You can perform the data-migration processbetween two computers with
Windows operating systems. The computers can have different operating
systems; however, not all Windowsoperating-system combinations are
supported. See “Supported operating-system combinations”.
Supported operating-system combinations
You can migrate to these operating systems on your new computer.
If the previous computer operating system is: The following operating systems are
supported for the new computer:
Windows XP Home Edition or WindowsXP
Professional Windows XPHome Edition, Windows
XP Professional
Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Home Edition, Windows
XP Professional, Windows2000
Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Windows XP Home Edition, Windows
XP Professional, WindowsMe
Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) Windows XP Home Edition, Windows
XP Professional, Windows2000,
Windows Me, Windows98 SE,
Windows 98
Windows 98 Windows XP Home Edition, Windows
XP Professional, Windows2000,
Windows Me, Windows98 SE,
Windows 98
Windows 95 Windows XP Home Edition, Windows
XP Professional, Windows2000,
Windows Me, Windows98 SE,
Windows 98, Windows95
System requirements
The computers that you are transferring data between do not have to be the
same type. For example, you can transfer data from a desktop computer to a
mobile computer and vice versa. The following are requirements for the new
and previous computer.
New computer:
vPentium-class microprocessor or later
vWindows XP Professional, WindowsXP Home Edition, Windows 2000,
Windows Me, Windows 98 SE, Windows98, Windows 95
vFor migration to Windows XP only,a diskette drive in or that can be
connected to the new computer or a Windows XP CD and a CD-ROM or
DVD-ROM drive in the old computer
v32 MB memory
vFree space on the hard disk equal to the amount of data to be transferred
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