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Windows Easy Transfer for windows 7 - do you use it? Does it move too much junk

replacing 2 xp pro machines with 2 new win 7 machines, the person bought the belkin easy transfer cable.  normally, I'll just copy all the files from the old machine into a folder called 'fromOldPC' on the new machine.  Lots of times there's settings / files in program files, the root of C that people need.  And I'll manually drag / drop favorites, my docs, music, PST, etc.  very manual process.

this easy transfer was, very easy : )

But it brought over user accounts that hadn't been used for years.  and lots of things in username/application data, etc.

Who uses easy transfer vs. manual process?  If you use easy transfer, do you think it brings over too much junk but it's easy?  Or some other reason?

Thanks!
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What did you mean by 'without belkin.' ?  How do you move the data over?  You don't like the belcon cable?  A different brand?
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did you try tools from here?

http://www.forensit.com/downloads.html
Personally, I liked Belkin when they first came out, but now days their product has not really been dependable. Especially recently with them having to recall a bunch of surge protectors that have caused some fires.
They have also lacked in their quality of cables. :(
Just my opinion.