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My present computer is eight years old.It's a Dell Dimension 4400 running under Windows XP Home. I would like to purchase a new Dell computer running under Windows 7 home premium. I have a second hard drive(D) that i use"only" to backup my entire hard drive(C). Would i be able to restore "everything" from my backup drive to the new hard drive on my new computer?Thankyou for any help.

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Gerald,
If you restore "everything" from the old computer to the new computer, the restore will overwrite your Windows 7 and new computer will be just like the old computer running XP. Is that what you are trying to achieve? There are some other steps to this type transfer such as restoring to dis-similar hardware problems.

Or, if you only want your personal files, then you can right click on the *.tib file and use the explore option. Locate the desired files and drag/drop or copy/paste your old files onto your new computer. All programs will need to be re-installed on your new machine.