IntroductionWelcome| 00:04 |
Hi and welcome to Migrating from Windows
XP to Windows 8.
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I am David Rivers.
Now XP has enjoyed an unusually long run
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for any commercial operating system but
technology is always changing and
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operating system need to evolve to remain
compatible.
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So, in this course I will shoe you
everything you need to know what a
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migrate smoothly from Windows XP to
WIndows 8.
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I'll begin by showing you how to prepare
for the migration like checking to see if
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your computer's ready and able to run
Windows 8.
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We look at backing up your important
files and installing Windows easy
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transfer and using it to simplify the
migration of your files and your settings.
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Then we'll walk through the Windows 8
installation steps, exploring various
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installation options such as installing
on a separate partition or replacing XP
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altogether with Windows 8.
So if you're ready to migrate from
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Windows XP to Windows 8, let's get
started.
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(MUSIC).
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| System requirements| 00:00 |
Most people considering a migration from
Windows XP to Windows 8 will likely be
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installing Windows 8 on the same computer
that's running Windows XP.
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It could be side by side, or Windows 8
might totally replace Windows XP.
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Whichever the case, you'll want to insure
the computer is capable of running
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Windows 8.
So we're going to explore system
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requirements for running Windows 8.
We'll look at some additional
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requirements and ways to find out if your
computer is compatible.
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Let's begin with the system requirements
and your processor.
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It needs to be quite quick, at least a
gigahertz, preferably faster, to run efficiently.
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And it needs to support three features,
PAE, NX and SSE2.
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These three features of your processor
are necessary for using expanded memory.
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And protecting your computer from
malicious software and other security issues.
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Also, you'll need some memory, Random
Access Memory, sometimes called Virtual Memory.
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If you're on a 32-bit machine, you'll
need a gigabyte minimum, 2 gigabytes if
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you're on a 64-bit system.
I'll show you momentarily how to
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determine whether your computer is using
a 32-bit or a 64-bit processor.
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Also, you'll need some space on your hard
drive.
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You'll need at least 16 gigabytes on a
32-bit system.
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And 20 gigabytes on a 64-bit system.
Again, these are minimums.
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You'll need more space if you plan on
installing any other software.
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Or even creating and storing files on
that hard drive.
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And there are some special effects in
Windows 8.
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You'll need a decent graphics card.
Microsoft DirectX 9 with the WDDM driver.
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Without that you won't see the special
effects in Windows 8.
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In fact, you might not see anything at
all.
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Let's flip over to your Windows XP
computer and take a look at your system
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information to see if it's compatible
with Windows 8.
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First of all, from the home screen here,
we'll click the Start button, and then
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click Run.
In the Open field, type winmsd.exe and
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click OK.
This will launch a System Information window.
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And you should be seeing on the left hand
pane, System Summary, selected.
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Over here, on the right hand pane, is
where you'll see that information,
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including the current version of Windows
XP.
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I'm running the Home Edition as you can
see with Service Pack 2.
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A little further down, you'll see
information about your computer's
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manufacturer and model.
You'll also see the system type in
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processor information.
If you see x86 in there anywhere, odds
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are very good that you're running a
32-bit system.
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It's not always the case, mind you.
But typically, it will indicate a 32-bit processor.
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Now, if you really need to be sure, you
can contact your manufacturer or at least
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the documentation provided by your
manufacturer.
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A little further you'll get some
information on your virtual memory, also
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known as Random Access Memory.
Looks I have 2 gigabytes here on a 32-bit system.
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That's plenty.
That's one way to get information.
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Another option is, during the purchase
and installation process of Windows 8.
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If we go down to our Start button and
launch Internet Explorer.
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Go to the Microsoft homepage.
Although the homepage changes regularly,
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and yours will look different than mine,
you should be able to find a search field.
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And clicking in there allows you to type
in the following, Upgrade Assistant.
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You should find one matching result here,
upgrade assistant, and when you give it a
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click, this will display some additional
search results.
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Down below, you can see right at the top,
the Upgrade Assistant allows me to see if
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my PC can run Windows 8.
And clicking that link will take me to a
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page on upgrading to Windows 8.
Now, a little further down, we'll see
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some information about the Upgrade
Assistant.
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And you'll notice that there are some
instructions here.
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First of all, you'll find it on the Buy
Windows page.
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Its part of the purchase and installation
of Windows.
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And it is a program that is installed and
needs to be run on your computer.
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So when we click Buy Windows, you'll see
a button here that will install the
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upgrade assistant and run it to see if
your computer is compatible.
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So that's another option you may want to
consider.
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You don't have to follow the steps that
go after this, which is to purchase and
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install Windows 8, but you can at least
get it started.
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This will install the app and tell you if
your computer is compatible.
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So if you want you can run that.
I'm going to close this up and return to
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our bullet points because there are some
additional requirements for certain
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features in Windows 8 you might want to
consider.
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For example, Windows 8 is touch
compatible.
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That means you don't need a mouse, not
even a keyboard, if you have a tablet or
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a monitor that supports multi-touch.
So, if you want to take advantage of the
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touch functionality.
You'll need either or both of those options.
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Also, there are some special effects I
mentioned earlier.
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One of them's called Snap.
It allows you to snap Windows into
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sections of your screen.
It's a great way to stay organised.
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But, if you want to take advantage of
those special features, your screen
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resolution needs to be set fairly high.
At 1366 by 768, or higher.
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Also, if you want to take advantage of
the Window Store, where you can download
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apps and so on.
Well, you'll need an internet connection,
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of course, but also the screen resolution
on your monitor needs to bet set at, at
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least 1024 by 768.
Also, you might consider a Microsoft account.
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It's free, but it gives you access to all
kinds of additional features.
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I think about Sky Drive or Cloud
Computing.
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With your Microsoft account you will be
able to store files in your Sky Drive
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folder, which is some free space in the
Cloud.
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Allowing you to access your files from
anywhere on any device.
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So think about signing up with a
Microsoft account if you don't already
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have one, like a Hotmail account.
That allows you to log in to Windows and
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have access to these special features.
So that's the first step in a migration
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from Windows XP to Windows 8.
If you find that your computer is
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compatible, it's time to consider, a
migration path.
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We'll talk about that next.
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| Determining the best migration path| 00:00 |
When you're ready to migrate from Windows
XP to Windows 8, there are three popular
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scenarios or migration paths to consider.
We're going to go through them now, and
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you can decide which one is best for you.
Scenario number one is to simply to buy a
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brand new computer with Windows 8 already
installed.
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This is the easiest way to get Windows 8.
But it's also the most expansive option.
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And, you will still need to install all
those programs you were using on your XP
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computer, which might mean digging up old
CD's.
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And trying to locate those license
numbers or program keys to get them installed.
