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moving from XP to windows
Name: velivolus Date: January 5, 2009 at 19:22:40 Pacific OS: Vista 64 CPU/Ram: intel quadcore, 4k Product: X / X Subcategory: Installation
Comment:
I'm going to be building a new machine soon on which I would like to run x64 Vista.
Right now I am running Windows XP pro SP 3.
What I am wondering is if there is any easy way to transfer my "user folder" from XP to Vista, so that I can preserve program preferences, email, Firefox bookmarks, etc.
Are there any software programs that help with this transfer? Or will I need to begin from scratch?
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