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I am planning an upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 and am currently at the stage where I've finished copying my files on Windows XP. I am sceptical about moving on to the next stage (installing Windows 7) and have some questions to ask:
- Does Windows Easy Transfer act as a back up for your computer?
- Once I have finished installing Windows 7, how can I access the files from the old computer from my external hard drive? How do I open those file from the local disk (C:)? I want to transfer everything from Windows XP to Windows 7 on the same computer safely.
- Can Windows Easy Transfer migrate my programs as well? If not, is there a program that can transfer my Windows XP programs onto my Windows 7 installation?
Hope you don't mind @Allen - I've edited the question so that hopefully it's a bit easier to follow. If I've missed out anything important feel free to edit back in! – Gaff – 2011-05-02T22:21:48.097
(If in doubt, make a second or third backup of your important data.) – therube – 2011-05-20T00:03:29.400