transferring files from old to new

[amrit1]

i am gonna buy a new laptop which will have a win7 home basic 64-bit installed, and right now i have a win vista home premium 32-bit laptop. I want to know that how can i transfer my files and folders from the old PC (vista HP 32-bit) to the new one (win7 HB 64-bit)?

I have been searching online and found that there is something like Windows Easy transfer wizard. And on M$ help center they say that Windows Easy Transfer can't transfer files from a 64-bit version of Windows to a 32-bit version of Windows. And so, i am confused now (from 32-bit to 64-bit).

Any help is appreciated.

[thetechfreak]

I dont there is any other easy way other than manual copy paste.

Have a look at this link, should make things easier
4 Ways To Transfer Files From One Computer to Another

[asingh]

You can connect the two computer using a LAN cable.

[pankajhwr]

Take backup on Pen drive and transfer wherever you want, simple.

[Zangetsu]

Originally Posted by pankajhwr

Take backup on Pen drive and transfer wherever you want, simple.

no its not simple...if OP has huge data (above 15GB) then its cumbersome to do copy/paste using Pendrive

@OP: use LAN cable(if u have) or else external HDD

[sygeek]

Here's what I usually do for the above purpose

1. Connect both of the PCs with Ethernet Crossover Cable/Wi-Fi over router.
2. Create an FTP/HTTP Server with Everything.
3. Find the source computer's internal IP address (cmd -> ipconfig /all)
4. Enter that Internal IP address into a browser in the destination computer.
5. Navigate to the directory and download the files.
6. I recommend using IDM ("Download all links with IDM") to download more than 1 file.

OR

You can refer to this article How to Share a Folder Over Your Network

[amrit1]

thanks to all for ur reply..
and lets see wat i am gonna do..
will tell u people soon..

[mrintech]

Originally Posted by SyGeek

Here's what I usually do for the above purpose

1. Connect both of the PCs with Ethernet Crossover Cable/Wi-Fi over router.
2. Create an FTP/HTTP Server with Everything.
3. Find the source computer's internal IP address (cmd -> ipconfig /all)
4. Enter that Internal IP address into a browser in the destination computer.
5. Navigate to the directory and download the files.
6. I recommend using IDM ("Download all links with IDM") to download more than 1 file.

OR

You can refer to this article How to Share a Folder Over Your Network

+1

[abhinav_sinha]

Originally Posted by SyGeek

Here's what I usually do for the above purpose

1. Connect both of the PCs with Ethernet Crossover Cable/Wi-Fi over router.
2. Create an FTP/HTTP Server with Everything.
3. Find the source computer's internal IP address (cmd -> ipconfig /all)
4. Enter that Internal IP address into a browser in the destination computer.
5. Navigate to the directory and download the files.
6. I recommend using IDM ("Download all links with IDM") to download more than 1 file.

+1
Also you can try team viewer.
Easiest option go for ext HDD. since you say transferring from pc if you have two Pen drive 8 GB each with two slots you can use them.(limitation file >40 GB it will become cumbersome)

[amrit1]

Originally Posted by abhinav_sinha

+1
Also you can try team viewer.
Easiest option go for ext HDD. since you say transferring from pc if you have two Pen drive 8 GB each with two slots you can use them.(limitation file >40 GB it will become cumbersome)

Thanks for the tip, but right now i am using Windows Easy Transfer, and its the easiest way to get things done. And since i have 123 gb of data to transfer, i prefered this way..