Users moving to new Workstations with Windows 7
Hi Experts,
Require some advise on what the best practice is for the following scenario,
I have a client who has recently purchased 7 new Dell SFF machine, new machines windows 7 32bit with office 2010, we now need to replace users old machines with these new ones, pretty simple, but our client is very demanding, she doesn't want any data lost during this process, they have itunes library's which needs to be transfered and heaps or applications which stores data in various locations on the system drive,
She is wanting to know whether we cannot just copy thier profiles (which is a mixture of windows XP and Vista) to the new windows 7 PC? Or take a snapshot of what's on thier existing machine and apply it to the new workstation, personally I don't want to do either of this, as giving them the new fresh machine give them the opportunity of fresh start and removes unnessary clutter being copied/moved to the new machine, I just need to word it properly when we advise her, what the best way to go about this?
Thanks
Require some advise on what the best practice is for the following scenario,
I have a client who has recently purchased 7 new Dell SFF machine, new machines windows 7 32bit with office 2010, we now need to replace users old machines with these new ones, pretty simple, but our client is very demanding, she doesn't want any data lost during this process, they have itunes library's which needs to be transfered and heaps or applications which stores data in various locations on the system drive,
She is wanting to know whether we cannot just copy thier profiles (which is a mixture of windows XP and Vista) to the new windows 7 PC? Or take a snapshot of what's on thier existing machine and apply it to the new workstation, personally I don't want to do either of this, as giving them the new fresh machine give them the opportunity of fresh start and removes unnessary clutter being copied/moved to the new machine, I just need to word it properly when we advise her, what the best way to go about this?
Thanks
Vinchenzo-the-Second
By all means the users data needs to come across, you can export the itunes library then re-import. The applications will need to be re-installed; make sure they are Windows 7 compatible.
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Hey.
You could:
1. Save users settings on each PC with Windows Easy Transfer.
2. Create an image of each system that can then be accessed to transfer only wanted files & folders to the new system, plus will be there as a keep-safe in case any "forgotten about" files or folders need to be accessed at a later date!
3. Also consider backing up web passwords with WebBrowserPassView (chances are they'll be forgotten if saved in the web browser).
You could:
1. Save users settings on each PC with Windows Easy Transfer.
2. Create an image of each system that can then be accessed to transfer only wanted files & folders to the new system, plus will be there as a keep-safe in case any "forgotten about" files or folders need to be accessed at a later date!
3. Also consider backing up web passwords with WebBrowserPassView (chances are they'll be forgotten if saved in the web browser).
You may also try to install some programs in XP compatibility mode if needed.
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thanks guys, enough ideas to go on here.