How to transfer user accounts from Windows XP to Windows 7, Part 3 By Drew Mathers | October 14, 2015 Back up the user accounts For this tutorial we will use a shared network drive, but a portable hard drive could also be used. On the old (Windows XP) computer: 1 1. Click: Start 2 2. Click: My Computer 3 3. Find the location where you stored Windows Easy Transfer in Part 1 4 4. Double-click: Windows Easy Transfer 5 5. Click: Run 6 6. Wait for the process to begin 7 7. Click: Next 8 8. Click: An external hard disk or USB flash drive 9 9. Click: This is my old computer 10 10. Wait for the process to complete 11 11. Uncheck: Transfer Admin 12 12. Click: Next 13 13. Add and confirm a password (optional) 14 14. Click: Save 15 15. Chose a network or external drive to store the backed up user accounts 16 16. Customize the filename (optional) 17 17. Click: Save 18 18. Wait for the process to complete 19 19. Click: Next 20 20. Click: Next 21 21. Click: Close 22 22. Proceed to Part 4 Posted in Intermediate