# Moving Settings from XP to Vista **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 20, 2009, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-settings-from-xp-to-vista/486691 "2009-02-20T07:20:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-settings-from-xp-to-vista/486691/1 "2009-02-20T07:20:46Z")
I have a PC running XP, but am getting a more modern unit that uses Vista. Before, when I have reformated my system, I used a wizard that saved all my Settings, which included emails, passwords, etc) to a CD, which I then uploaded into the fresh system and was able to keep all my old information. Once when I tried this, the new Settings would not be accepted because it said I saved the setting in a different version of XP than the version I was trying to upgrade into. I lost all my old emails and had to reconfigure everything from scratch. Now I want to transfer my Settings and emails from the old XP computer to the new one running Vista. Is this going to work, or am I liable to have problems? I don’t mind so much having to set up Explorer again, and reset all the display and preferences, but I would like my Outlook Express emails to all transfer over. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-settings-from-xp-to-vista/486691/2 "2009-02-20T15:15:59Z")
Well, I haven’t done this before, but it doesn’t seem like it would be a problem. Here’s a step by step guide you could take a look at: > **[Windows Vista Migration Step-by-Step Guide](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-vista/cc748915(v=ws.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN)**