Access old Programs and Files

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I have jsut upgraded my Dell Lattitude laptop to XP Pro from 2000 Pro. I
also selected the NTFS file structure, was at FAT32 before. I can boot to
both o/s. How do I transfer the programs and files from 2kpro to XP? Do I
have to reinstall all the old programs and applications? Can the files be
moved directly or do I have to copy them off 2000 on to some media then
re-copy them into my XP partition?

Thanks.
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AlanB

 

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Hi,

If you can boot to either OS, then you did not upgrade, you created a dual
boot. You can share data between the operating systems, but programs will
need to be installed under WinXP before you can use them there.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"AlanB" <AlanB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AFD69425-46EE-4716-B54F-3F1AD662776C@microsoft.com...
>I have jsut upgraded my Dell Lattitude laptop to XP Pro from 2000 Pro. I
> also selected the NTFS file structure, was at FAT32 before. I can boot to
> both o/s. How do I transfer the programs and files from 2kpro to XP? Do
> I
> have to reinstall all the old programs and applications? Can the files be
> moved directly or do I have to copy them off 2000 on to some media then
> re-copy them into my XP partition?
>
> Thanks.
> --
> AlanB