So you want to upgrade to Windows Vista on your system and you have all the necessary hardware/software available to you however you are worried about all your Personal Settings and Data which you use in Windows XP. Your Personal Settings in Windows XP i,e your Internet Explorer Favorites, your Documents & Settings or your Favorite Recorded TV Shows. You want to upgrade to Windows Vista however you do not want to loose all these settings on your system.
BINGO, it could be done very easily on the system. Microsoft has provided the customers this benefit of moving all their Personal Files and Data once they install Windows Vista on their computer. Customers can Restore their IE Favorites, Recorded TV Programs, Documents and Desktop Icons etc after installing Windows VISTA on the system.
When you install Windows Vista, the Windows.old folder is created. The Windows Vista installation program creates this folder to store the files from the Windows XP installation. To locate the Windows.old folder in Windows Vista, click Start, type drive:\windows.old in the Start Search box, and then click Windows.old in the Programs list.
Please refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article given below for all the steps to Restore your Personal Files after you perform Custom Installation of Windows Vista on your XP Machine.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932912/en-us
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