How to use My Book Essential to copy files to new computer

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Hi All,

How do I use my ‘My Book Essential’ to copy all of the files from my old XP-SP3 machine to my new Windows 8 machine?

I have already done a full back-up on the old machine. 

If you could provide a few simple instructions I would sure appreciate it :smiley:

Thanks!

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Hi cgh_11, if you did a manual backup, you can just Copy/Paste the files back to the Windows 8 PC, if you used Smartware to automatically backup your files, check page 48 of the Smartware manual for the steps. 

How to move or copy files from one hard drive to another in Windows

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1198

Smartware manual 

http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/UM/ENG/4779-705057.pdf#page=52