Windows 7 – Windows Easy Transfer
So i decided to take the plunge on my home PC to Windows 7 RC. My XP installation had been running pretty crappy lately and i knew it was time for a reload. Figured I should get used to Windows 7 since I’ve been working with at work.
One thing i was impressed with is Windows Easy Transfer:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/easy-transfer.aspx
I used this to transfer my files and settings from my XP box to the new Win7 installation. It’s very similar to USMT with I a significant amount of experience with at work and i’m pretty sure that is mostly likely the backbone to the Easy Transfer program. It’s a nice GUI that scans for users and then lets you select the files/settings that you want to transfer.
Windows Easy Transfer moved across all my files and settings including Outlook settings and Microsoft Money settings. I used a PST file for redirection of all my emails from multiple accounts and i have various rules setup for each account, all of those settings came across into Windows 7. Additionally the Outlook settings were redirected to the new “documents” location.
Overall i was very impressed with the ease of Easy Transfer wizard.
Here is the download link for the XP version. Win7 includes Easy Transfer.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2B6F1631-973A-45C7-A4EC-4928FA173266&displaylang=en
-Chris