I have asked this question many times in different places, and still cannot get an answer that works. I have a new computer. i want all my Google desktop history from current computer transferred or accessable to me on new computer. i am being told how to transfer my documents, but I don't undersant how all my desktop history can be in my 'dcouments.?" anyone know how to do this??? what about all the love letters i wrote that rest on my current hardrive? how do i find them again? thank you!
barbara
2006-09-01 04:22:15 · 11 answers · asked by barbara d 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Use the File & Settings Transfer Wizard.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/mgrtfset.mspx
2006-09-01 04:27:51 · answer #1 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know you can physically put your old hard drive into your new computer. Then you have all your documents. I am not a computer guru but you can also make a LAN connection between the 2 computers and send them to a shared folder.
As for finding a file, If you remember what you called the letters when you saved them you can just use the search option. Click start, search and then documents.
2006-09-01 11:42:00 · answer #2 · answered by sheltz32tt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The easiest way to move your desktop over is to open Windows Explorer and go to your profile. Then you can copy your desktop from the old PC and move it to the new PC. If you have both PCs on a local network at home, you can share your C drive and find your profile on the old PC from the new PC and then just click and drag the entire profile over to the new PC. If you don't have it on a network, you can connect the two using a USB cable or via a single ethernet cable between the two PCs. Also, you can copy your profile to a CD and then transfer to your new PC. Finally, you can actually remove the hard disk drive from your PC. Change the jumper on the back of the drive from Master to Slave and then add it to the ribbon from the controller to your hard drive on the new PC. Then you will be able to see the drive from your old PC with a new drive letter designation on the new PC and you can drag and drop anything from the old drive to the new drive. The old drive should then be removed, OR, you can reformat the drive and continue to use it as additional hard drive space on the new PC if you don't have any plans for the old PC. If you do move the old hard drive back to the old PC, remember to reset the jumper from Slave back to Master. It should be listed on the surface of the PC as to which jumper settings are Master or Slave. Any one of these methods will work successfully. Just remember, you will be replacing your profile on the new PC if you copy the whole profile. You might want to just copy folders within the profile and not copy the whole profile over. You will be prompted that you are about to replace a folder and must confirm yes. Hope this helps!!!
2006-09-01 11:27:51 · answer #3 · answered by viclioce 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You try to catch all your info in a USB flash memory, those are marvelous. Buy a 512 mb at any computer store, you pass all your info in some seconds and that's it!! to your new computer..
There are some way too complicated for no-experienced people like you.
Good luck!!
2006-09-01 12:16:12 · answer #4 · answered by leito 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why dont you opt to network both computers so you can access them from both computers. I have no idea how to save history to another computer. You could try backing it up on a cd, then downloading that cd to to your new computer.
good luck.
2006-09-01 12:03:17 · answer #5 · answered by psychstudent 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am in the process of this myself, I was told that there is a way to "piggyback" the old hard drive to the new to copy all your files and info. If you find out how, let me know.
2006-09-01 11:26:13 · answer #6 · answered by mightymite1957 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
back up the files in a cd from your old computer and just restore them to your new computer.
btw, those are for files only.
all i know is you cannot transfer desktop history to your new computer from ur old. umm, reinstall them.
2006-09-01 11:25:30 · answer #7 · answered by o0_gandayan_0o 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
search for it, save it on a disk, put in on your new computer. i'm not good with computers but i don't think what you're asking is that difficult. if you remember what you named your documents you can easily search for them. i have an idea. call geek sqaud at best buy. those guys know everything and they can do it for you. good luck
2006-09-01 11:28:10 · answer #8 · answered by cramner25 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pull out the old hard drive and put it in the new computer as a slave drive keeping the new one as a master
2006-09-01 11:30:42 · answer #9 · answered by WifeMomSlave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
under program/accessoiries/systemtools is a program called
files and settings transfer wizzard. that will help you to move all you stuff to you new computer.
2006-09-01 11:28:26 · answer #10 · answered by hennie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