That's about the only option you have if the hard drive can't be put into a
computer and used to boot Windows XP. Easy Transfer cannot move files and
settings from a hard drive such as the one you have.
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>I have a hard drive removed from my now non-functional laptop which was
> running XP. The Hard drive is fine and all my data is intact on the
> drive.
> I have the drive connected by USB to the new laptop and Vista recognises
> the
> drive and can read the data. Is there a simple way of migrating the data
> into Vista on the new laptop? The Windows Easy Transfer has worked well
> for
> me in the past when the old system is a working computer, but there is no
> functionality to use it on a hard drive connected as an external device.
> Hope someone has a good idea about this, I hate the idea of having to go
> folder by folder and pull things over manually (and probably miss stuff).
> Thanks.