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Also you'll need to transfer all of the
files you've been working with from your
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XP computer over to the new Windows 8
computer.
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There is something to help you with that.
Its called Windows Easy Transfer, and
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we'll be talking about it a little bit
later on.
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So that's one scenario.
Its not popular because of the cost.
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Scenario 2 is going to allow you to try
out Windows 8 alongside Windows XP.
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This means installing Windows 8 on a
separate partition, and that's the first
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step, creating that partition.
Then you install Windows 8 on that new partition.
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Then you install all your programs,
again, finding those CD's and program
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keys, et cetera.
Then you'll want to transfer files from
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the XP partition over to the Windows 8
partition on your computer.
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And again, you can use Windows Easy
Transfer to help you with that here as well.
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And the third scenario, least expensive
along with scenario number 2, is to
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simply place Windows XP with Windows 8.
This is may be the most popular scenario.
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It means wiping out XP altogether and
replacing it on the same computer with
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Windows 8.
In this scenario, you need to run Window
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Easy Transfer first in the XP environment
to store all your files and settings.
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Once that's done, you can then install
Windows 8 right over Windows XP.
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Then install all your programs, just like
the other scenarios.
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And then run Windows Easy Transfer in the
Windows 8 environment to retrieve all
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those files and settings you stored from
the XP environment.
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So those are your three migration path
options.
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You'll have to go over those and decide
which one works best for you before you
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migrate from Windows XP to Windows 8.
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1. Pre-Installation TasksBacking up your files| 00:00 |
If you are going to be installing Windows
8 over Windows XP on your current
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computer, you might consider backing up
your files and settings here in Windows XP.
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Something were to go wrong, you could
always revert back to Windows XP and
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restore those files.
So let's talk about backing up here in
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Windows XP.
We'll go to the Start button.
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Next, we'll hover over all programs in
the menu that pops up, hover over
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Accessories and you'll see another menu.
Now we'll hover over system tools and in
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the last menu is where you might find
backup.
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A utility for backing up your files and
settings.
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If you don't see it, like me, it might be
because you're running Windows XP Home
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Edition, and in that case the backup
utility is not installed by default and
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you need to install it manually.
So if you see backup, go ahead and click it.
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If you don't, follow along with me.
Insert your Windows XP installation CD.
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I'm going to do that right now.
It only takes a second for the disk to be
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read, and a window will pop up with some
options.
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Which will include the option to install
that additional utility.
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The next thing we are going to select is
the arrow next to perform additional
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tasks From here we don't see a backup
utility.
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You might think transfer files and
settings is the backup utility, but this
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is a separate option for transferring
certain files and settings via a cable to
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another computer or by using a network
connection for, example.
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What we really want is the backup
utility.
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And since we don't see it here, we can
browse this CD.
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So we'll click that.
Which opens up a separate window.
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Now we gotta go into a number of
different folders, starting with the
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value add folder, double click that one.
Next, we'll double click the Microsoft
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folder, MSST and from here, we double
click NTBACKUP.
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Double clicking that folder reveals a
read me file and the actual program that
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will install the backup utility.
That's what we wanted to double click.
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It's an installer package, so a wizard
runs quickly and you can see it doesn't
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take long to install the backup utility,
all you need to do is click finish and
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close up these two windows and you're
ready to roll.
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So lets repeat the process of going to
the Start button.
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Up to All Programs > Accessories > System
Tools and now on this menu, you should be
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able to find Back Up.
That's what we're going to click.
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Now this launches a Wizard by default.
And you can see a checkmark in the check
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box next to, Always start in wizard mode.
If you like it, just leave checked off.
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Otherwise, you'd have to do things in a
manual method.
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To continue, we're going to click Next.
Alright, so what are we going to do?
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Of course we're going to back up our
files.
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We have to back them up before we can
restore them.
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And the Restore option is what we would
choose if something did go wrong and we
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had to revert back to Windows XP.
But with backup files and settings
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selected, we'll click Next.
Now we get to chose what it is we're
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going to back up.
If you're the sole user of this computer,
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you're the only one who logs in, the
default radio button at the top which is
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selected is for your own Documents and
Settings.
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That is your Documents folder and every
sub folder therein plus your own
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favorites, any Desktop icons and cookies.
Now if there are multiple users of this
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computer with their own logins, you can
choose everyone's Documents and Settings.
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It will get their accounts, as well.
If you prefer to simply create what's
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known as a system recovery disk, you
would choose All Information On This Computer.
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It's going to back up everything, create
a System Recovery Disk that can be used
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to restore Windows and all of your files
in the case of a major failure.
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Of course, you're going to need some very
large space to store all of this
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information when you go to back it up.
And you can also choose, let me choose
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what to back up, which allows you to go
through the various folders and settings.
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This is ideal if, for example, you've
created folders outside of the My
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Documents folder, and maybe you have
certain files you want backed up in those
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folders, as well.
But the most popular choice is either My
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document in setting or Everyone's
document in setting.
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I'm going to go with Everyone's document
in setting because there are more than
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one person using this computer, and click
Next.
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Alright, now we need to choose where
we're going to back these files and
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settings to.
If we click the drop down, you might see
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a Floppy drive.
You might see additional options like a
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Removable Disk.
I've inserted a USB stick and as you can
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see, it's an option on this drop down.
So if you needed to, you could take, for
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example, an external drive, or a USB
drive and plug it in to one of the ports
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and see that option.
You could also use your Browse button if
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you want to browse to a different
location.
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For example if you want to go to a
Network location, if you are connected
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you could use that.
What you won't see here is an option to
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choose a CD or a DVD drive.
You cannot back up directly to those.
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You need to back up to another option,
creates a back up file, that you could
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then copy to a CD or DVD for safe
keeping.
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I'm going to click Cancel and make sure
my Removable Disk, my USB drive is selected.
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You can also choose a name for this
backup.
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You can see the default is simply Backup.
I'm going to add a little more
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information to this, XP backup.
And I might add, for example, some
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numbers representing the date or the
year.
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There we go.
When we click Next, you can see a summary
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of what's about to happen here.
First of all, you'll see the name of the
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file, and where it's going.
A description.
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Also the contents which is every one's
documents and settings for me and you may
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have selected something different.
Now location will be a file, now we are
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ready to go by clicking Finish.
If you are looking at the Advance button,
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that's useful for setting regular back
ups.
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For example if you wanted a backup to
happen every month at a certain date or time.
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You can go to the Advance button to set
that up but this is a one time back up
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before we install Windows 8.
So we're ready to click Finish.
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As you can see, we have a little window
with our back up progress here, showing
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us what's going on.
There's a preparation stage here,
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preparing to back things up.
Then you can see an estimates.
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And look at the elapsed time in the
progress bar here.
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And it looks like I've got about another
30 seconds or so before this backup is complete.
