[EricB]

I'm switching to vista 64bit because I'm tired of xp's 32 bit speed and their lack of support for xp 64bit. I keep running into goofy issues with it. So I'm switching to vista 64bit, but I don't know jack about vista.

How do I?

1. copy application data to vista to keep my old IE, Google,Firefox and Azureus settings?
2. how do I use the vista Backup and restore feature?


More question are coming

[carnageX]

1. For IE, just go File > Export and pick the settings you wanna export. For FF: How to backup your Firefox profile, the easy way; as for the others, I'm not sure. I've done it with uTorrent, but never Azureus.

[EricB]

I wanted to import my old IE setting (i don't have the old IE anymore since i installed vista). the second link you provided point me to what I need to do for everything else, although copying the IE stuff over there didn't work, everything else seems to work.

thank you. How do i make a backup image?

[Mak213]

For IE there is a easier way. Go into XP's Documents & Settings. Go under your user profile. There you will see a folder called Favorites. That is your IE Favorited. Jsut copy that folder to another drive/partition that will not be affected by the format.

After you install Vista just take that folder and copy it back to this location:

C:\Users\<username\Favorites

Your IE Bookmarks will be completely preserved as they were in XP. You oculd use the Import and Export Wizard. But this is much simpler.

Firefox use the link that carnageX gave. Trotter and myself have used that method to preserve Firefox from install to install without losing extensions or anything. It is really simple and effective.

Azureus i am not to sure on. But if it is anything like µtorrent go into C:\doxuments and Settings\<username>\ area. Go under application data. Find the Azureus folder. Copy that whole folder to a separate drive. Once in Vista, install Azureus and run it once. This will setup the data folder.

From there copy the folder from XP to this location:

C:\Users\<username>\appData\Roaming\

and find the Azureus folder. Just copy the content from the old folder to this one and it should copy your settings as they were.

Do you mean Google Chrome? Or what aspect of Google are you looking to copy? If it is just your online stuff, that should be kept on the server and you would just have to log in.

As for the backup feature. I would look into a 3rd party solution. FOG or Clonezilla or something. Cause the backup and restore within Vista is still lacking. I have seen more errors come from people trying to use that then using a 3rd party solution.

I see you said you didnt keep the old IE stuff. So you will have to use the Import Wizard within Ie to get the bookmarks from another source. I wrote up a guide a while back on how to export Firefox's bookmarks...

Mozilla Firefox Export Bookmark Guide - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki

That will allow you to easily just export the bookmarks to a file then import them again. But IE has a default setting to just import them from Firefox so it wont be needed.

[EricB]

I walk talking about my Google toolbar setting for IE and Firefox. once I fund the app data folder, I just copied all of my old folders over and everything worked except IE. I don't care about the bookmark in IE as I can get them from firefox. I want IE to remember my name and passwords and sites that I browsed. IE 8 kills me whenever I always got to reenter a password. after about the 10th time of entering it, then it might remember it

[Mak213]

I dont know about the Google Toolbar. Sorry havent used it. But i will check on how to get the passwords transferred over.

[EricB]

Originally Posted by Mak213

I dont know about the Google Toolbar. Sorry havent used it. But i will check on how to get the passwords transferred over.

copying google over worked. when you copy it over. it automatically install both toolbars for IE and firefox and kept my Autofill for internet form info.

[Mak213]

That is good to hear.

[EricB]

and clonezilla is the best backup?

[carnageX]

Never used it myself, but I've heard its supposed to be a very good backup imaging program, especially since its freeware.