Owner's Manual

Moving from Your Old Computer
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Finding your files
Help and
Support
For more information
about finding files in
Windows XP in
Windows XP, click
Start, then click Help
and Support. Type the
keyword searching
for files in the
Search box, then click
the arrow.
Many programs automatically save your
personal data files in the My Documents folder.
Look in your old computer’s My Documents
folder for personal data files. Use Windows Find
or Search to locate other personal data files. For
more information, see “To find files using Find or
Search:” on page 184, or “Searching for files” on
page 26.
To find files in the My Documents folder:
1 In Windows XP, click Start, then click My
Documents. The My Documents window
opens and displays many of your saved
personal data files. Go to Step 4.
- OR -
In Windows 98, Windows Me, or
Windows 2000, double-click the
My Computer icon on the desktop. Go to
the next step.
2 Double-click the C:\ drive icon.
3 Double-click the My Documents folder.
The My Documents window opens and
displays many of your saved personal data
files.
4 Copy your personal data files to removable
media or to another computer on your
network.
You can often identify different data file types by
looking at the file’s extension (the part of the file
name following the last period). For example, a
document file might have a .DOC extension and
a spreadsheet file might have an .XLS extension.
File type File usually ends in...
Documents .DOC, .TXT, .RTF, .HTM, .HTML,
.DOT
Spreadsheets .XLS, .XLT, .TXT