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Now depending on the number of files and
folders and users on this computer, it
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could take anywhere from seconds to
minutes to over an hour.
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Really all depends on how much you have
stored on your computer.
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And there we go, the back up is complete.
We'll see a summary down below what
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happens here.
You can see how long it took, only 49 seconds.
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I don't have a lot store on this
computer, the number of files, and you
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can see the estimate matches the
processed number of files.
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So we can close this up.
If we want a more detail report, we can
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click a Report button or by clicking
close we now know that we have a backup
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file on the drive we selected.
And it's something where to go wrong
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installing Windows 8 on this computer.
You could always go back to Windows XP,
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go through the process of clicking the
Start button > Accessories et cetera and
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choosing Restore, to restore all those
files and settings that were just backed up.
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Once we've done our backup we're ready to
tackle the actual installation.
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| Using Easy Transfer| 00:00 |
Backing up your files and settings like
we did in the previous movie is
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necessary, should something go wrong
during the Windows 8 installation.
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You'll always be able to revert back to
your Windows XP environment.
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But, if the Windows 8 installation does
go smoothly, you'll want to be able to
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transfer your files and settings from
Windows XP to your new Windows 8 environment.
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And there's a tool to help you do that.
It's called Windows Easy Transfer.
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We're going to take a look at it now.
It's built right into Windows 8, so we
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don't have to worry about it once we get
into Windows 8.
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But here in Windows XP, it's a download
that we need to install first.
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That's why I have my browser open here to
Microsoft.com.
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From this page, we'll find the Search
Field and click inside and type in
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Windows (SOUND) Easy Transfer.
(SOUND) When you press Enter, the search
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results should bring up Windows Easy
Transfer right at the top.
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There it is.
So we'll give it a click, which gives us
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some information about it.
You'll also notice down below for
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installing or downloading this, there are
some options for Windows XP, as well as
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Windows Vista.
And, there's also options for your 32 bit
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of 64 bit processor, depending on what
you're running.
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There's even a link here to find out what
your old PC is, a 32-bit or a 64-bit system.
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I know mine's 32.
So I'm going to be downloading for
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Windows XP, the 32-bit version.
By clicking this link, we arrive at a new
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page here, where we get some additional
info about Windows Easy Transfer.
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There's an overview, system requirements,
instructions, et cetera.
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Really, all we need to do is make sure we
have the correct language selected and
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click Download.
Now this is going to download it and run
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it so it's installed on your computer.
I've already gone through this process.
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If you haven't, go ahead and download.
You can pause and then resume once you
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have Windows Easy Transfer installed.
So close up the browser once it's done
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and we should be able to go to our Start
button now.
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Go up to All Programs and find Windows
Easy Transfer.
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It might say Windows Easy Transfer for
Windows 7, but it also works for Windows 8.
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We'll give it a click, which opens it up.
And you can see our splash screen here
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gives us some information about what we
can do with Windows Easy Transfer.
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So we click Next to move on to the very
first step.
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What do we want to use to transfer items
to our new Windows 8 installation?
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Well, if you're going to be installing on
the same computer, this first option is
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not going to be very useful.
And that is through the use of an easy
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transfer cable.
You can find them at most computer
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stores, that allows you to connect two
computers to move files from one to the other.
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So if are going to be installing Windows
8 on another computer or you already
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have, you can attach the cable and just
move the files over using that.
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Or, you might want to use a network
drive.
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If you are connected to a network, you
can use easy transfer to send the single
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file containing all of your files and
settings to a network drive.
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And then once you have your Windows 8
installation up and running, you can
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retrieve those files using Windows Easy
Transfer in the Windows 8 environment.
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And the other option similar to this, is
an external hard disk or USB flash drive.
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That's what most people will be using.
That's what I have connected to my
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computer, a USB flash drive.
I'm going to make this selection by
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clicking it.
Obviously, this is our old computer.
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So we're going to be retrieving files
from this computer and then transferring
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them to the new computer.
So step one here is to select, This is my
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old computer.
And you can see there's a scan that's
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going on.
It's checking to see what can be
| | 03:38 |
transferred and it could take a few
minutes.
| | 03:41 |
It's going to look at the various
accounts.
| | 03:43 |
Notice there's an owner account here, and
no other account except for something
| | 03:47 |
called Shared Items.
So it's going to scan through all the
| | 03:51 |
documents, emails, Internet Favorites, et
cetera.
| | 03:54 |
And that's going to come up with some
results.
| | 03:57 |
You can see, as the owner account,
there's about 90 megabytes.
| | 04:01 |
Under Shared Items, another 2.9
megabytes.
| | 04:05 |
What you'll notice is checkboxes down the
left.
| | 04:07 |
If you don't care about shared items, you
can deselect the checkbox.
| | 04:10 |
You can see now our transfer's down to
91.6 megabytes for me.
| | 04:14 |
Now, of course, it all depends on the
number of files you have stored and the
| | 04:18 |
number of accounts.
There's also a customize option.
| | 04:22 |
And clicking that allows you to pick and
choose.
| | 04:25 |
It also displays what's about to be
transferred.
| | 04:27 |
Everything on your Desktop, your
Favorites, your Documents, Music,
| | 04:30 |
Pictures, et cetera.
So if there's anything here that you
| | 04:34 |
don't care about, like Windows settings,
for example.
| | 04:37 |
Maybe you don't care about your Quick
Launch options.
| | 04:40 |
And everything else is important, you can
just leave those checked and you're ready
| | 04:43 |
to go.
We'll close this up.
| | 04:47 |
Now, it's just a matter of clicking next.
And remember, you can do the customized
| | 04:50 |
option for shared items, as well.
When you click Next you have the option now.
| | 04:55 |
This is not mandatory but you can add a
password to protect the file that's about
| | 04:59 |
to be created.
It is a single file containing all of
| | 05:03 |
your pictures and files and favorites and
so on.
| | 05:06 |
So if you want to protect that while it's
stored say on a USB drive or on a network
| | 05:10 |
drive you can add a password here.
You'll have to type it in twice.
| | 05:16 |
Click the confirm password field and type
it in again.
| | 05:19 |
And when you click Save, we now get to
choose where it's going to be saved to.
| | 05:24 |
You'll also notice the filename is
Windows Easy Transfer - Items from old computer.
| | 05:29 |
It's clearly labelled.
You can leave it as is but of you want to
| | 05:32 |
change it, you could.
I'm going to remove everything to a
| | 05:36 |
removable disk, this is my USB flash
drive.
| | 05:39 |
Also network connections will be
available here.
| | 05:42 |
And you can go to my network even, to see
other network connections.
| | 05:45 |
But once you've made your selection,
click Open, and this is exactly where I
| | 05:49 |
want things to go, along with some other
files that are on this particular drive.
| | 05:54 |
I'll click Save.
