How do I get shit from old pc, transfered to new one?
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How do I get shit from old pc, transfered to new one?
Ok, got my new pc...... SWEET! Vega to Vette....... more on that later.
I have a few programs saved on the old one, along with one or two songs, :wink: that I can no longer obtain, not for free at least.
How do I move them onto my new pc?
I tried a patch cable. That didnt work. Not sure if I went about doing so the right way.
I have a Linksys wireless router. Old pc was connected direct and worked fine. Have now installed installed wireless pci card in it, tried to run install disc, but it didnt load fully. Tried to UN-install, but it wont let me. Program shows on the old, but WONT run, and I am not able to reload it. Really pissed off about now. Advice or help, please.
I have a few programs saved on the old one, along with one or two songs, :wink: that I can no longer obtain, not for free at least.
How do I move them onto my new pc?
I tried a patch cable. That didnt work. Not sure if I went about doing so the right way.
I have a Linksys wireless router. Old pc was connected direct and worked fine. Have now installed installed wireless pci card in it, tried to run install disc, but it didnt load fully. Tried to UN-install, but it wont let me. Program shows on the old, but WONT run, and I am not able to reload it. Really pissed off about now. Advice or help, please.
Did that before I even posted. Wizard only allows you to save it on a flash card, cf, MMC, SMMS. No way possible to burn it on a friggin cd.Junkman wrote:Start - Programs - Accessories - System Tools - File and Settings Transfer Wizard.
Run it on the new one to make a disk/program for the old one, install and then run it on the old one. Now restore it to the new one.
You're welcome.
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Save it to the local drive. Burn that. Then copy it to the new machine.kcdave wrote:Did that before I even posted. Wizard only allows you to save it on a flash card, cf, MMC, SMMS. No way possible to burn it on a friggin cd.Junkman wrote:Start - Programs - Accessories - System Tools - File and Settings Transfer Wizard.
Run it on the new one to make a disk/program for the old one, install and then run it on the old one. Now restore it to the new one.
You're welcome.
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That's what I was thinking, too. It's pretty easily done and requires nothing more than moving a jumper and making a couple of connections.Atomic Punk wrote:How about making the old drive a "slave," attach it to your new computer IDE cable and copy the directories over?
You probably won't be able to transfer the programs as a lot of them access the registry, so you'll have to reinstall them on the new machine and just copy your data files over.
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Yes, but that is obvious. You transfer data and reinstall programs and then import data. Duh.Martyred wrote:Atomic Punk wrote:How about making the old drive a "slave," attach it to your new computer IDE cable and copy the directories over?
As the programs probably had data written to the registry, this will end up in failure.
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Seriously. I don't disagree with a word of it.
$8.00 per hour dildo at Best Buy gave me this same advice. Thats not a slam against you all, but I normally do not trust a damn thing they say.Red wrote:That's what I was thinking, too. It's pretty easily done and requires nothing more than moving a jumper and making a couple of connections.Atomic Punk wrote:How about making the old drive a "slave," attach it to your new computer IDE cable and copy the directories over?
You probably won't be able to transfer the programs as a lot of them access the registry, so you'll have to reinstall them on the new machine and just copy your data files over.
Needing help RIGHT NOW, I spotted a couple of stoners checking out the gaming hardware. In less than 2 minutes, they hooked me up with this:
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Took about 3 hours, alotta pluggin in, back and forth, but I managed to move a little over 600 songs, Photoshop 6.0 (Old school, but I like it), faves, pics, and few other programs I just couldn't do without.
Case closed....... problem solved.
Swell. At least I know that if worse comes to worse, I at least can count on pulling in $8.00 an hour.kcdave wrote:$8.00 per hour dildo at Best Buy gave me this same advice. Thats not a slam against you all, but I normally do not trust a damn thing they say.
Those little thumb drives are handy. Not a waste of money, but my way was cheaper (e.g. free) and likely faster.Needing help RIGHT NOW, I spotted a couple of stoners checking out the gaming hardware. In less than 2 minutes, they hooked me up with this...
Took about 3 hours, alotta pluggin in, back and forth, but I managed to move a little over 600 songs, Photoshop 6.0 (Old school, but I like it), faves, pics, and few other programs I just couldn't do without.
Case closed....... problem solved.
Not that it's at all relevant, but I've got a shitload of components coming in this week from Newegg... finally getting around to building my first system. Woo-hoo! It ain't the latest, greatest stuff, but it will be a definite upgrade to my old Inspiron lappy, plus I get to build it myself!