure if this is the place to post this. moving to windows 7 from xp and
> wanted to know what kind of issues I would need to deal with when moving
> personal files over. I have xp sp2 and 32bit and want to get new laptop with
> window 7 64bit. will this be a strait forward file move or complicated? the
> plan is to move my files to external HD then onto new machine.

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:52:03 -0800, toyt
> wrote:

> not sure if this is the place to post this. moving to windows 7 from xp and
> wanted to know what kind of issues I would need to deal with when moving
> personal files over. I have xp sp2 and 32bit and want to get new laptop with
> window 7 64bit. will this be a strait forward file move or complicated? the
> plan is to move my files to external HD then onto new machine.


These are data files, not programs?

Yes, it's completely straightforward, and your planned use of an
external HD is fine. There are no issue with going from XP to Windows
7 nor from 32-bit to 64-bit.

What you want to do is really no different from downloading a file
from some remote site. You don't know anything about what operating
system is used at the remote site, nor how many bits that operating
system uses. Neither of those things matter when you do that either.

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Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 - Help & How-to - Microsoft Windows:
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toyt wrote:
> not sure if this is the place to post this. moving to windows 7 from xp
> and
> wanted to know what kind of issues I would need to deal with when moving
> personal files over. I have xp sp2 and 32bit and want to get new laptop
> with window 7 64bit. will this be a strait forward file move or
> complicated? the plan is to move my files to external HD then onto new
> machine.

[JessicaD42]

Your files don't care about the "bitness" of the operating system, only
that you have installed the application that you wish to open them with.

toyt wrote:

not sure if this is the place to post this. moving to windows 7 from xp and
wanted to know what kind of issues I would need to deal with when moving
personal files over. I have xp sp2 and 32bit and want to get new laptop with
window 7 64bit. will this be a strait forward file move or complicated? the
plan is to move my files to external HD then onto new machine.

Bob,

Please note that when migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7 you will not have an "in place upgrade" option. You will however have the option to select "custom" install when prompted. The Windows 7 install process will then copy all of your data in "My Documents" over to a Windows.old folder within Windows 7 itself. All applications and documents stored in other locations will have to be reinstalled / transferred manually.
For more information on the Windows 7 Upgrade, please go he http://bit.ly/3DvynK
For additional assistance with the migration of Windows XP to Windows 7, please go he http://tinyurl.com/mhbep4

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team