File transfer XP to Win7.

[Irwell]

By network or by cable, is one method better
than the other?

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

By network or by cable, is one method better
than the other?

I imagine it depends on what you mean by "by network" and by "by cable".
If by the latter you mean a direct ethernet cable between the two
devices (a crossover cable if necessary - though I doubt any hardware
modern enough to be running 7 will make it necessary), then I suspect
that's the _fastest_ method; it's probably one of the _easiest_ (in
terms of setup) too, though via a router may be marginally simpler.

If you have a _lot_ of data to transfer, and the hardware on the two
systems is compatible (and, in the case of a laptop, you can physically
connect two at once, which is rare [though not unknown]), then the
quickest way is probably to temporarily take the disc drive out of the
XP machine and connect it to the 7 one, and do direct disc-to-disc
transfer (that's probably the easiest in terms of what you do _on
screen_ too), but whether that's "XP to Win7" is arguable - though it
achieves the same result. I suspect you could get quite a lot over an
ethernet cable (depending on the speed of the slower machine) in the
time it'd take to physically do the unscrewing and so on, though.

"How much ya got?"

 

[Jason]

By network or by cable, is one method better
than the other?

I used Laplink software with their special USB cable to do a migration
from XP to 7. It took many hours, but worked fine.

 

[Roger Mills]

By network or by cable, is one method better
than the other?

Is this a one-off, or a regular requirement?

If the former, a USB flash drive is often the simplest. Plug it into the
XP system and copy the file(s) onto it, then transfer it to the W7
system and read them off.

If you have a network on which the two systems can see each other, you
can transfer file(s) over the network fairly easily. But it gets
complicated (user accounts, file permissions, etc.) if you want to
*write* to the W7 system from XP. It's far easier to start at the W7 end
and *pull* the files over, rather than trying to *push* them from the XP
end.
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Cheers,
Roger
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[Wolf K]

By network or by cable, is one method better
than the other?

I suggest avoiding the problem entirely. Buy an external drive, plug it
into the XP machine, and copy whatever data you ant to transfer. Then
plug it into the W7 machine, and copy what you need from it. Bonus: you
now have a back-up drive, which IMO is essential.

HTH

 

[choro]

I suggest avoiding the problem entirely. Buy an external drive, plug it
into the XP machine, and copy whatever data you ant to transfer. Then
plug it into the W7 machine, and copy what you need from it. Bonus: you
now have a back-up drive, which IMO is essential.

That's too simple. It just won't do! ;-)

 

[Irwell]

That's too simple. It just won't do! ;-)

That is a good suggestion, wish it had been a First Responder.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions, I used Microsoft Easy Transfer Wizard
on the W7 machine, via the LAN, took about 3 hours for 69 GB.