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In the previous article about how you can make a back up when you use Windows Vista, I explain for what is necessary to make a back up, and the explanation was that a back up is a solution to be saved in a case that you have some problems with your computer, and a backup is…free.

In this article I explain how you use Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard to transfer files from a Windows XP-based computer to another Windows XP-based computer.

Step 1: Go to Start-> click All Programs -> click Accessories -> click System Tools -> and then click Files and Settings Transfer Wizard;

Step 2: Click Next, click Old computer, and then click Next;

Step 3: Select how you want to transfer your files. If you select Other, you can save to a network location or to removable media so that you can keep a backup for your records;

Step 4: Select what you want to back up, and then click Next;

Not all applications save their files to the user folder, you should make sure that you check other third-party applications and the location of their saved files, and then copy those files to the network location or to the removable media.

How to manually make a copy of files

Step 1: Click Start, click Computer, and then double-click the drive where you currently have Windows installed;

Step 2: Open the Users folder, and then open the user folder from which you want to back up the files;

Step 3: Copy the necessary folders from the user folder to a network location or to removable media, and to copy data for all users, repeat steps 2 through 3.

Info To determine the size of all the files in the user folder, select all the folders, right-click those selected folders, and then click Properties.

The saved files can be copied to any computer. However, you must have related applications installed on that computer to open those individual files.