Tag: Windows Easy Transfer
How to Reinstall Windows 7 From Scratch: An Effective Method for a Clean Install
Yes, I said effectively, there is always a right way to do something and installing Windows 7 is no different. I have discussed many times the virtues of using system imaging in Windows 7, but sometimes you just want to start things from scratch with a clean slate. This can be beneficial by removing any gunk [...]
How to Backup to an External Hard Drive
In a previous Notebooks.com article we looked at using System Imaging as handy way to backup our entire computer. The benefits being, you are able to keep a safe replica of your system in a working state. System Images though can be quite large, using a lot of hard disk space that might not be [...]
How to Create Your Own Signature Windows 7 PC for a Better Windows Experience
I read/watched an interesting blog entry by Ben Rudolf of the Windows Team Blog about an option customers have at the Microsoft Store to have their PC’s customized and optimized with Windows 7 that includes just the essentials. This optimized version is called Microsoft Signature and we are going to show you how to get that [...]
Migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7
We continue our look at moving from previous versions of Windows to Windows 7. Yep, there are many Windows XP users out there who continue to enjoy it. But they are hearing about Windows 7 a lot lately and all the really cool new features it offers, from desktop improvements to how you do things easier like networking, organization of files and better performance.
Using Windows Easy Transfer in Windows 7
So far we have looked at two ways of installing Windows 7 on your PC – Clean/Custom Install or In-Place Upgrading. Many persons will be buying Windows 7 on a new PC when its released and would like to get their personal data from an old PC to the new PC running Windows 7. Windows 7 offers an easy, convenient way to make the move with the built in Windows Easy Transfer utility. As you can see in the screenshot below, I have a lot of files on my old PC running Windows 7, and I would like to get those files over safely over to my new computer also running Windows 7.