And now, it's just a matter of sitting
| | 05:58 |
back and watching as it progresses.
You can see, I shouldn't be using my
| | 06:02 |
computer until all of the items have been
saved.
| | 06:07 |
There is a progress bar showing me.
And, eventually, it will complete and I
| | 06:11 |
will have created one single Easy
Transfer file containing all of the
| | 06:15 |
options I selected, including files,
pictures, music, settings, and so on.
| | 06:23 |
So depending on how much content you're
actually storing in this Easy Transfer
| | 06:27 |
file, it could take from minutes to over
an hour.
| | 06:31 |
You will find eventually a green check
mark next to the options that were
| | 06:35 |
selected to be saved and at the bottom, a
Next button that we can click to move on
| | 06:38 |
to the very next screen, which shows you
that your transfer file is complete.
| | 06:45 |
Also show you where you saved your file
to.
| | 06:48 |
And just keep in mind, it's a single file
that we'll be using, once we get into
| | 06:51 |
Windows 8, to restore our files and
settings to that new environment.
| | 06:57 |
So we'll click Next.
And, eventually, you'll come to the last
| | 07:00 |
screen that says Windows Easy Transfer is
complete.
| | 07:03 |
And you can click the close button,
knowing that you've transferred your
| | 07:07 |
files and settings ready to be used in
the new Windows 8 environment.
| | 07:11 |
Of course, the next step is to install
Windows 8.
| | 07:14 |
That's coming up next.
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2. Installing Windows 8Upgrading with the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant| 00:00 |
If you're ready to replace Windows XP
with Windows 8, probably the most popular
| | 00:04 |
option most people will choose is to go
online and use the Upgrade Assistant.
| | 00:10 |
We are going to take a look at that
option right now.
| | 00:13 |
Open up a browser and go the
Microsoft.com home page and in the search
| | 00:16 |
field just type Upgrade Assistant.
When you press enter, you'll see the
| | 00:23 |
search results.
And Upgrade Assistant will do a number of
| | 00:26 |
things, beginning with checking your
computer to see that it will actually be
| | 00:29 |
able to run Windows 8.
So let's go to Upgrade Assistant.
| | 00:33 |
You can click the link.
It'll give you information on how to
| | 00:37 |
upgrade to Windows Eight, and then down
below you'll see the instructions.
| | 00:41 |
Now we talked about this earlier.
For simply finding out if your computer
| | 00:44 |
has what it takes to run Windows 8.
But also down here you'll notice that
| | 00:49 |
it's going to do some other things after
that.
| | 00:52 |
So go to the buy Windows link And the
first thing you'll see is can my PC run
| | 00:57 |
Windows 8.
Give that a click and this is what's
| | 01:01 |
going to download and run the Upgrade
Assistant.
| | 01:05 |
So clicking Run and then Run again is
going to install it and automatically
| | 01:10 |
launch it.
So the next screen you see is going to be
| | 01:14 |
a check of your computer to see how it's
going to handle Windows 8.
| | 01:20 |
Now if we look at my results and yours
will likely be different it looks like
| | 01:23 |
eight of my apps and devices are
compatible but there are some things to
| | 01:27 |
review and it looks like I'm going to
need to reinstall my computer apps and
| | 01:30 |
devices in Windows 8.
So to see all of this information, I can
| | 01:36 |
click See Compatibility Details, and that
opens a separate window with all of the details.
| | 01:43 |
So, for example, if I want to be able to
play DVDs, I'm going to need to install
| | 01:46 |
an app for that.
Secure boost isn't compatible with my PC.
| | 01:51 |
In other words, my firmware doesn't
support it.
| | 01:53 |
So I'm not going to be able to use it on
Windows 8.
| | 01:55 |
Now these are not drastic issues.
I'll still be able to run Windows 8, but
| | 01:59 |
certain things will maybe not work or
need to be installed.
| | 02:04 |
Checkout something I talked about in an
earlier movie, Snap, a special effect in
| | 02:07 |
Windows 8.
I'm going to need to bump up my screen
| | 02:10 |
resolution to be able to use that
feature.
| | 02:14 |
And then down below, some things that are
not compatible, Windows Media
| | 02:17 |
technologies, some DM Ware stuff from me.
Windows Internet Explorer 8 has an update
| | 02:21 |
available, you'll notice any of your apps
that have update available, it will show
| | 02:25 |
this little caution sign next to them, so
you think for Windows Messenger here.
| | 02:30 |
And then down below I see all these
things that are compatible.
| | 02:34 |
So my audio for example my mouse USB mass
storage, etc., all of these things are
| | 02:38 |
good and if i wanted to I can print them
all.
| | 02:43 |
But I'm going to simply Close this up
knowing that I'm going to be able to run
| | 02:46 |
Windows 8 and there might be a couple of
issues that I'll need to handle once it's done.
| | 02:52 |
So we'll click Next and now we have some
options here, do I want to keep my
| | 02:56 |
personal files and Windows 8 will create
a separate folder containing those files
| | 03:00 |
for me.
Or nothing at all, you might see just
| | 03:05 |
personal files selected, but if you've
already used some of the techniques we
| | 03:09 |
talked about in previous movies to back
up your files and transfer them to a
| | 03:12 |
location where you'll be able to get at
them later on.
| | 03:18 |
You might choose nothing, it's up to you.
I'm going to leave just personal files selected.
| | 03:22 |
And when we click next, we now have an
option to choose from a couple of
| | 03:25 |
versions of Windows 8.
There's Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro.
| | 03:30 |
You'll notice a price difference.
And if you're wondering why the
| | 03:33 |
difference, you can go down to the link
to compare editions.
| | 03:37 |
Opens up another window here in your
default browser and you can see for
| | 03:41 |
buying Windows 8 as I scroll down I can
compare and decide and there's the two
| | 03:45 |
options right there.
Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro and as I get
| | 03:50 |
down to the bottom of the list you can
see there are certain things here like
| | 03:53 |
enhanced data protection with bit locker
not available within Windows 8.
| | 03:59 |
A little further down, connecting to
corporate or school networks with domain join.
| | 04:04 |
I won't be able to do that with Windows
8, I'll need Windows 8 pro.
| | 04:08 |
Now that I have that information, I can
actually minimize or close up my browser
| | 04:11 |
here and get back to the Upgrade
Assistant.
| | 04:16 |
So I'll make my choice and I'll have to
order.
| | 04:18 |
I'm going to go with Windows 8 by
clicking the order button.
| | 04:20 |
You can see the options here, and there's
also another thing that's showing up
| | 04:24 |
here, Windows DVD.
And this is going to allow me, if I
| | 04:27 |
wanted to create an install disc.
I'll need Windows DVD.
| | 04:31 |
And it looks like an extra charge for
that.
| | 04:34 |
Now it's time to check out.
