If your original operating system is Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0 and other Windows series, the Internet account, IP address, DNS address and domain name, email POP3 mailbox address, email SMTP, personal display (desktop) properties on the computer, folder and taskbar options, browser settings, etc., you want to transfer to the current operating system Windows XP, then You can use the "File and Settings Transfer" tool that comes with Windows XP. The "File and Settings Transfer" tool is designed to help us transfer the work that was originally done in the Windows family of operating systems, the data files on the computer, and the personal settings to the current Windows XP without having to repeat too much. Settings passed. Let us directly "transfer" some of the default options that we set before installing Windows XP. If you don't know much about the various settings of Windows XP, try the method described in this article. The tool can also transfer specified files or entire folders, such as "My Documents", "Picture Collection", and "Favorites". If you keep the original Windows (retained as dual boot) when you install Windows XP, the File and Settings Transfer Wizard will undoubtedly provide us with a shortcut to the network settings. "File and Settings Transfer" is done through the "File and Settings Transfer Wizard". To run the wizard, just click the [Start] menu→All Programs→System Tools→Files and Settings Transfer Wizard on the Windows XP desktop. You can also type “FASTWiz” directly from [Run] in the [Start] menu. The dialog shown in Figure 1 pops up. Click Figure 1 Figure 2 Click Next [NEXT], the dialog box shown in Figure 2 appears, the dialog asks you "This is an old computer or a new computer", because we want to transfer data from the original Windows to Windows XP, So choose the first "new computer", which is "I want to transfer files and settings to this computer", and then click Next. "The wizard is ready to go to the next step, please wait...". At this point Windows XP will collect the user settings information and then compress the collected information (setting files) into a file called "migwiz.cab". Since we want to copy the original data, in the dialog of Figure 3, select the first item "I want to create a wizard disk in the following drive". Insert a formatted floppy disk into floppy disk drive A. The wizard will copy the migwiz.cab and FASTWiz.exe files to the floppy disk. Figure 3 What is the file migwiz.cab in the A disk, let us open migwiz.cab (right click on the migwiz.cab file, select "Explorer", you can see all the files). The compressed file migwiz.cab in the A disk contains the files listed in Table 1. Table 1 Files in the File and Settings Transfer Wizard Floppy Disk After the wizard disk is created, restart the computer and enter the original Windows operating system. Run the FASTWiz.exe in the A disk and the dialog box shown in Figure 4 appears. Figure 4 Since I am using the Windows 2000 pro version, I will use this as an example. After running FASTWiz.exe in the A drive, you will start to extract and copy the files to Windws 2000 pro, and then the prompt dialog box "Please close the application, click Next", when the next step, the file transfer wizard will The compressed files in the floppy disk are extracted into a temporary directory. A prompt for the file transfer method will appear later. See Figure 5. There are 3 options here, (1) direct cable. Select this option to transfer the system's setup information to Windows XP via the established direct cable connection (serial port); (2) floppy disk drive or other removable media. This item operates on a floppy disk. (3) Others. The removable media used by ordinary users is a floppy disk (or active hard disk, etc.), so we select the second item and insert the floppy disk into the floppy disk drive. Figure 5 Figure 6 Note: The inserted floppy disk was just built from Windows XP. After selecting the storage device, click the [Next] button and the move item selection dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 6. There are three selectable items "Include Only Settings", "Include Only Files", "Include Files and Settings". Since we are using the same computer, the files and folders have not changed, so we only need to transfer the settings. For this, select the first item "Include only settings". In the selected item, the settings section of the transferred copy includes the following: Internet Explorer settings. Includes: default options in Internet Expoler (IE), home page address, history, language settings, browser font and text default color, security level and site; rating review, certificate, and profile used by the individual; default Connection, email address, LAN settings; default options such as the default web page editor; then the settings section of IE's advanced options. Accessibility The screen saver selects the locale. Regional settings, including the country or region, some default identifiers for the system, default currency symbols, time and date display formats, separators, etc., taskbar options. If the clock is displayed, there is no shortcut menu to choose from. Mouse and keyboard. Including keyboard character repetition rate, speed, mouse movement speed, double click speed and so on. Network printers and drives. Includes output devices such as the default printer. Folder options. Includes folder view, file type, view style, and more. As can be seen from the above, the parts set by the user are basically included, so that once the transfer is successful, these cumbersome setting parts can take effect immediately. Thus avoiding duplication of effort. When it is determined that "only includes settings" is selected, the [Next] is shocked and the wizard starts collecting system setting information. After collecting the information, a report is obtained and prompted to insert the floppy disk into the floppy disk drive. A simple floppy disk is enough for a typical pure setup. Put a formatted floppy disk into the floppy disk drive and click [OK] to start writing to the floppy disk. After the writing is completed, the dialog box shown in Figure 7 pops up. Remember to go to this location and return to this in a while. At this point, the file and settings transfer wizard ends the collection of the original system, the following will enter Windows XP for further mobile process. Figure 7 reboot, boot Windows XP, run the FASTWiz.exe file in the A disk again, pop up the dialog box shown in Figure 1, click Next [Next], select "I already have it in the dialog box (see Figure 3) Wizard disk", click Next [Next], click Next [Next] in the prompt dialog box, the wizard prompts "Where should the wizard find your collected items" (see Figure 5), select "floppy drive or other removable" Media "item, this time defaults to floppy drive (A). Click Next [Next]. Then, the system starts to copy the files and settings. After the copy is complete, a dialog box pops up (see Figure 8), prompting the user that the system has transferred the settings from the original Windows to Windows XP. Figure 8 If the environment or hardware used is the same, only the operating system has changed, the file and settings transfer wizard is relatively smooth, but if the hardware changes, or the network connection environment changes, some content will be manually reset or Make a copy of the file. When prompted "Complete File and Settings Transfer Wizard", click Finish [Complete], the message "To make the changes take effect, you need to log out. Do you want to log out immediately?", confirm that the transfer process is correct, click [Yes], for this machine Implement logout and reload user settings. Note: Only administrators have permission to make files and set transfer wizards. When I log back to the desktop, I found that the desktop theme, screen saver, mail account, browser settings, modem settings, mouse, keyboard, start menu, etc. in Windows XP have changed, but the window style of Windows XP is different from the previous one. Windows, so although all the settings have changed, the settings of the window and the start menu do not seem to change. In fact, as long as the display style of Windows XP is changed to the "classic [start] menu" style, the effect is obvious. To do this, click the [Start] menu on the Windows XP taskbar, right click on the top or bottom border of the [Start] menu, select [Properties], and in the pop-up tab, click the "[Start] menu" item. There are two options below, please select "Classic [Start] menu" and click [OK].