How to transfer user accounts from Windows XP to Windows 7, Part 4 By Drew Mathers | October 15, 2015 Restore the user accounts For this tutorial we will use a shared network drive, but a portable hard drive could also be used. On the new (Windows 7) computer: 1 1. Click: Start 2 2. Click: All Programs 3 3. Click: Accessories 4 4. Click: System Tools 5 5. Click: Windows Easy Transfer 6 6. Click: Next 7 7. Click: An external hard disk or USB flash drive 8 8. Click: This is my new computer 9 9. Click: Yes 10 10. Click: Network 11 11. Click: Click to change (if File Sharing is turned off) 12 12. Click: Turn on network discovery and file sharing (if File Sharing is turned off) 13 13. Select the device where you stored the user accounts 14 14. Select the folder where you store the user accounts 15 15. Select the file where you stored the user accounts 16 16. Click: Open 17 17. Enter the password you created earlier (if necessary) 18 18. Click: Next 19 19. Click: Transfer 20 20. Wait for the process to complete 21 21. Click: Close 22 22. Click: Restart now 23 Posted in Intermediate