I'll need to provide information.
| | 04:38 |
My personal information, but also, some
financial information.
| | 04:42 |
And once I've done that I'll actually
just follow the steps for downloading and
| | 04:47 |
installing Windows 8 that's one option
using the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant.
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| Preparing to install Windows 8 on a new partition| 00:00 |
If you're like some folks who prefer to
try some things out before they make a
| | 00:03 |
commitment you can do that with a Windows
8 installation.
| | 00:07 |
It simply means installing Windows 8 side
by side with Windows XP.
| | 00:12 |
This way you can try it out while you
continue to use Windows XP and gradually
| | 00:16 |
migrate to Windows 8 over time.
So to do that, you need to have a
| | 00:22 |
separate partition ready for installing
Windows 8 alongside Windows XP.
| | 00:28 |
So let's start by looking at what we
have.
| | 00:30 |
We can examine our disk information by
clicking the Start button in the bottom
| | 00:34 |
left hand corner then right-clicking My
Computer.
| | 00:38 |
By right clicking we get this Pop-up menu
with an option to manage.
| | 00:44 |
Give it a click, you'll see it's Computer
Management.
| | 00:46 |
Allows us to manage a number of different
things.
| | 00:49 |
But what we're interested in is our Disk
Management.
| | 00:53 |
So, we'll click Disk Management which
displays information over here on the
| | 00:56 |
right hand side.
You can stretch out this window if you're
| | 01:00 |
not seeing all of the columns and it
looks like I have a couple of drives
| | 01:04 |
here, Disk 0 and Disk 1.
You can see the volumes up top C and then
| | 01:09 |
E drive.
I also have a CD ROM drive but I won't be
| | 01:12 |
able to install anything there obviously.
When we go up here to the top, we can see
| | 01:18 |
things like the capacity and free space.
With a lot of free space, this would be
| | 01:22 |
an ideal drive for creating a separate
partition where I could install Windows 8.
| | 01:28 |
As I look down below with the C drive
selected, I know it's selected down here
| | 01:32 |
because of the shading, I also see this
blue bar across the top and that
| | 01:35 |
represents my primary partition.
And it fills the entire rectangle meaning
| | 01:42 |
I don't have any unallocated space.
Yes I have lot's of free space here but
| | 01:47 |
it's all been allocated to one partition.
The first thing I am going to need to do
| | 01:53 |
if I want to install Windows 8 here is to
shrink down this partition creating some
| | 01:57 |
unallocated space for creating the new
partition.
| | 02:01 |
Where I'll then install Windows 8.
So can I do that right here from Windows XP?
| | 02:07 |
No.
You can't actually shrink things down
| | 02:09 |
from our computer management screen.
In fact, there aren't any built in tools.
| | 02:13 |
But there's a number of third party
software out there that will allow you to
| | 02:16 |
do that.
I happen to have installed one of them.
| | 02:20 |
It's a free program.
And as I go to all programs, you'll see
| | 02:23 |
it here.
EaseUs partition.
| | 02:27 |
And it's allowing me to do things like
partition, recover data, back up and
| | 02:31 |
restore all things tied into
partitioning.
| | 02:34 |
And really, when it comes to partitioning
hard drives, this is not for the novice user.
| | 02:39 |
You really need to know what you're
doing, and if you don't, I recommend
| | 02:42 |
getting some help from an expert.
With this particular program I can click
| | 02:47 |
Partition Manager and see the exact same
information I just saw from My Computer
| | 02:51 |
Management window in Windows XP.
There's my C Drive.
| | 02:56 |
There's the capacity.
There's the unused portion and down below
| | 02:59 |
I can actually see in this case my
primary partition.
| | 03:04 |
Is taking up the full width but you can
see a lot of that space is unused, so now
| | 03:08 |
its a matter of just shrinking down the
space so I can create a new partition.
| | 03:14 |
So I am going to click it I can click it
down here or up here and then go up to
| | 03:18 |
the top and find the resize or move
option and most of the free software
| | 03:22 |
applications were partitioning or having
something like resize or shrink.
| | 03:29 |
Clicking this button opens up a separate
window where I can see the used space.
| | 03:34 |
I can see the unused space but the entire
drive is allocated to one single partition.
| | 03:40 |
To shrink it down all I need to do is go
over to the right here, click and drag it over.
| | 03:45 |
Remember I'm going to need about 20
megabytes, 16 minimum on a 32 bit system.
| | 03:50 |
So as I scroll over I can see the
partition size.
| | 03:54 |
And then the unallocated space down
below, that's being created as a result
| | 03:58 |
of this shrinking down.
So when the unallocated space gets up
| | 04:03 |
over 16GB or 1600MB I know I'm at a spot
here where I'm ready to click okay and
| | 04:09 |
shrink it down.
Now that will create unallocated space,
| | 04:15 |
and that will allow me to create my new
partition and install Windows 8 there.
| | 04:22 |
So I won't go through with this now, but
you can experiment with programs like EaseUs.
| | 04:27 |
There's a number of other ones out there
you just simply have to Google partition,
| | 04:30 |
Windows XP, and you'll get all of these
programs.
| | 04:33 |
Many of them are free.
And once you've gone through the steps of
| | 04:37 |
repartitioning your hard drive, you're
ready to go through the installation process.
| | 04:42 |
You'll simply choose the appropriate
drive when prompted to choose from the
| | 04:45 |
Windows Installation Wizard.
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| Finding your old XP files stored by Windows 8| 00:00 |
If you decided to install Windows 8 over
top of Windows XP.
| | 00:05 |
That is to upgrade without reformatting
the hard drive, and you chose certain
| | 00:09 |
options during the installation process,
such as keeping personal files.
| | 00:14 |
Certain things happen behind the scenes
when installing Windows 8.
| | 00:18 |
For example, a folder was created with
all of your old Windows files.
| | 00:22 |
Now, this might be important to you if
you didn't back things up or use Windows
| | 00:26 |
Easy Transfer, for example.
Here's how we get to that folder.
| | 00:30 |
First of all, here on the start screen in
Windows 8 which might be totally foreign
| | 00:34 |
to you as a Windows XP user.
We have a number of tiles.
| | 00:38 |
One of them is labeled desktop.
You can click that.
| | 00:42 |
This takes you to an environment that's
probably a little more familiar to you.
| | 00:45 |
Now, down at the bottom on the Taskbar is
a Folder icon, this is now called File Explorer.
| | 00:50 |
You can give that a click to open up a
Window.
| | 00:54 |
And now we can navigate to the various
locations of our computer.
| | 00:57 |
Including, as we scroll down, our hard
drive.
| | 01:01 |
Mine is labeled Local Disk (C:).
You probably have something similar.
| | 01:05 |
We'll give that a click.
