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| Thread ID: 136931 | 2014-05-02 03:40:00 | Graphics card failing, need to move files to new computer | bellbird (6169) | Press F1 |
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| 1374004 | 2014-05-02 03:40:00 | What would be the best way to move my pics/documents files from old computer (winxp) to new computer with win7. I'm assuming old graphics card is failing as I can only boot into safe mode on old computer and screen is covered in pink lines, dots and mosaic patterns and pictures are weird. Do I need to download software from Microsoft, if so I don't think I can do that in safe mode. thanks. | bellbird (6169) | ||
| 1374005 | 2014-05-02 03:55:00 | Use a flash drive | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1374006 | 2014-05-02 04:20:00 | It depends what you want to transfer, normal files are easily just copied onto a flash drive or something and transferred that way. E-mail setting and bookmarks are a bit trickier and need to be exported/ imported or manually re-done. For small simple stuff you can E-mail it to yourself. Does the old machine have onboard graphics you can switch to? IE is there more than one place you can plug a monitor into on the back. As an advanced option you could remove the hard drive out of your old machine and connect it directly to the new one or use a caddy, if that sounds daunting you may want to find someone to help. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1374007 | 2014-05-02 05:23:00 | The easiest thing to do is connect the old hard drive to the new PC - either internally or via a USB adapter, and copy your files off. Although, why not just replace the graphics on the old one? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1374008 | 2014-05-02 05:51:00 | From your posts it looks like a flash drive would be the best option to copy documents/pics so I'll do that first. I've never used one so I need to ask - is it as simple as copying files to the flash drive and then downloading from it to the new computer? Does it matter whether the files are from an xp 32bit system. Dugimodo, your question "does the old machine have onboard graphics you can switch to?" how do I determine whether it does. There are d-Sub and DVI-D connections on the HP machine and there is also a round connection next to those. The Benq monitor isn't being used on the new computer. | bellbird (6169) | ||
| 1374009 | 2014-05-02 06:44:00 | If you are using a graphics card the connectors will all be together in the expansion card area of the back away from the motherboard connections, if there is also onboard or if that's what you are using the monitor connection will be grouped with the motherboard connections where all the USB/Audio/ethernet/etc connections are. If there is onboard and you are using a graphics card you can usually remove the graphics card and the PC will auto switch to the onboard, sometimes it requires setting the BIOS first to be safe. If you are not confident taking the side of the PC it may pay to find someone who is to help. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1374010 | 2014-05-02 08:46:00 | Depending on where in Chch you are I might be able to help for free. I'm out in Halswell | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1374011 | 2014-05-02 11:22:00 | W7 files "Easy file transfer" in the start menu. | Whenu (9358) | ||
| 1374012 | 2014-05-03 07:35:00 | I've used a flash drive as suggested to move the important files like pics/doc/videos to the new computer. I'm ok with taking the HP cover off so eventually I'll have a go at removing the old graphics card and hopefully the onboard graphics will work so it will boot normally. I'll come back to ask for info about BIOS settings. I'm assuming I need to reformat the computer to remove all the junk and any personal stuff remaining. Thanks to everyone for posting. | bellbird (6169) | ||
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