2007-07-27 08:26:10 · 6 answers · asked by annswers 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Hi! I really need this community's help. I have MS Office 2003 Student/Teacher version which I can not find in my home! I have my kid's music and school reports in the old Dell. My old Dell was bought used and I did not have any drivers or start-up CD or disks. Please help?! I do not know what to do and my kid needs this for school work. I am getting the Dell 521 basic computer with Vista that just came out last month in Walmart stores. Thank a million!
2007-07-27 08:30:31 · update #1
get a USB jump drive, save the files into it and then plug it into the new computer and save them somewhere else in the new computer
2007-07-27 08:31:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get an external hard-disk or a flash memory and move your files. CD's can work too.
But if your files are large in size you might need something with high capacity, preferably an external hard disk drive.
Vista opens old documents, but new documents cannot be opened by older versions of window unless they are saved in a proper way.
So for your issue, you'll just be needing to move your files normally.
As long as you solve the problem of having a drive to move the files, and do so by moving them to the new computer with Vista, your children will be able to work on their files normally.
However, you STILL need a genuine copy of MS Office, whether it was Office 2007 or Office 2003, anything will work fine.
Because with Vista Premium and maybe the other versions too (I'm not sure)... there is (Microsoft Works) which is a simple version of (Microsoft Office) but I didn't adapt to it quickly, so I got myself Office 2007 and I'm enjoying it now.
2007-07-27 08:36:37 · answer #2 · answered by Serendipity 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a CD burner where you can burn the files on a CD and then transfer over? The program, you may have to find someone who has it. If you can't burn it, another way to get files would be to zip and email them to yourself. I really don't know about your old system. Good luck with Vista.
2007-07-27 08:35:49 · answer #3 · answered by krennao 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your old pc has a network card buy 2 ethernet cat6 patch cables and a router and plug one end of each cable into the pc's and other ends into the router then run the network wizard on each pc (enable printer & file sharing on both)....then on the vista machine create a shared folder and copy your stuff from the old pc to the new
only office 2003 or 2007 work on vista...older versions dont work on vista
2007-08-03 06:59:29 · answer #4 · answered by david_m_grogan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you say transfer all your files; I hope you meant only your Data files (documents, spreadsheets, mp*, etc) and not including your application (program), and system files.
Do not attempt to transfer Program Files and system files. If you happen to copy these files and overwrite existing system files you computer system and program file coul become corrupt. This will make your new computer inopperatable.
david_m_grogan has the best solution.
Be careful what you transfer
Good Luck
2007-08-03 12:47:37 · answer #5 · answered by Comp-Elect 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-12 22:48:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