And now, over here on the right hand side.
| | 01:08 |
You'll see a folder labeled Windows.old.
Now this is created during the
| | 01:13 |
installation process if you chose to keep
personal files for example.
| | 01:18 |
You can now double-click this folder to
get inside, go to your Users folder,
| | 01:21 |
double-click there, and you should be
able to find your account, your name.
| | 01:27 |
Mine's Dave River, I'm going to
double-click that, and there are all my folders.
| | 01:31 |
As you can tell, this could be a very
large folder containing a lot of
| | 01:35 |
information and taking up a lot of space
on your computer.
| | 01:41 |
So if you did a Windows Easy Transfer for
example, to take all your files and back
| | 01:44 |
them up before you install Windows 8 and
you are going to use Easy Transfer to get
| | 01:47 |
them back you really don't need this
folder.
| | 01:52 |
But you could go into any of these
folders and grab files if you wanted to.
| | 01:55 |
Maybe they were missed along the way.
You can come back here to get at them.
| | 02:00 |
Eventually though, you'll probably want
to simply delete this folder.
| | 02:04 |
And that's something we'll talk about a
little later on when we get into Disk
| | 02:07 |
Clean Up.
For now, though, you know exactly where
| | 02:11 |
to find these files and folders using
File Explorer here in the Desktop.
| | 02:15 |
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3. Post-Installation TasksRestoring your files and settings with Easy Transfer| 00:00 |
So Windows 8 is installed.
It's up and running.
| | 00:03 |
Things are good.
If you decided to use Windows easy
| | 00:05 |
transfer before installing Windows 8 to
get all of your XP files and settings
| | 00:09 |
stored away, it's time to go get those
back and bring them into Windows 8.
| | 00:14 |
Again, using Windows Easy Transfer.
Now, here on the Start screen, you won't
| | 00:19 |
find a tile titled Windows Easy Transfer.
But it is here; it's part of Windows 8.
| | 00:24 |
All you need to do is start typing,
doesn't matter where your mouse is pointing.
| | 00:27 |
Just type in the word, easy.
Notice what happens here, the Search pane
| | 00:31 |
opens up on the right-hand side.
There are different categories.
| | 00:34 |
Apps is highlighted, but there are
settings and files as well with results.
| | 00:39 |
With apps highlighted, over here in the
left hand side we see Windows Easy Transfer.
| | 00:44 |
And there's also something called Windows
Easy Transfer Reports.
| | 00:47 |
We want Windows Easy Transfer.
We'll give it a click.
| | 00:51 |
This takes us to our desktop environment
and launches the app.
| | 00:54 |
Notice it looks a lot like we saw in
Windows XP when we first decided to copy
| | 00:57 |
all of our files.
Let's click next down on the bottom
| | 01:01 |
right-hand corner.
Now you'll need to decide how you're
| | 01:05 |
going to transfer your files back.
If you used a cable you could do that
| | 01:08 |
with another computer.
If you stored your files on the network,
| | 01:12 |
you could click network and go locate the
Windows easy transfer file.
| | 01:17 |
Or if you're like me You might have used
a USB flash drive, or an external hard disk.
| | 01:21 |
You can click this option.
Now we need to choose if this is our old
| | 01:25 |
PC, like we did before, or our new one,
which is what we want to choose.
| | 01:29 |
This is our new installation of Windows
8.
| | 01:32 |
We'll select it.
And because we chose USB or external hard
| | 01:35 |
disk, we need to make sure it's plugged
into our computer now.
| | 01:40 |
And then click yes to indicate we've
already saved our files to that location.
| | 01:46 |
So this opens up a separate window where
you'll find your removable disc.
| | 01:49 |
Double click it to find the windows easy
transfer file.
| | 01:52 |
There it is right there.
I'll select it and now it appears in the
| | 01:55 |
file name field, we're ready to click
open.
| | 01:58 |
Now if you decided to protect that file
with a password like I did, you're
| | 02:02 |
prompted with that password now.
So you'll type it in and click next.
| | 02:09 |
Next you'll see what you get to transfer
to this PC.
| | 02:12 |
Now by default, it's going to be
everything.
| | 02:14 |
With the check mark next to, in this
case, owner, that was the name of my
| | 02:17 |
account, the one account I decided to
back up.
| | 02:21 |
I can customized this by clicking
customized.
| | 02:24 |
And pick and choose things I don't need.
Maybe I don't need favorites.
| | 02:28 |
And there's advanced options as well, if
we really want to get picky, to go in and
| | 02:32 |
pick and choose different files, and even
folders that we may or may not want to keep.
| | 02:38 |
So you can see what's going to be
transferred here.
| | 02:39 |
I'm going to click Save, and now we're
ready to transfer those items.
| | 02:44 |
Let's click transfer.
Now depending on how much you have in
| | 02:49 |
that one easy transfer file, this could
take a few miutes or it couls be very
| | 02:52 |
quick, like mine, 91 megabytes only.
Eventually though, you'll see this window
| | 02:58 |
indicating the transfer is complete.
There's that one file that was on my
| | 03:02 |
desktop and it now shows up here on my
desktop.
| | 03:05 |
And then there are a couple of reports we
can access.
| | 03:08 |
We can see what was transferred.
And we could also see a list of apps that
| | 03:12 |
we might need to install now on our new
PC; based on the types of files we just transferred.
| | 03:17 |
But we're going to click close, and we'll
look at these reports in the next lesson.
| | 03:22 |
and if we wanted to we could go exploring
ourselves.
| | 03:24 |
Let's go down to the task bar and click
the file explorer icon to open it up.
| | 03:29 |
We'll go to documents and what you should
see is a lot more than you saw earlier in
| | 03:33 |
your documents folder.
So we'll close this up and take a closer
| | 03:38 |
look at what just happened with windows
easy transfer by examining a couple of
| | 03:42 |
reports that you have at your disposal.
We'll do that next.
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| Analyzing Easy Transfer results and reports| 00:00 |
When you use Windows easy transfer to
transfer files from your XP installation
| | 00:04 |
to your new environment here in Windows
8, there are a couple of reports you can access.
| | 00:10 |
You see links to those at the very end of
the easy transfer process, so you could
| | 00:14 |
look at that information right at the end
of the process or if you closed up the
| | 00:17 |
window, you can always get back to those
reports at any time.
| | 00:22 |
That's exactly what we're going to do
right now.
| | 00:25 |
So if you're on your desktop like I am,
you need to get back to the start screen.
| | 00:29 |
Here in Windows eight, there's a couple
of ways to do that.
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You can press the Windows key on your
keyboard, down near the space bar.
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That'll take you right back to the start
screen.
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Or, with your mouse, go to the top right
corner or bottom right corner And these
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charms appear.
So you can move up to the start charm.
