28 Setting Up Your Computer
Create a Wizard Disk
1
Click the
Start
button.
2
Click
Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
.
3
When the
Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
welcome screen appears, click
Next
.
4
On the
Which computer is this?
screen, click
New Computer
and click
Next
.
5
On the
Do you have a Windows XP CD?
screen, click
I want to create a Wizard Disk in the following
drive:
and click
Next.
6
Insert the removable media, such as a writable CD, and click
OK
.
7
When the disk creation completes and the
Now go to your old computer
message appears,
do not
click
Next
.
8
Go to the old computer.
Copy Data From the Old Computer
1
On the old computer, insert the wizard disk.
2
Click the
Start
button and click
Run
.
3
In the
Open
field on the
Run
window, browse to the path for
fastwiz
(on the appropriate removable
media) and click
OK
.
4
On the
Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
welcome screen, click
Next
.
5
On the
Which computer is this?
screen, click
Old Computer
and click
Next
.
6
On the
Select a transfer method
screen, click the transfer method you prefer.
7
On the
What do you want to transfer?
screen, select the items you want to transfer and click
Next
.
After the information has been copied, the
Completing the Collection Phase
screen appears.
8
Click
Finish
.
Transfer Data to the New Computer
1
On the
Now go to your old computer
screen on the new computer, click
Next
.
2
On the
Where are the files and settings?
screen, select the method you chose for transferring your
settings and files and click
Next
. Follow the instructions on the screen.
The wizard reads the collected files and settings and applies them to your new computer.
When all of the settings and files have been applied, the
Finishe d
screen appears.
3
Click
Finishe d
and restart the new computer.
NOTE: For more information about this procedure, search dell.support.com for document #PA1089586 (How Do I
Transfer Files From My Old Computer to My New Dell Computer Using the Microsoft® Windows® XP Operating
System?).
NOTE: Access to the Dell Knowledge Base document may not be available in certain countries.