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Transferring My Documents

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by Bucksone, 2003/09/02.

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  1. 2003/09/02
    Bucksone

    Bucksone Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I'm trying to transfer all of our Word documents from our old computer to the new computer. The old computer ran 98SE, Word 97. The new computer runs XP, Word 2002, I think. I can't use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard because I don't have cabling to hook the two computers together and it would take about 250 floppies to do it that way. I have a burner on the old machine, so I burned My Documents onto a CD, but I'm having problems getting it to the right spot on the new machine. I tried using Windows Explorer and dragging it, but placing it directly over My Documents on the new computer just creates a folder called My Documents (containing all of our old stuff) in the folder My Documents on the new machine. I would think that I have to go up one level, but the only thing above My Documents on the new computer is Desktop. Dragging it there creates a folder on the desktop, but when I go to Word and try to open a document, the old stuff isn't there.
    As usual, any advice is appreciated.
     
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    Paul

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    Open up the said folder in the CD backup and select all the documents you want. Then ctrl + c will copy the selected content. Open up the Documents folder on the new PC and ctrl + v will paste the documents.
     
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    Johanna

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    Or, the XP way

    Put your cd in, highlight the folders and files you want and then toggle the folders button, select copy and place them where you want them. ( A dialog box with a tree will pop up, and you simply highlight the destination and cllick copy) BTW, Control A is "select all ", then just hold down the control key and click on the files that you don't want to copy to the new computer.
    HTH
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    Christer

    Christer Geek Member Staff

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    I had this problem a while ago and if I recall correctly, isolated the problem to the system files in the old folder. These files are hidden and if You have selected to show hidden files, these will be copied too.

    If the old desktop.ini file from the old My documents folder is copied it will recreate the old folder within the new My documents folder.

    Copy the old My documents folder to a temp folder such as C:\temp.

    Do a search in C:\temp\My documents for desktop.ini and thumbs.db and delete them before moving to the new My documents folder.

    Move the contents only and not the shell folders. Shell folders are My music, My pictures, My videoclips and all folders within My documents that aren´t plain yellow folder icons. They all have desktop.ini files to tell them that they are "special folders ".

    Sub folders created by You can be moved. Any folder containing pictures probably have a thumbs.db file but since You´ve deleted all thumbs.db files this can´t mess things up.

    HTH,
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    RayH

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    When I do something like that, I copy the CONTENTS of My Documents to a created folder on the CD.

    In going to XP, I open the CD folder, Edit> SELECT ALL, Edit (again) COPY TO>

    It'll move all to the folder selected.
     
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    Bucksone

    Bucksone Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Copy and Paste. I knew the solution would be something so simple that I smack myself in the forehead and say "Why didn't I think of that?" Thanks to all!
     
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