Moving Files & Folders from XP to Vista via CD

Hi all,
Newbie to the Forum and VISTA HP SP1 x64, and even though I've only been experimenting with Vista since install yesterday, I love it. :D
I have some Data Cd's that were burned on my Windows XP Media Center 2005 SP3 using Nero Essentials 7, ie. some eBooks both in MS Word 2003 and pdf format, 'My Documents' folder and all files (MS Word 2003 mostly), Internet Explorer 7 'Favorites' list. My question is can these files be put into Vista via copying them on the desktop, and dragging and dropping them where I want them? Will Vista even be able to see these files on the disk? I don't even want to try until I get a solid answer as this whole thing is stable as the Rock of Gibralter and I don't want to mess it up.
I'm going to have more questions so please be patient.
Thanks,
Jakeman97

Jakeman97 said:

Hi all,
Newbie to the Forum and VISTA HP SP1 x64, and even though I've only been experimenting with Vista since install yesterday, I love it. :D
I have some Data Cd's that were burned on my Windows XP Media Center 2005 SP3 using Nero Essentials 7, ie. some eBooks both in MS Word 2003 and pdf format, 'My Documents' folder and all files (MS Word 2003 mostly), Internet Explorer 7 'Favorites' list. My question is can these files be put into Vista via copying them on the desktop, and dragging and dropping them where I want them? Will Vista even be able to see these files on the disk? I don't even want to try until I get a solid answer as this whole thing is stable as the Rock of Gibralter and I don't want to mess it up.
I'm going to have more questions so please be patient.
Thanks,
Jakeman97

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In regard to your Word (and other Office) files, you can copy them by simply opening Windows Explorer (it's located in Windows: Accessories), and dragging and dropping each old folder on your CD drive into Documents. You can then change the names of the folders, or not, as you wish. (You can either drag and drop each one individually, or you can highlight all or a group of them together, and copy them all at one time.)

In regard to your Favorites files and similar folders, such as Shared (for shared music downloads), Videos, Downloads, etc. you should copy them this way: Copy your entire Favorites folder onto your CD, and in your new computer, open Windows Explorer, go to the CD drive and click on and open your OLD Favorites folder. Then go to the toolbar, click on Edit, and select: Select All. With all of the files highlighted, select Copy, and drag and drop the selected files over to the new computer's Favorites folder.

Thank you so much for the quick reply. I will do just that when I get home. I got lots of stuff to do on this one.
Best regards,
Jakeman97

for IE7 favorites you can choose import/export from the file menu and export your favorites to a file which you can then import from your new OS

Thank you 'imperfect1' and 'kword88'. Your directions worked just fine and that job is done.
Jakeman97