Resolved Windows Easy Transfer

Well, so far the title isn't very accurate, as it hasn't been "easy" at all!

I took the plunge and bought a new computer, running Windows 7 Pro. I thought I would use my external hard drive to transfer needed data from my old XP Home machine to the new one. I followed the instructions for the Windows Easy Transfer program. I installed the program on my external drive then plugged it into the old computer. I went to the old computer and navigated to the Easy Transfer program. It created a file on the external drive and began sending files to it. It was going to be about a four hour process. After about an hour, the process failed. I tried it three times. Error messages would pop up saying, "Windows Easy Transfer can't copy your files to this Easy Transfer file. The Easy Transfer file might be corrupted. Restart Windows Easy transfer and create a new Easy Transfer file. "

I would follow those instructions but it would fail again. Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong would be appreciated.

 

Haven't used any of these Easy transfer programs. I always create a partition to hold my data & copy all these files onto new computer/hard disk.

You may look at Microsoft Tutorial - Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows7

 

I thought using the program provided would be easier, but that isn't proving to be the case. I'll try to just copy the files manually.