I have a Dell XPS T450 desktop with Win 98se. I want to buy a DellXPS 420 with quad
processor and 4 gig ram etc. I just need to move doc. files, a lot of .jpg files,
mov files, and Outlook Express, I have very important files with large attachment
stored in OE
..
My son got a new loaded Dell 420, 3 men came to the house from Dell to set it up and
move his
data from the same type of machine that I have. After they worked on it a while they
told him it could not be done and that he
would have to call Dell and tell them to put XP into his machine! These were people
Dell sent!!!
Anyway, I have the same kind of files. I don't expect to move my old programs. Will I
be able to move my files onto Vista Premium? Ginny

CdLSRN wrote:
I have a Dell XPS T450 desktop with Win 98se. I want to buy a DellXPS 420 with quad
processor and 4 gig ram etc. I just need to move doc. files, a lot of .jpg files,
mov files, and Outlook Express, I have very important files with large attachment
stored in OE
.
My son got a new loaded Dell 420, 3 men came to the house from Dell to set it up and
move his
data from the same type of machine that I have. After they worked on it a while they
told him it could not be done and that he
would have to call Dell and tell them to put XP into his machine! These were people
Dell sent!!!
Anyway, I have the same kind of files. I don't expect to move my old programs. Will I
be able to move my files onto Vista Premium? Ginny





How to use Windows Easy Transfer to migrate files and settings from one
Windows-based computer to another Windows Vista-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928634/en-us


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I would recommend an external hard drive to backup your data to. 98SE
and Vista might not network easily. I know 2000 and XP can network with
Vista. If your data is small enough use DVDs. You can move Word,
Excel, etc. Don't get 64-bit Vista, if you use 16-bit older apps. They
won't run.


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Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
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16GB DDR667
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Thats 3 men who should be dumped, you simply copy your data files to
external media, then copy from that to the Documents Folder in Vista.
For outlook express you need to copy the identity, then connect that to
Windows Mail on the Vista PC
http://www.insideoe.com/
PS You mention very important files, but if you dont have a backup they
cannot be very important


"CdLSRN" wrote in message
...
I have a Dell XPS T450 desktop with Win 98se. I want to buy a DellXPS 420
with quad
processor and 4 gig ram etc. I just need to move doc. files, a lot of
.jpg files,
mov files, and Outlook Express, I have very important files with large
attachment
stored in OE
.
My son got a new loaded Dell 420, 3 men came to the house from Dell to
set it up and
move his
data from the same type of machine that I have. After they worked on it a
while they
told him it could not be done and that he
would have to call Dell and tell them to put XP into his machine! These
were people
Dell sent!!!
Anyway, I have the same kind of files. I don't expect to move my old
programs. Will I
be able to move my files onto Vista Premium? Ginny

You CAN'T move Word and Excel Programs.!
Those Programs have to be reinstalled.
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"SCSIraidGURU" wrote:


I would recommend an external hard drive to backup your data to. 98SE
and Vista might not network easily. I know 2000 and XP can network with
Vista. If your data is small enough use DVDs. You can move Word,
Excel, etc. Don't get 64-bit Vista, if you use 16-bit older apps. They
won't run.


--
SCSIraidGURU

Michael A. McKenney
'www.SCSIraidGURU.com' (http://www.SCSIraidGURU.com)

Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
16GB DDR667
SAS RAID
eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card

This says windows 2000, xp, and vista. It doesn't say anything about Windows 98.

"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...
CdLSRN wrote:
I have a Dell XPS T450 desktop with Win 98se. I want to buy a DellXPS 420 with
quad
processor and 4 gig ram etc. I just need to move doc. files, a lot of .jpg
files,
mov files, and Outlook Express, I have very important files with large attachment
stored in OE
.
My son got a new loaded Dell 420, 3 men came to the house from Dell to set it up
and
move his
data from the same type of machine that I have. After they worked on it a while
they
told him it could not be done and that he
would have to call Dell and tell them to put XP into his machine! These were
people
Dell sent!!!
Anyway, I have the same kind of files. I don't expect to move my old programs.
Will I
be able to move my files onto Vista Premium? Ginny





How to use Windows Easy Transfer to migrate files and settings from one
Windows-based computer to another Windows Vista-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928634/en-us


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot