Susan

Mick,

OK. Thanks so much for your and everyone else's response!

Susan

"Mick Murphy" wrote:

> Susan, system restore does not alter documents. If you have all your docs in
> an external hard drive, you could have copied them straight into Vista, by
> plugging the external drive into Vista.
> I would still be advising you to organise your docs on the old computer and
> copy to CD.
>
> As for your IE settings, I would redo them in vista.
>
> "Susan" wrote:
>
> > I used an external hard drive. I wasn't too good at organizing my docs over
> > the years and they are saved all over the place.
> >
> > If I tried the Easy Transfer process after a system restore, would I be
> > digging myself into a deeper hole?
> >
> > If necessary, how do I transfer my IE settings (favorites, etc.) to my Vista
> > laptop?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > "Mick Murphy" wrote:
> >
> > > Susan, why don't you just burn your docs to CD, and transfer them that way.
> > > Also then you will have a backup copy as well. If you don't have Nero on the
> > > XP machine, use XP's burning wizard.
> > >
> > > "Susan" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I tried using "Easy Transfer" but don't think it was successful. Does it
> > > > transfer files to a particular file? I found a couple of my documents in the
> > > > Documents section but can't locate the rest. My IE favorites also did not
> > > > transfer.
> > > >
> > > > I read in an earlier post that you can't "undo" Easy Transfer. Would it mess
> > > > things up too much if I restored from an earlier date and tried Easy Transfer
> > > > again?
> > > >
> > > >