When using a computer, it is inevitable that there will be a need to reinstall the system. Many people are afraid of reinstalling, because after reloading, many things in the computer that are set according to their own habits, such as favorites, desktops, etc. It will be gone, it will take a lot of time to reset it back. It would be great if you reload all the habitual settings every time. This article introduces you to a good way to transfer the habitual settings of the old system to the reinstalled new system.
Windows itself comes with a such a tool to help us accomplish this task, the whole process easy and simple, with cooked after, you may even regret - regret not know it earlier. In the Windows 7 system, its name is "Windows Easy Transfer", let's see how it transfers the settings of the old system to the new system. Which parts can be transmitted before
use "Windows Easy Transfer" within
system, we should it have a more detailed understanding. "Windows Easy Transfer" can transfer a lot of content (Figure 1), including account information, almost all files in "Personal Folders", such as "My Documents", "My Pictures", "My Music" , "My Video", "Favorites", etc.; as well as mail settings, contacts, such as account settings and address books in Outlook and Foxmail; various settings for programs such as Microsoft Office; user accounts and settings, topics Settings (including desktop background, color, sound, etc.), network connections, screen savers, fonts, Start menu options, taskbar options and network printers, Internet settings, etc., are generally in the system partition.
Tip: To be pointed out that only set the "settings" for transfer procedures done, but can not transfer program file itself (after software such as Office, reinstall the system still needs to be installed again), and support for Microsoft's main products will windowsxp setup and data to the Win7 Windows7
now increasingly accepted by all, if you are ready to replace XP system to Win7 system, how to transfer settings do?
on the XP system ready: log in with an administrator account, insert discs Win7, run Win7 system tray program "SUPPORTMIGWIZMIGWIZ
.EXE", to start the "Windows Easy Transfer" . For the case of only one computer, we choose "external hard drive or USB flash drive" (Figure 2). After
"Windows Easy Transfer" began to search the contents of the account can be transferred and shared projects, the time required and the number of related documents, need to wait until the search is completed in order to continue to the next step, if you only need to send an account of the Content, check the account, the other checkmarks are all removed (Figure 3), enter "Custom" and "Advanced" for more detailed selection, "Next" will ask for a password, this is to To protect the security of personal files and privacy, I have to say that Windows considerations are still very thoughtful. Then choose the file path to save these data, you can exist on the U disk or hard disk partition, be careful not to choose the system partition, so as not to be lost due to reinstalling the system. Windows Easy Transfer saves the selection to a single file with the suffix "MIG".
Tip: If you find the file you need to transfer large, you can eliminate unnecessary files check disk systems in fine local non-self-definition.
reinstall Windows7 system (the first user is created by the system administrator during installation) to the administrator user login system, first installed Office and other commonly used software, and then double-click the file that is generated The "Windows Easy Transfer" program can be launched and you need to enter the correct password to continue. If the transferred content contains multiple account information, before clicking "Transfer", it is best to click "Advanced Options", set up the transfer relationship between accounts, and finally "transfer". Transfer is as simple as this! After the transfer is complete, go to “View Transferred Content” to view the transfer report, including the details of the file transfer and program settings transfer (Figure 4).
Tip: better to turn off the computer butler and other security software before transferring to avoid endless warnings during transmission. In addition, it is best not to perform other operations during the transmission process to avoid transmission errors. Windows7 settings and data will be transmitted to Windows7
although spend the Win7 system, but also need to reinstall the time for various reasons, the transmission in this case with respect to the transfer from XP to Win7 not much the difference.
start "Windows Easy Transfer" on the old system Win7, select "external hard drive or USB flash drive", then select "This is my old computer" (Figure 5), this step in the case No, because the system version is the latest, the software can not determine whether it is an old computer or a new computer, and then the other steps are similar to the first case, select the content to be transferred and its save path.
operating system on the reloading Win7 addition to selecting the new computer this step, the other to keep the contents of one case are basically the same. How is it, it's quite simple.
before we transfer settings and data, either yourself or with third-party software, process operations are more complicated, laborious do not say, reliability is not guaranteed. Since the system comes with such a convenient and easy to use "Windows Easy Transfer", what other reasons do we not fully utilize? If you are experiencing a reloading system in the future, remember to try it.