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Resolved Install DVD's with Music after Clean Install of XP PRO

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by PAULDEP, 2011/10/10.

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    PAULDEP

    PAULDEP Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Hello & please excuse my lack of smarts :eek: I took my daughters Laptop to Staples it had a horrible Virus. So for $69 I had them backup all her music(College Stuff) documents, etc. they are Virus Free. Then I did a Format & clean Install of XP PRO. All good, now I have tons of music & docs. on 2 DVD's. So (XP PRO SP3) with drivers and her fav programs on it. Now to load the DVD's I have should I just pop them in DVD drive & use "Files & Settings Transfer Wizard" ? Can someone help me with this part please. I tried Transfer wizard but I'm not to bright :confused:
    Thank You,
    ~Paul
    PS. Her Laptop is a Dell Inspirion E1505
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    You probably just need to do Copy and Paste.
     
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    PAULDEP

    PAULDEP Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Steve do you mean like "Copy" a folder on the DVD then "Paste" it where you want it on the new install of XP PRO. Thank you, I know it seems easy but that is if a person knows what to do...
    Thanks Again,
    ~Paul
     
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    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    Hi PAULDEP. Yes just copy the data that you want from the CD's and then paste the data in your Documents/Music folder.

    You won't need to run the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard to copy data from CD's or DVD's.
     
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    PAULDEP Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    AWESOME EVAN OMO, thank you so very much, I should be okay now. Its nuts that I didn't know how to do that but sometimes the easier the process the harder it is to do .
    Thanks,
    ~Paul
     
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    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    Your Welcome. Do you have any other questions or has this thread been resolved?
     
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    TonyT

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    Please note:

    If you copied documents such as Word files or Excel spreadsheets, or any other files that can be edited, these files are marked as READ ONLY on the DVDs and cannot be edited after you copy them onto the new Windows installation.

    To re-enable editing of the files you copied back to the hard drive, you can select an individual file or a group of files and then right click on one of them and select Properties. Then uncheck READ ONLY.
     
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    PAULDEP

    PAULDEP Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    RESOLVED EVAN,Please!
     
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    PAULDEP

    PAULDEP Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Thanks Tony T, good advice, I saw that when I was messing around.
    ~Paul
     
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    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    Great. Thanks for letting us know. :)

    Since this issue is now resolved, please mark this thread as 'Resolved'.

     
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