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Click it to return to your start screen.
And now just like we did to access
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Windows easy transfer, to access the
reports we'll type in the word easy.
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Notice as we type in the easy we see some
results under apps.
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There's Windows easy transfer, but right
below it is Windows easy transfer reports.
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Click that one.
(SOUND) You'll return to your desktop.
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You might see this user account control
window pop up, asking permission to allow
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the program to make changes to your
computer.
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Click yes to access the Windows easy
transfer reports.
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So the transfer report tab shows up by
default.
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And you'll see details under the user
account, as well as under documents.
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You may see a lot more documents than I'm
seeing.
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By clicking details under either of those
will give you details about that
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selection so owner transferred to David
Rivers so it was the owner account in
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windows Xp, its been transferred to David
Rivers account here in windows 8.
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I can close that up with the close button
in the top right corner.
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About my documents click details and Ill
be able see all the documents that were
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moved over.
And I can scroll through those and you
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see there's quite a list including some
temporary files.
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I can also save this report by clicking
the save report button and save it as a
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file that I can open up at any time.
Notice it will be a CSD I could open it
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up for example in Microsoft Excel and see
it in columns there.
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I'm going to click cancel, because we can
always come back to this report at any time.
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Close this up, and let's go to the app
report now.
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Over here's where I'm going to see some
recommended apps I might want to install.
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For example if I had copied over some
files that were windows movie maker files
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from XP.
I don't have Windows Movie Maker here.
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I should probably install it to be able
to look at that type of file.
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And that's exactly what I'm going to see
here.
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The following features of Windows XP
aren't included in this version of Windows.
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There's Outlook Express and Movie Maker.
And as I scroll down, I'll see some other
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options here for files I might, or apps I
might want to install, to be able to
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access some of the files that were
transferred.
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So, once again, I can look at this at any
time.
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If I close it up by clicking the close
button I can go back to my start screen,
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type in easy, and get back to these
reports at any time.
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| Cleaning up temp files with Disk Cleanup| 00:00 |
Once you've restored all the files you
need from your XP environment to your
| | 00:04 |
Windows Aid environment, and you're sure
you have everything you need, you might
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consider using a utility that will clean
up your computer, providing some extra
| | 00:11 |
space on your hard drive.
It's called Disk Cleanup, and it will
| | 00:17 |
take care of temporary files, as well as
that Windows.old folder if you no longer
| | 00:21 |
need it.
So to access this, we need to get back to
| | 00:24 |
our Start screen.
You can press the Windows key on your
| | 00:27 |
keyboard or move to the top or bottom
right-hand corner of the screen and when
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you see the charms, click Start.
From here, we don't really know what to
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look for, or how to find Disk Cleanup, so
we could type in the word clean for example.
| | 00:41 |
When we do that, you'll notice there are
no apps matching what we've typed in
| | 00:45 |
here, clean.
But if we go down to the Settings and
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click there.
There are a few, including this one, free
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up disk space by deleting unnecessary
files.
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That is the Disk Cleanup Utility, and
that's what we're going to click.
| | 01:00 |
It takes us back to our Desktop
environment and starts checking your
| | 01:03 |
computer right away to see if there are
any files that can be removed.
| | 01:08 |
Now what you're going to see here is a
list of check boxes, some of them checked
| | 01:11 |
off like Downloaded program files,
Temporary Internet files.
| | 01:15 |
What we're not seeing here is our old
Windows files.
| | 01:19 |
And if we do want to see those included
in the list we have to go down here to
| | 01:22 |
Clean up system files, and click there.
Unfortunately, this will run the Disk
| | 01:27 |
Cleanup check all over again from the
beginning, so we see this little dialog
| | 01:31 |
box, depending on the size of your hard
drive and how much content you have there.
| | 01:37 |
This could take several minutes.
We'll let it run its course and when we
| | 01:41 |
arrive back at the Window, we'll be able
to pick and choose what it is we're going
| | 01:44 |
to remove from our hard drive and how
much space we're going to free up doing so.
| | 01:50 |
And here we are, Disk Cleanup for again,
this is my C Drive, my hard drive.
| | 01:54 |
I see those check boxes again but as I
scroll down I have some new items like
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Previous Windows Installation.
If I click that check box that's my
| | 02:03 |
Windows.old folder.
If you no longer need it, you've
| | 02:07 |
retrieved files that you need for example
from there.
| | 02:09 |
It does take up space, so why not get rid
of it.
| | 02:12 |
So that's what we're going to do now.
All we do is make sure that we have
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everything checked off that we want
checked off.
| | 02:18 |
My Recycle Bin has stuff in there, I can
empty that from here as well.
| | 02:21 |
I'm going to click that check box and
scroll down the list.
| | 02:26 |
Windows Update Cleanup is included there,
now as we move down there is something
| | 02:29 |
called Windows SD installation files,
that's a very large group of files but if
| | 02:33 |
I click that I get the information down
below.
| | 02:37 |
i will need this files to reset or
refresh my PC so I am not going to select
| | 02:40 |
that check box.
Every thing else selected though I am
| | 02:45 |
going to free up some space by clicking
OK.
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Then I'll see a warning, am I sure I
want to permanently delete these files?
| | 02:52 |
I'm going to click Delete Files to do
exactly that and, again, this could take
| | 02:56 |
little time or it could take several
minutes depending on your selections and
| | 03:00 |
the number of files that you're actually
removing.
| | 03:05 |
As you can see, it starts with your
Temporary Internet Files.
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It will move over to Other Temporary
Internet Files.
| | 03:10 |
There's my previous Windows installation,
the Recycle Bin, and so on.
| | 03:15 |
And I will have freed up some additional
space on my hard drive.
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| Connecting hardware devices| 00:00 |
In this move we're going to take a brief
moment to explore connecting devices to
| | 00:04 |
your Windows 8 computer.
I say brief moment because it just go a
| | 00:07 |
whole lot easier here in Windows 8,
easier than it ever was in Windows XP.
| | 00:12 |
As an XP user you know you have to
connect your device using whatever cable
| | 00:15 |
came with it.
And then you might have to install a
| | 00:18 |
driver from a CD that came with the
device or go online to the manufacturer's
| | 00:21 |
web site to find the driver.
Not the case anymore.
| | 00:25 |
Typically, what will happen is you'll
plug your device into your computer, and
| | 00:29 |
Windows 8 will recognize it.
Microsoft now has access to thousands and
| | 00:33 |
thousands of drivers out there, so we're
going to take a look at connecting a device.
| | 00:38 |
It can be on your Start screen here, or
you might want to take a peek at your
| | 00:41 |
Current Devices.
To do that, let's just type in the word
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"device" and when you do that, there are
no apps to match your search.
| | 00:49 |
But if you go over to the right and click
settings, you'll see there are a number
| | 00:52 |
of different options here.
