Transferring Files and Settings from an Old Computer to Your New Computer
You can copy files from the old computer to your new computer by using CDs or DVDs, memory sticks, or personal media drives, or by using the Windows Easy Transfer cable. To transfer files and copy certain settings, such as Web browser Favorites and address books, use Windows Easy Transfer software, which is included with Windows 7.
Windows Easy Transfer software guides you to copy files and settings to a storage device or, using an Easy Transfer Cable, to the new computer. The Easy Transfer Cable is a USB cable designed specifically to connect two computers and to work with the Windows Easy Transfer software. (The cable is sold separately.) A standard USB cable does not work.
To transfer your files and settings:
1Click the Start button.
2Type Windows Easy Transfer into the Start Search box, and then click Windows Easy Transfer.
3Follow the onscreen instructions in the Windows Easy Transfer Wizard to transfer your files from an old computer to your new one.
For more information, click the Start button, click Help and Support, and then type moving files into the Search Help box and press Enter. See “Using the Help and Support Center” on page 25.
20Getting Started (features vary by model)