Transferring Information To A New Computer; Microsoft Windows Vista Operating System; Microsoft Windows ® Xp - Dell OptiPlex DCCY Setup And Quick Reference Manual

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5 Click the appropriate option under How do you want to connect to the

Internet?, and click Next.

6 Use the setup information provided by your ISP to complete the setup.

Transferring Information to a New Computer

Microsoft

Windows Vista

1 Click the Windows Vista Start button

and settings→ Start Windows Easy Transfer.

2 In the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.

3 Click Start a new transfer or Continue a transfer in progress.

4 Follow the instructions provided on the screen by the Windows Easy

Transfer wizard.

Microsoft Windows

Windows XP provides the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard to move data

from a source computer to a new computer.

You can transfer the data to the new computer over a network or serial

connection, or you can store it on removable media, such as a writable CD,

for transfer to the new computer.

NOTE:

You can transfer information from an old computer to a new computer by

directly connecting a serial cable to the input/output (I/O) ports of the two

computers.

For instructions on setting up a direct cable connection between two computers,

see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article #305621, titled How to Set Up a Direct Cable

Connection Between Two Computers in Windows XP. This information may not be

available in certain countries.

For transferring information to a new computer, you must run the Files and

Settings Transfer Wizard.

Setting Up Your Computer

Operating System

, and then click Transfer files

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