The options down the left hand side with
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the icon resembling a cog represent
Windows 8 apps.
| | 01:01 |
So, these are new ways of looking at
devices, adding devices and removing
| | 01:06 |
devices etcetera.
The old icons representing the old
| | 01:11 |
desktop environment of say, a Window 7 or
even XP, will look a little bit different
| | 01:15 |
like devices in printers.
Which was available in Windows 7, devices
| | 01:20 |
manager as well.
So, there's different ways of looking at
| | 01:23 |
our devices but lets go to the newest
method by clicking devices right at the top.
| | 01:28 |
We open up a PC settings window with
devices selected.
| | 01:32 |
And over here on the right you'll
actually see all of the devices that are
| | 01:35 |
currently connected to your computer and
you can scroll down through the list.
| | 01:41 |
You'll also notice something at the
bottom.
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For metered connections, in this day and
age, where you might be working in a
| | 01:47 |
mobile environment.
Where every time you go to use your
| | 01:51 |
computer, let's say, it's a tablet or
smartphone, the time you spend is being metered.
| | 01:57 |
Well, in those cases, you might want to
prevent extra charges, and turn this off.
| | 02:01 |
So that drivers and info, and so on, are
not updated while you're on a metered
| | 02:04 |
Internet connection.
We can click any one of these if we
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wanted to remove the device.
We can also click Add a Device, but all
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we're going to do is simply plug in a
device and see what happens.
| | 02:17 |
I'm going to plug in a multi-function
printer.
| | 02:20 |
That's a printer that prints, scans, and
photocopies.
| | 02:23 |
It's also a fax machine.
So, let's see what happens when I plug
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mine in.
Alright as you can see somethings
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happening here on my list of devices up
at the top.
| | 02:33 |
Currently it shows unknown.
But somethings happening.
| | 02:36 |
There it is its finding the device.
So, it went onto the internet, found it
| | 02:40 |
its a HP Photo Smart C30 100 series.
And now it's installing the drivers for
| | 02:46 |
me, and as I watch the progress bar go
from left to right, eventually I'll have
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my device connected and ready to use.
In a moment, we'll take a look at what
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that appears like in the old desk top
environment.
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So, let's let it run it's course and then
we'll switch over to a different view.
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There we go.
It's ready to use.
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I'm going to press my Windows key on the
keyboard to go back to the Start screen.
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I'm going to type in device again.
And under Settings, this time we'll go to
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Devices and Printers in the middle
column.
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One click opens this up in our old
desktop environment, and as you can see,
| | 03:24 |
my HP PhotoSmart 3100 series here has
been installed and ready to use.
| | 03:30 |
In fact, what I'm looking at, this little
thumbnail, is a pretty close
| | 03:34 |
representation of what the device looks
like.
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Not only do I get the driver, but I get
all this information that goes with it.
| | 03:41 |
If I right-click, for example, I'd be
able to go to the properties for this device.
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Clicking properties opens up a separate
window.
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I'm going to click Cancel.
I also see information down at the bottom.
| | 03:52 |
And if you installed the device along
with me like this, and it was a printer
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for example.
You might see the green circle with the
| | 03:59 |
check mark indicating it's your default
device.
| | 04:02 |
That means whenever I go to print now,
that's where my print job will go.
| | 04:06 |
Also get a nice look at some of the other
devices that are currently connected to
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my computer.
So, that's all there is to installing a
| | 04:13 |
device here in Windows 8.
In most cases you'll simply be able to
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plug it in.
For some of the older devices you might
| | 04:20 |
have to go through the same routine you
did in Windows XP.
| | 04:23 |
By plugging in your device, and locating
the driver, whether it be on a CD, or
| | 04:27 |
online, at a manufacturer's website.
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| Final considerations to complete the migration| 00:00 |
Because there's no way to directly
upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 8, and
| | 00:04 |
you had to replace Windows XP with
Windows 8 using what's known as a clean
| | 00:08 |
installation, there's some final tasks or
considerations, once you're up and
| | 00:12 |
running with Windows 8.
So we're going to discuss those now.
| | 00:18 |
First of all you'll need to install all
your old programs, the programs you are
| | 00:22 |
using in Windows XP need to re-installed
here in Windows 8 environment.
| | 00:27 |
So you're going to need your installation
disks, you're also going to need those
| | 00:30 |
serial numbers or license files that
allows you to activate the software
| | 00:34 |
you're installing.
Remember there is also the Easy Transfer
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Reports, you can go there to look at all
the apps that you should be installing,
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to run the files that you have stored in
the Windows 8 environment.
| | 00:47 |
You might also need to consider
installing older drivers, if you have
| | 00:50 |
older equipment you just can't do without
say an old dot matrix printer.
| | 00:55 |
When you plug it into Windows 8, it might
not be recognized by Windows 8 and it
| | 00:59 |
simply won't work unless you can locate
the driver.
| | 01:03 |
The driver comes on installation disks,
if you still have those, or you may need
| | 01:07 |
to go to the manufacturer's website to
find it, download it, run that driver and
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then your old devices will start working
again in your Windows 8 environment.
| | 01:18 |
And the third thing, I think you shuld
consider is SkyDrive.
| | 01:22 |
SkyDrive is cloud storage, and with your
Microsoft account, you get some free
| | 01:26 |
cloud storage space.
And if you need to get more, you can
| | 01:30 |
actually pay for it as well.
Its a great place to store files so you
| | 01:34 |
can access them from any device anywhere
and there are all kind of tricks for
| | 01:37 |
syncing up files on your computer and
mobile devices.
| | 01:42 |
Trusting your PC and so on.
If you look at windows 8 essential
| | 01:46 |
training at lynda.com, you can learn more
about SkyDrive.
| | 01:51 |
So those are some final considereations
before you're fully up and running in
| | 01:55 |
your windows 8 environament.
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ConclusionNext steps| 00:00 |
Congratulations.
You've reached the end of Migrating from
| | 00:03 |
Windows XP to Windows 8.
Once your computer is up and running with
| | 00:07 |
your new operating system, your software
is installed and ready to use, and your
| | 00:10 |
devices are connected, you'll want to get
up to speed with Windows 8 as quickly as possible.
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Windows 8 is vastly different from
Windows XP in looks, feel, and how you
| | 00:21 |
get things done.
If you've never use Windows 8 before, my
| | 00:25 |
Windows 8 Essential Training course here
at lynda.com is your logical next step to
| | 00:28 |
get you using Windows 8 in the most
efficient manner possible.
| | 00:33 |
In the end, I think you'll find most
tasks in Windows 8 are actually easier to
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tackle than any previous versions of
Microsoft Windows.
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This is David Rivers saying thanks for
watching and I hope to see you again soon
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in another title from lynda.com.
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